The Irish standard., 1903-01-10
REPLY OF THE ALLIES
Note Sent in Answer to Castro's
Qualified Acceptance.
1t is Said to Further Smooth the Way
for cdtlcment Of the Venc-
zuelnn ID i~pnte Outside of
The Hague Court.

aims TO further smooth the way for
settlement which may possibly be
reached without arbitration. The
powers, however, do not abandon any
of the reservations contained in their
original proposal.
The question of raising the block
ade will only be opened after Pres
ident Castro's complete acceptance of
the powers reservations. The state
of war is no, modified by Tuesday's
note.
The German :oreign Office takes
cogniZance of the statement cmanat-
ing from Washington that group of
German fnanciers is forming to pay
Germany's claims against Venezuela,
the ultimate purpose being TO prevent
the United States from building the
isthmian canal The foreign office
says this is quite untrue and further
asserts that the German government
hopes the United States will build the
canal as quickly rs possible. So far
from interposing any obstacle, Ger
many regards that her own trade in
terests will be suhserved by the open
ing of an inter-oceanic route.
British Answer Received.
Washington. Jan. 7.-Secretary
Hay has received the British answer
to President Castro's last proposal
relative to arbitration. 1t is assumed
that the British. note reflects the views
of the German government, as the
allies have been acting in harmony so
far. The note is interlocutory, but in
substance states that if Venezuela
wishes conference with view to
submitting the difference between the
two countries to arbitration, Great
Britain will accede. The conditions
attached vary slightly from the orig
inal British proposition, but in the
Judgment of officials here the differ
cnce between the allies and Venezuela
in respect to arbitration are much di-
unfinished and there is warrant for the
expectation that the case will now
surely go to The Hague. The next
step will be Il reply from President
Castro.
Later in the day Il separate re.
Spouse to President Castro's last pro-
posal came from Germany. In many
respects il was similar to that from
Great Britain and like that it named
certain conditions regarding the mat
tiers under consideration on which
an understanding will have to be
reached before the case is submitted
to arhit rat ion.
Rebels Driven Back.
Caracas. Jan. G.--Fourtcen hundred
revolutionists under Gems. Ramos and
penulosa attacked 500 government
troops under Ike command of Gen.
Acosta Sunday morningat a point near
Guatire. After four hours fighting
The revolutionistS abandoned the field
and the town of Gnatire. They had
81 men killed and many wounded. One
of their guns was captured. A pris-
oner captured by the government
forces is authority for the statement
that the rcvolulionlsts sill lack am
munition. The activity and energy
displayed by President Castro con-
tinue to surprise the foreign residents
of this city. II is reported here that
the leaders Of the Matos movement
are treating with the government.
Hnd OutIonIe for Cn.,tro.
New York, Jan. G.--According to
the llrrald's correspondent in Will.
lcmstad the rcvolutionists are adj
vnncing in three columns on Gen
Castr"'s army.
A desperate fight occurred Satur-
day night within eight miles of the
city of Caracas resulting favornbly to
the revoIutioni&ts. They are cutting
all the telegraph lines. tearing up the
railroad tracks and are hourly cx,
pcctcd in the immediate ncighbOr-
hood of TN" city. a condition OF cX-
IRENE panir prevails among those
who have heretofore believed that
Castro was in,1iw'ihlc.
Custom H":iSc Seized.
la Guayra, Jan. 5.-Onc hundred
and fifty German marines were land
ed at Puerto CnbclIo at dnybrcak
Saturday morning. They took pos
session of the custom house and the
wharves.
A Compliment to ROoScvclt.
Caracas, Jan. IA high official of
the Venezuelan government said
Tuesday: 81 am greatly surprised at
the press cahrgr"m saying that i'm
portance has been given to the last of
til" several propositions contained in
President Cas1ro's answer to he pow
crs in the matter of referring the
Venezuelan difficulty to the arbitrn-
ton of The Hague tribunal. This prop
osition was ilteIdrd simply as a com
plimcnt to. President Roosevelt as
chief executive of the greatest of
the American republics, its suggestion
that the question be left to the arbi-
tration Of an American republic was
only Il complimentary ALTERNATIVES"
Death Of Judge Luce.
Bozcman. Mont, Jan. G.-Judgc
Llcwcllyn Augustus Luce, one of the
oldest and es;-known lawyers in
Montana, is dead at his home in this
city. In 1894 Judge Luce was mem
Der Of the Montana supreme court
and was also a member of the con-
stitutional convention in 1889. He
was born in Maine in 1897.
sworn In.
Cheyenne, Wyo., Jan. G.-Gov. De
forest Richards and the other state
officers were sworn in Monday and
an inaugural ball was held at night
in the capitol.
Work of Toy Pistols.
Norfolk, Va, Jan. G.-Ihirtcen per-
sons dead and seven seriously injured