The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-15
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 trO'S Representative. CARNEGIE MAKES OFFER Ready to Put Up $360, ,00O Demanded by Germany. Official Notice Given of the Termina-
 ton of the Blockade of vene- zuelian Ports-Error in Italian Protocol.
MAKES OFFER

Washington, Feb. 14.-Official notice of the termination of the blockade of the Venezuelan ports, necessary to termi- nate the notice of blockade conveyed in the original proclamation, has reached the State Department in the shape of dispatch received from the United States embassy at London, stating that the Brit ish Foreign Office has given 1t out that a cablegram had been sent this morn- ing to the British naval commander In Venezuelan waters to raise the blockade.
 At the conference of the British em- bassy this afternoon which occurred at O clock, another important addendum was signed to clear up Article in the Italian protocol. By curious error this article provided that the Venezuelan govern ment "obligate themselves to assign to the Italian government. commencing the first day of March. 1908, for this purpose and to alienate to no other purpose, 30 per cent of the customs revenues of La Guaira and Puerto Cabello."
 Had this provision stood unamended the Italian government would have been entitled to the entire 30 per cent instead of sharing it with the other allies as was intended. Fortunately, the matter was discovered in time to be corrected before the protocols were dispatched to the Foreign Offices of the allies. It was to clear up this point that the negotia- tors signed the following agreement this afternoon.
 To Prevent Misunderstanding.
 'We interpret our three protocols to mean that the 30 per cent referred to therein. of the total income of the GUS toms houses at La Guaira and Puerto CabeIio shall be delivered to the repre- sentative of the Bank of England at Caracas and that said 90 per cent is not assigned to any one power, but Is to be retained by said representative of tho Bank of England in Caracas and paid out by him in conformity with the decision rendered by the tribunal at The Hague"
 Cablcgrams have been pouring in upon Mr. Bowen from Venezuela congratulat- ing him upon the success of his mission. The first to arrive was one from Presi- dent Castro. Consul Devrie cabled: Hearty congratulations" from Maracai- bo. Leading German and British busi- ness firms in Caracas have sent congrat- ulatory telegrams.
 It is not expected that the set of pro- tocols providing For the reference of the DreIeTenudl question 10 n6 f1dKue VIII be taken up until the mi idle of next week The British Ambassador Is going to New York for a few days rest and MT. Bowen is desirous of conferring with representa- tives of the other creditor nations before taking up the new convention.
 MT. Carnegie's Offer.
 Moved by the spirit in which Herbert W. Bowen has conducted the peace ne- gotiations at Washington with the repre- sentatives of the allies and anxious that his mission should succeed, Andrew Car negie upon hearing of Germany's action in demanding a cash payment of 1,S00, 900 bolvars instead of the $500 pounds pre- viously promised her sent the followlngg message to MT. Bowen, dated February 12
 "I shall be glad to hand you over at once $36O, 900 to meet the German demand is Venezuela desires it.
 This fact became known tonight after the latest of the addenda to the peace protocols had been signed at the British Embassy. MT. Carnegie, it is said, has been watching with close interest the progress of the negotiations. The mes sage was sent as soon as the news of Germans demand was published.
 Bowen dispatched a grateful reply to MT. Carnegie, thanking him for his gen. erous offer which. however, it was not necessary to accept.
 In announcing Carneg4es offer tonight MT. Bowen said that many banks and financial syndicates all along have been anxious to lend money to Venezuela and had sent representatives to see him with this end in view. but these. of course, were of a business nature, whereas the offer of MT. Carnegie was made without any reservation or mention of security for fhA return of his monev