The Washington times., 1903-01-22
your MONEY OR YOUR LIFE"
ALLIES POLICY, CASTRO SAYS


NEW YORK, Jan. 22.-The New York
Herald" today publishes the following:
Caracas. Venezuela, Dec. 80 Cby
maiIJ President Castro was astonished
that your correspondent should have
outdistanced official channels and
brought him first news that the whole
Venezuelan question would be referred
TO The Hague tribunal for settlement if
other means failed.
SO I would. Of course he said. have
greatly preferred President RooseveIt's
arbitration TO that of a strange tribunal.
of which we in Venezuela know nothing.
But, convinced Of the justice OF our
cause and the sincerity Of our advisers
Ia Washington. we will gladly adopt the
course they wish us to pursue What
ever # may be, we viii accept in good
faith the decision Of the august tribunal
- When al the facts are known I
think the world viii see we have acted
well within our rights and with sucpris-
Ing calm. The impetuous conduct Of
Germany has certainly tended to bring
international law and older civilizations
into disrespect among US, and this re-
gret
My heart is fulI of gratitude toward
Mr.. Bowen and the Government in
! Washington Tor the wise, unseIdsh coun-
1 sci they have offered throughout the
crisis Later, when the conflict shall have
entered upon the legal stage. ! shall re-
turn 10 This subject. upon which It al
ways viii be pleasant for the sons Of
E-ar7arr---r s-r--1T
/ Attitude Of French Commended.
7 am happy 10 say that the attitude
/ Of the French has also been correct It
viii be our concern in better days TO
show our appreciation Of those who, like
/ ourselves and our fellow republicans Of
/ France, did not take advantage of our
/ perplexities to further their selfish ends.
/ 90 4 do not want to be painted better
than ! am. and I frankly admit that for
/ q moment. under the surprise of the
first aggression Of the powers. ] perhaps
/ lost my head in ordering the arrest Of
all Germans and English. My intentions
We're good and il was only in listening
TO Nr. Bowen that I saw what an IN
favorable Interpretation might be put
upon this step.
MY purpose has been misunderstood
I wished TO place these foreigners under
. restraint. not only for our protection
bat for their own safety. 1t was TO be
expected that when the news Of the out
rage perpetrated in La GuaiTa and the
blo0dshed in Puerto CabeIIo reached
Caracas demonstrations and perhaps
acts Of violence agatua5 the fellow
countTymen Of the aggressors would goi-
low. 1t was my intention to send them
OUT in safety by the first neutral ship
State Of Open Warfare.
4 dc not regret having accepted Hr.
Boyven's generous suggestion. but Z am
more than convinced that from the first
moment the Joint action OF the allies
constituted a state of open warfare In
deed. a few days later. Mr.. Balf0ur in
the house of commons. when he con
fessed that the peaceful blockade was a
diplomatic fiction an admitted fiction.
acknowledged. though indirectly. that I
was fully within my rights even when 7
acted on the inspiration Of the sur
prisiag news"
90 Has the blockade hurt me? Not at
all We have not realized our more seTi-
Gus anticipa tons, and never, may say.
have we Vcnezuelans felt so safe against
foreign aggression as today. The block
ade has not hurt US much, but it has
ruined the bugineez Of hundreds Of Eng