Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-12
Refuses TO Recognise Count Won QuadtS
Actions in Venezuelan Matter.
cAsTRVs ENVOY MAKES SHARP REJolNDER
Promises to Pay in Full if Confession Of
Bad Path is Made.
OTHER POWERS CAST KAISER OVERHEARD
Express Regret at Action Taken and
Asree 20 stand by All Arrange
ments Made on Their Behalf
DARING Negotiations.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11-Germany has
ignored it's previous engagement, made with
Mr.. Bowen by Count A. Won Quad dWykradt-
Izzy and insisted on a cash payment Of
ts4O, ,0O0, or a lien on the customs receipts
Of one Of the Venezuelan ports until this
In paid. This information was conveyed to
Mr.. Bowen tonight BY Baron Won rn-
berg. I'm.
Mr.. Bowen Immediately refused to -.
the receipts Of any port prior to The Hague
decision, but left the matter OF a cash pay
ment to the German minister to determine.
''If Germany can AFFORD to confess that
II does not stand by agreements signed by
its duly accredited diplomats" replied Mr..
Bowen, Il am willing to guarantee pay
ment on the day the protocol is signed of
ultimatum."
That response has been cabled to the
German Foreign office.
other Allies Desert Germany.
Great Britain and Italy have renounced
any responsibility for the action of Ger
many and have informed Mr.. Bowen that
they will stand by all agreements made
with him and will not be influenced by the
action of Germany.
with the exception Of the demand for an
increased cash payment the German proto-
col, In all essential respects, conforms to
that of Great Britain, but is more concise.
All three protocols provide for the imme-
date return Of all vessels seized by the
blockading ships.
It is stated that the action 0f Germany
in asking for $4,000 instead of contenting
itself with $500, is due to a misunder-
standing of certain steps in the negotiation
Quadt before the arrival Of Baron Won
sternberg.
In the original ultimatum addressed to
Venezuela by the three governments 15, 500
bolivars was demanded by Great Britain
and Germany and 2,5o0, GOO bolivars by Italy.
A paper was signed at the British en-
bassy by the three representatives Of the
allies, the British aud italian ambassador
and the German charge, Count Quadt, and
by Mr.. Bowen, by which the allied powers
agreed to accept cash payment, or an
adequate guaranty for the eventual satis-
faction of their claims, as a condition
precedent to the raising of the blockade
Mr.. Bowen offered 30 per cent OF the
customs receipts OF Puerto Cabello and La
Guayra as a guaranty for the payment
"of all claims" Later he consented to
give the British government e5,5OO cash
IN view of their contention that they de-
sired immediate satisfaction for outrages
committed on British subjects. No objec-
tion was made at the time by the Italian
ambassador or the German charge. The
three powers accepted the guaranty Of
tered as entirely satisfactory.
II is expected an answer will arrive here
tomorrow regarding the final representa-
tions made, and that the protocols will
then be signed.
Orders will then be dispatched to the
blockading ships to withdraw from Ven
ezuelan waters.
Mr.. Bowen tonight gave out a statement
with reference to published statements that
Venezuela or people in that county were
paying him for his service here.
He said
81 absolutely refused to take any fee for
my services as representative of Venezc-
partment of State from Venezuela and an
1ounced on the first day of my arrival here,
the same way way ' IL qsr by Chance sa to TIN
Hague 1 shall accept a reasonable amount
for my expenses there, see no reason
have a good reason for not paying them
myself, / cannot afford to do So"
Powers VIII Sue Together.
LONDON. Feb. li-Mr. Bowen's forma
ucNNpNhuCc VI tue bIitlbu pfOlOCOi l5 NO
believed here to be likely to hasten to am
great extent the conclusion OF the Venezue
Ian negotiations.
The allies ambassadors have been strictly
enjoined not to sign any OF the protocols
until all three powers are satisfied will
the terms. when the signatures will b.
simultaneous
When the question Of separate treatment
Of the allies is brought before The Hague
court Of arbitration, the triple alliance will
appear as one power. their interests bein
regarded as Identical.
Then arose the question as to the inter
probation OF the term "all claims" Mr
Bowen declared II meant the claims OF al
nations against Venezuela, and the allie
that II referred exclusively to their claims
II was then decided that the question Q
preferential treatment be referred to tn
Hague
Bowen Ohers Some Cash.
Mr.. Bowen informed the Italian and Ger
man representatives that he would max
them the same cash payments offered Grea
Britain. and an agreement was signed b
all concerned accepting a suficient guar
anty in lieu Of the cash payment demanded
Last Friday cable arrived from tn
Berlin foreign once asking about the pay
ueht OF the RS4pvVV. MI. Bowen produce
The signed agreement renouncing this dc
Z mand. The matter since then has been
subject OF correspondence beteween IN
German foreign ONCE and the German min
ster, the latter urging Germany not I
press the matter.
Tonight the foreign once refused to re
linquish Immediate possession Of the Ss4O
200 mentioned. though pressed 20 do so b
both Baron Won Sternberg and Count vo
2uadt, who feel greatly embarrassed be
cause OF the previous understanding an
The orders which they must execute.