Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-14
instruction Sent to British and
 German Ambassadors.
SHIPS WILL BE WITHDRAWN.

It Is Expected That By Tomorrow of
 Monday at the Latest Venezuela
 Will Be an Open Port Again M en-
 oranda Explaining the Protocol
 Which Was Signed by Minister
 Bowen Speak We'll of Att.
 Jude of United States in Matter.
 London, Feb 14.-The Associated Press is informed that instructions have been telegraphed to the commando CTS of the blockading squadrons off Venezuela to withdraw their ships ow- ing to the arrangements completed at Washington. The blockade, therefore, will be immediately raised
 Berlin, Feb 14--The government is telegraphing instructions to-day for coast immediately These instructions may not reach all the blockading ves- sels to-day, but it is expected that the blockade will be fully raised by to- morrow or Monday, especially since Commodore Scheder has been expect ing such instructions and had arranged for their proper transmission.
 
 Berlin, Feb. 1.-Two memoranda exs blaming the protocol were signed by Minister Bowen The text of the first is as follows:
 As the imperial German government holds that the claims originating from the Venezuelan civil wars of 1898 to 1900 are no more apt to be Submitted to arbitration, the government of Ven- ezuela has to acknowledge at once these claims amounting to 1,71S815 bolivars, approximately S325,O0O. and either to pay said amount in cash with out any delay. or should this be inn possible, to guarantee the spedy pay-8 ment of them by guarantees which are deemed sufficient by the imperial Ger man government"
 The second explantory~ document reads:
 The conditions of the German gov. ernment having been accepted, Mr| Bowen as representative of the Ven ezuelan government will now have to. provide for the payment of the I, 718,- ,-I S15 boliyars mentioned under No | ofa the conditions, or giva an adedusfe guaranty for this amount. Should MT Bowen choose the latter way the guar | anty is to be specified distinctly For instance, in case of the guaranty being I based on the customs revenues, as srlg- l gested by MT Bowen, it would be neces@ sary to state exactly in what way tha payment is to take place out of tlesk| revenues. The guaranty will baVe to 1 be given de facto and without delay z l h the event of the five drafts hand~ l ed to Baron Speck von Sternburg last night being defaulted, it is Stipulated that Belgian customs officials collect | the revenues at one of the VenezuelaD l ports in behalf of Germany. l Foreign Secretary Von Richthofen sent a special message to Ambassador Tower here at 8 o'clock yesterday evens ing informing him that the protocole would be signed during the evening and expressing his pleasure at the hap: l py result. l Chancellor von Buelow and Baron l voH Richthofen both express satisfac~s tion and approval cf the United Stntcs governments correct and friendly a ts tftude throughout the episode. | Baron Speck won Sternberg. by di- rect1on of his government, inforn1eA| Secretary Hay in advance of the char. atcer of any important proposal mada to MT Bowen. In at least two instances written memoranda of Germany's posi1 ton were supplied to the United States I government.