Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-02-20
SIGN THE PROTOCOLS
MINISTER BOWEN AND REPRE-
sENTATlvEs OF THE ALLIES
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BY the Provisions Of the Adjustment
Germany Secures the Best Of the
Bargain and Will Receive an Ad-
vance Payment Of $4,000 Block
: ade Of the Venezuelan Ports to Be
Immediately Raised. =.
Washington, Feb. 14.-Herbert W.
Bowen, Venezuela's representative in
the peace negotiations at Washington,
has signed with each of the allies
representatives here protocol pro-
viding for the immediate raising of the
Venezuelan blockade and for the refer
ence of the question Of preferential
treatment of the claims of the allies
against Venezuela to The Hague ar
bitration tribunal. The final formaili-
ties occurred at the British embassy.
At 1880 o'clock p. m. Mr.. Herbert
Deering, first secretary of the British
Embassy, announced that the British
protocol had just been signed and that
signatures of the Italian and German
protocols would follow in the order
named.
The Italian protocol was signed at
11:50 and the German protocol at
1910 o'clock, the presence Of Baron
Sternberg at the White House must
Gale delaying a final close to the ne
gotiations until after midnight.
Language of Protocols.
The British protocol was in English.
the Italian in Italian and German, and
the German in German and English.
Mr.. Bowen signed in duplicate for
Great Britain, Signor Mayor des Plan
ches for Italy and Baron Speck Won
Sternberg for Germany. Immediately
On the signing of the last protocol, ca
bles were dispatched to London, Ber
lin and Rome announcing the fact. 1t
is expected that the commanders of
the blockading fleet within the next
twenty-four hours will receive their
orders to withdraw their vessels at
once.
BY the provisions OF these prelimi-
nary protocols, which have required
more than three weeks Of constant
negotiations, Venezuela makes two dis
tlnct gains, the immediate raising Of
q blockade from which she has been
suffering for some weeks, and the re-
turn Of all her vessels, war and mer-
chant. which have been captured by
the allied fleet.
Manner Of Payment.
Great Britain, Germany and Italy
receive advance payments of $500
each, Great Britain receiving her pay
ment on the signature of the proto-
col and Germany and Italy within
thirty and sixty days from date. Ger
many in addition will receive five
monthly payments until the full
amount paid her in advance aggregates
1910, 900. As a guaranty for the sat-
[sfaction of their claims, Mr.. Bowen
pledges the allies share with the
other creditors nations in 30 per cent
|'0f the customs receipts of the two
ports of La GCayra and Puerto Cabel-
10. This percentage will be set aside
beginning March 1 and retained in
the Venezuelan treasury until The
Hague tribunal shall decide whether
| it shall be distributed without prefer
ence among the claimant nations or
whether the allied powers of Great
Britain. Germany and Italy shall re-
ceive preferential payments.
Italy Makes Gains.
Italy, by her protocol, gains imme-
date payment of her first class claims
| without further adjudication, as soor
as the joint commission at Caracas
| shall have passed on the remainder
; Of her claims In round numbers the
| adiudicated Italian claims amount to
$685. 900, from which will be subtract
ed the $27, 500 to be paid her sixty
days from the signature of her first
protocol. The Italian ambassador al
so has secured for his government the
insertion in his protocol of an agree
ment that Venezuela will insert in her
treaty with Italy the favored nation
clause possessed by the other nations
! Great Britain has left her protocol
unchanged since it was approved by
the London foreign office some days
ago.
It is stipulated by the protocols that
the claims of the creditor nations
shall be adjudicated by joint commits
sions to consist in each instance of a
Venezuelan, representative of the
claimant power, and, in case of a dis
agreement, an umpire to be named by
the president of the United States.
Prepare Other Protocols.
The protocols, in proving for refer
ence Of the question Of preferential,
treatment to The Hague, do not state
In detail the methods of procedure by
which the case is to be laid before the
tribunal. This will be done in a sec
ond set of protocols, the preparation
Of which will begin at once. It II
provided, however, that not Venezue
la alone, but all the other creditor ma
tons, shall be permitted to appear
with her before the tribunal in oppo
sition to the allies for preferential
payment.
Upon the signing of the protocols
congratulations were exchanged by the
four negotiators.
Mr.. Bowen then dispatched a brief
::,tlegram to President Castro inform
ing him of the signature of the proto
coils providing for the immediate rails
ing of the blockade.
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