Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1903-01-29
Allies to End Aggressive Actor Il.
Venezuela When Condit:::: =. #
Guarantee Are Conclu<, !. =, II,
CAsTBD'S OFFER SAID TO BEA""Eo!Enn.
Portions Of Customs Revenue t. Go 10
ward Paying the Claims =! ::-'ts.:
Bowen rcdicts Early Ell ~ t. q
.Dispnte-Germany'sO nictsl .,te~ec+
.--CaElco Is Blamed.

of the Venezuelan ports have $3.50 ex.
changed between Minister Bo' !, and
the representatives of Great Tti'a;a,
Germany, and Italy.
In their declarations the repre- senta-
aives of the Europeanpowersp i v..l.se6
to consent to the immediate Ia 3 y o.
The blockade as soon as an ayr ~ II
rs concluded between them a~a NJ.
Bowen embodying the conditions laid
down by the powers.
These conditions chiefly relat ~ ne
guarantees to be furnished by t:""
zuela, which has offered a PORTS #
the customs revenue of La Guayra md
Porto Cabello.
Capture OF Fort Reported.
New York, Jan. 27.-Persons i, ;..33a:e::
touch with the blockading fore ~
according to the Herald's Ec~t:'
Cabello (Venezuela) correspo"d dent
that Fort San Carlos, which commands
the entrance to Lake Maracaib., nas
Been captured by the Germans M
been blown up. They also report 'tIt
dhe German gunboat Panther has &C
disablel and is being towed b" the
German cruiser Fake to WillenIs, "a,
Curacao.
Castro's Troops Defeated.
New York, Jan. 27-Pre sident r s
@ro S troops have been defeated b the
Venezuelan revoutionists in an imror-
Sant battle about 40 miles west OF
Porto CabellO> says a dispatcl. 90
tn" Herald from Wilemstad, Islal t.; 1T
Curacao. Scattered bodies of the &C.
Seated, government soldiers are a~riv~
rag III Porto CabelIo. Their command
Eng general was captured by the lew
entiOniSts.
s;rr,tannyFs Official Statement
Berlin, Jan. 27-In an official ST: T..
meat given out in regard to the bonn
olrs;inent of Fort San Carlos at Mara
ecaiho. it was pointed out:
First. That the bonnie rdment a.
Cured while Mr.. Bowen. the Amerio:,
minister and representative of Verc-
2ueia in the negotiations at Washirc-
ION, was on his way to the lat err city.
Therefore the negotiations had ,,.,t
actually begun. .
Second. 1t is claimed that the ia 4
OF Che matter lies wholly at PresiGe".+
Castro's door. and that he alone is re
spon*ioIe for every life lost and AIRY
INJURY inflicted.
Third. It was the right and the dr
OF Iha Panther to secure free passa~s
OF the lagoon, and in discharging the
and :r;aNing Of the other powers TO
sscnrG control of the lagoon and i'll
Srect the vessels therein the Panth. r.
mad no intention of l"nh;rding IT,
forts, AK AaGsnO ordtrs ~ do so. J:
CASTRO Gets the Blame.
The responsibility for the lombard.
Euent, it is claimed rests entirely with
president Castro. If he had disavoweu
GLe action Of the fort in firing on tn.
Panther the second bonn bardmen'
would rot have taken place. But, or
the contrary, the affair was celebra ted
as Venezuelan victory, and as the
fort remained hostile it became neces
sary to destroy it. la pursuance of al
interIA tional blockade an American
commander would have acted in pre-
eisely the same way as the German Off
ESI LII toiAiAIldAId. EIId Tue sta
says, Indignation is felt here at the
znanner in which the spirit of the Ger
man proceedings has been misinter-
preted and misrepeseated in the
United states.
Bowen IL Hepefu,.
Washington, Jan. s7.-At midniyht
Sa turdar night Minister Bowen gave
out the following sta tement: 81 have
good, lau.son to believe that the per dine
controversy between the three allied
powers and Veneznla will be settled
soon and satisfactorily. Mr. Bowen
said he was able to make this positive
stat ement after a number of confer
eaces held during the day and evening
with the representa- ves of the allied
powers, He expressed his qualification
over the prospects of speedy settle
ment Of The difficulty. He had nothing
to say, however, as to whether the as
surances he has received include an
immediate raising Of the blockade. a