Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-14
PROTOCOLS ARE SIGNED
Formal Approval of the Agree
ments Respecting Settle
ment of Allies Claims
HOME GOVERNMENTS NOTIFIED
Bowen and Representatives of the
Blockadins Powers Come to Final
Understanding and Protocols Are
sianed-elockade Will Be Raised as
Soon as Possible.

soon as FOSSIplcs
Washington, Feb. 14.-Herbert w.
Bwoen, Venezuela's representative in
the peace negotiations at Washington,
last night signed with each of the allies
representatives here a protocol provid-
ing for the immediate raising of the
Venezuelan blockade and for the refer
ence of the question of preferential
treatment of the claims of the allies
against Venezuela to The Hague arbi-
tration tribunal. The final formalities
occurred at the British embassy. AT
1880 o'clock last night Mr.. Herbert
Dering, first secretary Of the British
embassy, announced to the Associated
Press that the British protocol had just
been signed and that the signature OF
the Italian and German protocols would
follow in the order named.
The British protocol was in English,
the Italian in Italian and German in
German and English. Mr.. Bowen signed
in duplicate for Venezuela, Sir Michae!
Herbert for Great Britain, Signor Mayo
Desplanches for Italy, and Baron Spec
Won Sternberg for Germany. Immedi-
ately on the signing of the last protocol
cables were dispatched to London, Ber-
lin and Rome announcing the fact. Ii
is expected that the commanders of the
blockading fleet will within the next
twenty four hours receive orders to
withdraw their vessels at once.
BY the provisions of the preliminary
protocols, which have required more
than three weeks of constant negotia
tons, Venezuela makes two distinct
gains, the immediate raising of the
blockade from which she has been suf-
fering for some weeks and the return
of all her vessels, war and merchant
which have been captured by the allied
fleet.
Great Britain, Germany and Italy re-
ceive G5,500 each, Great Britain re-
ceiving her payment on the signature OF
the protocol and Germany and Italy
within thirty and sixty days from date
Germany, in addition, will receive
monthly payments until the full amount
paid her in advance aggregates $4,000
As q guaranty for the settlement OF
their claims, Mr.. Bowen pledges the al
lies share with the other creditor ma
tons in 80 per cent of the customs re-
ceipts of the two ports of La Guaira AMI
Porto Cabello. This percentage will BIZ
set aside beginning March l. and re-
tanned In the Venezuelan treasury until
The Hague tribunal shall decide wheth-
er IL shall be distributed without pref
erence among the claimant nations o,
whether the allied powers of Great Bri.
tain. Germany and Italy shall receive
preferential payments.
Italy. by her protocol, gains immedi.
ate payment of her first-class claim.
without further adjudication, as soor
as the joint comm ssion at Caraca.
shall have passed or the remainder O
! her claims. In round numbers the ad.
| judicated Italian claims amount Il
| s560,000, from which will be subtractet
the $27500 to be paid her sixty day:
from the signature of her first protocol
The Italian ambassador also has Sc
| cured for his government the insertion
III his protocol of an agreement tina
Venezuela will insert in her treaty with
Italy the favored nation clause pos
sessed by the other nations.
Great Britain has left her protocol
| unchanged since it was approved by
the London foreign Office some days
ago. 1t is stipulated by the protocols
that the claims of the creditor nations
shall be adiudicated by joint commits.
sions to consist in each instance of {
,&o<( ~
claimant power and. in case of a dis
agreement, an umpire to be named by
the president of the United States.
The protocols in providing for refer
ence of the question of preferential
treatment to The Hague do not state
in detail the methods of procedure by
which the case is to be laid before the
tribunal. This will he done in second
set of protocols. the provisions of which
will begin at once. 1t is agreed, how
ever, that not Venezuela alone, but
all the creditor nations. shall be per-
mitted to appear with her before the
tribunal in opposition to the allies fol
preferential payment.
Upon the signing oe the protocols last
night. congratulations were exchanged
by the four negotiators. Mr. Bowen
hten dispatched brief cablegram to
President Castro. informing him of the
signature of the protocols providing for
the immediate raising of the blockade
Nearly Forfei.s His Life.
A runaway almost ending fatally
started a horrible ulcer on the leg of j
Is. Orner. Franklin Grove, III. For four
years 1t defied all doctors and all rene