Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1903-01-02
Carl ES HES POINI
PRESIDENTS PROPOSAL REGARD.
ING VENEZUELAN TROUBLE
- = FINALLY AGREED 70. =

PARTIES Interested Consent to Submit
the Matter to The Hague Tribunal
for Arbitration and a Conditional
Protocol Is Being Drawn vp-Ex.
pected the Blockade Of Venezuelan
Ports Will Sc Raised.
washington, Dec. 27.-President
Roosevelt will not be the arbitrator
Of the Venezuelan controversy. The
whole vexatious subject will be. re-
ferred for, adjudication to The Hague
tribunal.
Eptomized, this was the situation as
1t had resolved itself at the conclusion
of the days cabinet meeting. The
meeting was not so long as the SEES
sions of the cabinet usually are. All
the members except Secretary Root
were present. The Venezuelan ques
ton was the principal and practically
the only topic of general concern under
consideration. Secretary Hay present
ed the net results of his cable cor.
respondence with the governments at
London, Berlin, Rome and Caracas.
In accordance with the suggestion
made several days ago by President
Roosevelt, through Secretary Hay
President Castro was reported to have
agreed to submit the differences be.
tween his government and the Euro.
pean powers to the arbitration of the
tribunal at The Hague.
The European powers not only con.
sented to submit the controversy to
arbitration, but, while they had ex-
pressed a preference for an arbitra-
ton to be conducted by President
Roosevelt, they assented to nls sug.
gestion that the matter be referred to
The Hague.
The presentation of the case met the
hearty approval Of the members of the
cabinet. No fear is expressed by the
administration that the Monroe doc.
trine has been brought into the contro-
versy in any manner that might result
In an embarrassing situation
For the United States.
Secretary Hay is preparing a note to
the powers in which the qualification
Of this government is expressed for
the course agreed upon by them in
settlement of the pending difficulties.
No intimation is given of the condi-
lions which may have been imposed
by the European powers or by Presi-
dent Castro precedent to the arbitra-
ton. It is known that Great Britain
was willing to submit the subject to
the arbitration of President Roosevelt
practically without conditions but the
suggestion is made that one and per-
haps two of the other powers involved
proposed some conditions which might
have proved embarrassing to the pres
ident had he undertaken the RESPONSE
bility of determining the question,
1t is understood that some money
must pass, but it also is known that
the amount of cash to be required of
Venezuela before arbitration is not
nearly so large as has been stated.
It is not possible to learn either
whether. the allies insist upon apol-
ogies from Castro and, while it is as
suncd that the blockade will be speed
lily raised, no arrangement to that end
has yet been made. The energies of
the negotiators are now being devoted
to the framing of what will be known
as condition protocol and it is hoped
that while this class of document does
not undertake to closely define is
sues to be presented it will still con-
tain a provision for the removal of the
blockade.