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WON'T ACT AS
ARBITRATOR.
President Roosevelt Declines Invitation to Ar
range Settlement of Venezuelan Dispute
-AllieS Agree to Refer the Matter
to The Hague Tribunal.

sion TO sit in Washington. the allied
powers TO be represented on this com
mission by their ambassadors TO the
United States ana Venezuela by dele
gate. The commission is TO sign a
document setting forth the matters to
be decided at The Hague court. Mr..
Bowen said also that Germany would
not press for an immediate payment.
and that she had agreed TO accept a
| guarantee based on a percentage OF
the customs receipts. As a result of
this conference Senior Baral tele-
graphed President Castro TO return
from LaVictoria.
Wants blockade Lifted.
II is understood that Venezuela will
make any concession, even aban-
doning her demand that her navy be
returned. Through the Venezuelan
delegate to the commission the Ven
ezuelan government will ask that the
blockade be lifted at once. Senior
Baralt has expressed the desire that
Mr.. Bowen represent Venezuela on
! the commission; if Mr.. Bowen cannot
accept the post, il is suggested in Off
cial circles that il be given 10 w. w.
Russell, secretary 10 the American le-
cation.
Senior Baralt has prepared the fol-
lowing statements: Venezuela agrees
to pay all her debts. the payments to
be guaranteed by certain percentage
of the customs receipts or by The flo
tation of a special loan, also TO be
guaranteed. | believe the proposal
to submit the issues TO The Hague will
be acceptable to Pre- sident Castro.
am sorry that President Roosevelt was
unable TO act as arbitrator"
Germany les silent.
Berlin, Dec. 30.-The German gov
eminent is completely silent ms to
when the blockade will be raised or
whether il will be raised at all until
every question concerning arbitration
is settled. The acceptance OF arb
tration after the blockade was begun
is certainly not received with popu-
lar favor in Germany. Gen. Won Bo-
guslawski, one of the foremost milf
tary writer's, contributed to the Tag
liche Kundschau his views upon the
Monroe doctrine, and argues that the
withdrawal of the blockade at this
stage would show singular weakness.
The Frankfurter Zeitung halls
President Roosevelt's refusal as good
news, and praises the United States
for having done so much TO bring
The Hague tribunal into vogue, refer
ring 10 the cases already sent there
at the United States instance.
The Neuste Nachrichten says it
hopes the statement that Minister
Bowen will represent Venezuela's
case is not true, "since the United
States action would thus appear in
a bad light after refusing arbitration
and keeping the biggest hand in the
game in an irresponsible way"
The Lokal Anzeiger's Caracas cor
respondent asked President Castro il
he was ready to apologize to the
powers, TO which the president re-
piled: Gen. Castro has nothing 20
apologize for" The bystanders. the
correspondent adds, cheered and
shouted bravo" when they heard the
presidents reply.
The German merchants OF Caracas,
II is asserted by the correspondent,
are ready To advance President Cas-
tro the money TO meet the demands
OF Germany, although they know the
president is able TO pay il himself"
Differences Between allies.
Rome, Dec. 30.-An active exchange
of communications is taking place
between the Rome, Berlin and Lon
don cabinets, there being some differ
ence of opinion over the conditions
To be imposed upon the ultimate ac-
ceptance of The Hague court i'm the
Venezuelan affair. II appears that
Italy is ready To impose no condi-
In her damands, while Germany L
more exigent. especially about the
guarantees. However, official circles
think that the Anglo-Italian infu-
encc will, in the end, gain the day.
bowen TO Arrange Details.
Washington, Dec. 30.-The Vene-
zuelan negotiations now wait upon
President Castro. Minister Bowen
has been fully advised by the state
department of the result OF its ex-
changes with the foreign Offices at
London. Berlin and Rome, and has
been charged TO take the ease in
hand himself and arrange the details
OF the protocol which will precede
the submission OF the foreign claims
To the arbitration of The Hague tri.
bunal. in so doing Mr.. Bowen Is
acting not as United States minister
but as Ncnezuela's representative.
The officials here wish IL TO be dis
tinctly understood that their func-
tions ceased. so far as the Ncnezue-
Ian difficulty was concerned, when
they brought the parties Co the con
troversy together. IL now seems
probable that Mr.. Bowen will come
60 Washington as Nenezuela's repre-
sentative on the commission.