Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-15
Powers Act Immediately Protocols Are
Signed in Washington.
GERMANY MAKES MANY EXPLANATIONS
Issues Official Memoranda Setting Forth
Terms Agreed Upon.
CLAIMS BOWEN GAVE WAY TO BERLI
Insists Kaiser's Conditions Were Ac-
cepted and Says Republic Must
Now Provide Nearly Two
Million BoIivars.

LONDON, Feb. 14.-Instructlons were tel
egraphed to the commanders OF the block
aiding squadrons of Venezuela to withdraw
their ships, in consequence Of the arrange
ments completed at Washington.
The blockade, therefore. will be immedi-
ately raised.
Germany Also Acts.
BERLIN, Feb 1.-THE government is
telegraphing instructions today for raising
the blockade of the Venezuelan coast i'm
mediately.
These instructions may not reach all the
blockadlng vessels today, but 1t is expected
that the blockade will be fully raised by to-
morrow or Monday. since Commodore
Scheddar has been expecting such instruc-
tions and had arranged for their prompt
transmission
Two memoranda explaining the protocol
we're signed by Mr.. Bowen. The text
of the first is as follows:
As the imperial German government
holds that the claims originating from the
not to be sIbmitted to spbjtretion' The
government of Venzuela has to acknowl-
edge at once these claims, amounting to
1,7lS,s15 bolivars, approximately $685. 900, and
either to pay said claims I'm cash without
deiay or, should this be impossible, to
guarantee the speedy payment of them
by the imperial government.
The second explanatory document reads
Guaranty Must BE Explicit.
The conditions Of the German govern
ment having been accepted, Mr.. Bowen. as
representative of the Venezuelan govern
ment, will now have to provide for the
ayn payment Mt OF TIE lSS n9iivsrs men1onee, emu d
quate guaranty for this amount. Should
Mr. Bowen choose the latter way the
For instance, in case of the guaranty
being based on the customs revenues, II
would be necessary to state exactly In
out of these revenues. The guaranty
will have to be given de facto and with
out delay.
In the event of the seven drafts handed tc
Baron Won sternburg being defaulted
It is stipulated that Belgian customs on
cials collect the revenues at one of the Ven.
ezuelan ports in behalf of Germany.
Foreign Secretary Won Rlethofen sent !
special message to Ambassador Tower here
at s o'clock yesterday informing him thai
the protocols would be signed during tho
evening and expressing his pleasure at the
happy result.
Chancellor Won Buelow and Baron Ric.
thofen both express satisfaction and ap'
proval of the United States correct ant
dLllIuuc throughout
Baron Won sternburg, by direction OF hit
government. informed Secretary Hay in ad
vance of the character OF any importan
proposal made to Mr.. Bowen. In at leas
two instances written memoranda of Ger,
many's position were supplied to the United
States.
interpretation of Protocols.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.-In further ex.
PLANTATION of the articles OF the protocols
signed last night by Mr.. Bowen and the
representatives Of the allies here the fol-
lowing memorandum was prepared and duly
signed by the negotiators this mornlng
Our Interpretation Of the protocols was
and is that the 80 per cent OF the total in.
come of the custom receipts of La GuayrG
and Puerto Cabello shall begin to be sci
apart on the first day OF March, 1908, and
continue to be set apart through the sait
month, and that the first payment will b'
due not the LIST Of March, but the 1st O.
April, 1908"
In view of the restoration Of peace be
tween Venezuela and the allied powers o
Great Britain, Germany and Italy, Senol
Augusta Pulido, the Venezuelan charg,
d'affaires, addressed an appropriate note L
the British commander today and late
called at the Italian and German embassies
Mr.. Bowen. as soon as he had cleared VI
some details with the British ambassador
paid farewell call upon Secretary Hay a
the State department and reported the sign
ing of the peace protocols. The two wer,
In conference for some time and the secre
tary congratulated Mr.. Bowen heartily upor
the success of his mission.
This afternoon at the British embass,
Mr.. Bowen will meet the representatives O
the allies to draw up and sign some add
tional papers.
Text f. Made Public.
With the consent Of the British ambassa
dor Mr.. Bowen today made public the full
text Of the British protocol. which was tn,
first of the three conventions signed las
night. The British, German and Italiar
protocols, while different in phraseology
contain the same provisions, with one o.
two exceptions. Where the British protoco
stipulates that the S27 500 shall be paid II
cash upon tine signing OF the agreement tn,
German and Italian protocols provide fol
the payment of this sum in thirty and sixt,
days respectively from that day.
The British ambassador sent a note thii
afternoon to Mr.. Bowen advising him tina
he had received a eablegram from Londor
to the effect that orders had been issued 4
at once raise the Venezuelan blockade.
Ohicial notice to this effect also reached
the State department today in a dispatch
from the United States embassy as London
Mr.. Bowen has announced that Mr.. Car,
negie offered to provide the money de,
manded by Germany a day OF two ago
The offer was without conditions.
At a conference at the British embass,
this afternoon another important addenduu
was signed TO clear up article hve In tn,
Italian protocol. BY q curious error thii
article provided that the Venezuelan gov
ernment "obligate themselves to assign I,
the Italian government. commencing Marcl
!. and to ALLEVIATE TO no other purpose. g,
per eeEt OF the customs revenues OF Ia
Guayra and Puerto Cabello
Had this provision stood unamended tn,
Italian government would have been en-
titled to the entire 80 per cent Instead o
sharing II with the other allies as WA
intended. Fortunately. the matter was dis
covered in time to be corrected before III,
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