The Dickinson press., 1903-01-03
CARRIES HIS POINT
PRESIDENTS PROPOSAL REGARD
ING VENEZUELAN TROUBLE
FINALLY AGREED TO.
Parties Interested Consent to Submit
the Matter to The Hague Tribuna'
for Arbitration and a Conditional
Protocol Is Being Drawn Up-Ex
pected the Blockade of Venezuelan
Ports Will Be Raised.

pected the Blockade Of Venezuelan
Ports Will Be Raised.
Washington, Dec. 27.-Presiden
Roosevelt will not be the arbitrato.
of the Venezuelan controversy. TIL,
whole vexatious subject will be re-
ferred for adjudication to The Hagu,
tribunal.
Eptomized. this was the situation p.
1t had resolved itself at the conclusion
OF the days cabinet meeting. TIL.
meeting was not so long as the ses
sions of the cabinet usually are. AL
the members except Secretary Roo
were present. The Venezuelan ques
ton was the principal and practicall,
the only topic of general concern unde:
consideration. Secretary Hay present
ed the net results of his cable cor
respondence with the governments a
London, Berlin, Rome and Caracas
In accordance with the suggestion
made several days ago by Presiden
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 tht
tribunal at The Hague.
The European powers not only con
sested to submit the controversy tt
arbitration, but, while they had ex
pressed preference for an arbitra
tion to be conducted by President
Roosevelt, they assented to his sug
gestion that the matter be referred te
The Hague.
The presentation Of the case met tn.
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 te
the powers in which the qualification
of this government is expressed fol
the course agreed upon by them IL
settlement of the pending difficulties.
No intimation is given of the condi
tions which may have been imposed
Oy 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 tc
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 responsi.
bility of determining the question.
It 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.
1t is not possible to learn either
whether the allies insist upon apol
ogies from Castro and, while it is as
sumod that the blockade will be speed.
lily raised. no arrangement to that end
has yet been made. The energies oi
the negotiators are now being devoted
to the framing of what will be known
as a condition protocol 81 --it-is hoped
that while this class q document does
not undertake to cl,sely define is.
sues to be presented l. will still con
tain provision for the removal of the
blockade.