The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-02-06
HAVE APPEALED
To ROOSEVELT
Allied Powers Want No More
Dealings With Bowen.
THE PRESIDENT MAY REFUSE
IN WHICH CASE THE QUESTION
GOES TO THE HAGUE.


Venezuela's representative. adj
dressed to the British ambassador on
Monday last. refusing to accept the al
lies proposal for a scheme OF preferen-
tial payments by which Great Britain.
Germany and Italy were to receive 20
per cent and the remaining eight cred
itor nations 10 per cent of the customs
OF La Guayra and Puerto Cabello, the
allied powers have instructed their rep
resentatives here to submit the ques-
ton of preferential treatment for set
tlemenG to President Roosevelt, and in
the event that he declines to act as
arbiter, to take this and possibly the
entire Venezuelan question to The
Hague for settlement, thereby breaking
off negotiations with Mr.. Bowen.
Conference Today.
At 10 O'Clock tomorrow at the Brit
ish embassy there will be a conference
of the representatives here of the allies.
In view OF the fact that the London
government is now taking the lead in
the negotiations, the British ambassa-
dor viii preside at this conference. In
the meantime he expects to have an in
terview with the secretary of state.
whom he will sound as TO the prOba
bility of the presidents acceptance of
the allies request. II it is found that
President Roosevelt is not disposed to
allow himself to be dragged into the
negotiations. the Instructions of the
allies are such as to permit them to
forego the embarrassment of a rejec-
ton at the hands of Mr.. Roosevelt, and
instead of making known their wishes
to him, steps will be taken to draw up
a protocol with Mr.. Bowen for a refer
ence of the case to The Hague, as sug-
gssted by him in his note of last Mon
day The British ambassador was the
first of the representatives to receive
instructions to this effect, and the mat
ter was discussed at the monday con-
ference between the three representa-
tives Of the allies.
Caused No Surprise.
Announcement of the decision of the
allies to abandon further negotiations
with Mr.. Bowen has not been received
with surprise by the few officials of the
Washington government who have been
advised of it.
1.-The Hague tribunal said one Off
cial of the administration tonight, has
all along been kept in sight as a port
OF safety in case the negotiations here
were not productive of final settle
ment. And as for the suggestion that
the president act as arbiter, that has
been favorite idea of the allies since
the beginning of the trouble"
Whether President Roosevelt viii ac-
cept this invitation cf the allies is not
known. An official of the administra-
ton expressed his surprise tonight that
the allies were willing to submit this
question to the president, in view of
the fact that their representatives
within the last few days have informed
them by cable that the president views
with disfaVOr the contention of the al
lies for preferential trea tment- There
is the best authority for the statement
that neither Great Britain nor Germany
is DESTROYS of submitting its case to
The Hague.
Not Quite Clear.
The instructions received by the
British ambassador are not quite clear
as to the alternative to be pursued in
the event that the president declines
to act as arbiter of the question of
priority of payments. 1t is not known
whether the protocol which Will then
be drawn up with Mr.. Bowen viii pro-
vide for a reference of the entire case
to The Hague or whether the allies are
willing to have The Hague arbitrate
the one question of preferential treat
ment. The drafting of the protocol
will. it is expected. occupy some time,
but il is the understanding that upon
the submission of the matter either to
the president or The Hague, the block
1t developed today that during a call
of Count Quadt, the first secretary of
the German embassy, upon Mr.. Bow
en- this morning, the latter stated to
him his Willingness, to make to Ger
many and italy a cash payment of
Ca, 500, or $2z, 600, each. This was done
because of Mr. BOwen's action in the
early part OF the negotiations in con-
ceding to Great Britain a similar
amount for satisfaction Of the alleged
indignities which the British govern
ment claimed It's citizens have suffered
in Venezuela. This amount was named
by the British ambassador.
1t was intimated today that France
might now come forward and ask for
the same cash payment for herself as
that given the allies.
Mr.. Bowen's Plan.
Various intimations have leaked out
here regarding certain details of the
plan proposed by Mr.. Bowen and al
ready accepted by the allies for the
Venezuela after the vexed question of
preferential treatment shall have been
decided. The Associated Press is en-
abled TO state in its entirety the plan
agreed upon. After the preferential
question has been settled the adjudica-
ton of the claims Of each of the credi-
tor nations interests is TO be taken
each claimant power. These commits
sions will first insist upon a representa-
tive of the creditor nation and rep
resentative for Venezuela. IN case of
disagreement the king CT Spain is in
each instance 20 appoint an arbiter 1t
is expected that each claimant power
viii appoint its envoy at Caracas to
represent il on the commission, and
President Castro win delegate either the
Venezuelan minister for foreign affairs
or some other official OF the foreign
Office as Venezuela's representative.
Where the services of an arbiter are
needed the king of Spain will in all
probability. select for this mission the
Spanish minister at Caracas, who is
recognized as an able diplomat
Belgium to Step in.
After the commission claims have
been. adjusted they are TO be collected
by the Venezuelan officials from the
customs receipts of the two ports of
Puerto Cabello and La Guayra, so per
cent being the amount which Mr.. Bow
en- and the allies have agreed upon
shall be set aside for this purpose. In
the event that the Caracas government
permits thirty days at any time during
the settlement of the claims to pass
without prompt and full payments TO
any nation, the plan provides that the
Belgian government shall then step in
and take charge of the administration
of the customs receipts to insure fair
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