Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-03-31
BOWEN PERSONA NON eRATA.
President Castro Has Asked Recall Of
American Minister.

| Washington, March 81. - President
| Castro has notified President Roosevelt
| thru his special envoy, DR.. Jose De
Jesus Paul, that Herbert w. Bowen,
| United States minister to Venezuela,
is persona non grata. DR.. Paul after
an interview had with the president
Bowen would be transferred to an
other post when a vacancy occurs.
| DIR. Paul also requested that all
questions relating to- Venezuela be TAX
en- out of the hands of Assistant Sec
retary of State Loonis, who was min
| lister to Venezuela, and became highly
unpopular in Caracas.
| President Roosevelt directed DR..
Paul to conduct the negotiations with
| Secretary Taft and the Venezuelan be-
| lieves Mr.. Loomis will be Immediately
relieved of all connection hereafter
with Venezuelan affairs.
Action Not Surprise.
| Action on the part of DR.. Paul had
been forecasted by public statements
made by President Castro and by the
representations which the Venezuelan
agent made to Secretary Taft in an in
| terview with that American official
a few days ago. Dr.. Paul then asked
Mr.. Taft to present to the president
the desirability of withdrawing Mr..
Bowen, asserting that such action
would be followed by prompt set
tlement of all the difficulties between
the United States and Venezuela.
ToIeinforce what Mr.. Taft said, DR..
Paul requested permission to talk di-
,r-f{I 1,a Tn,
sation with the latter Dr. Paul de-
tailed at considerable length the mis-
understandings which existed and
which he believed to be due in great
part to Mr.. Bowens antagonism to
Gen. Castro.
He was sure General Castro had not
meant any offense to President Roose-
welt or the people of the United States
in making his blunt statement in re-
sponse to Mr.. Bowen's demand for ar
bitration of the asphalt and other dis
putes, and that this government must
not question the nobility of Venezuelan
courts. For Mr.. Roosevelt General
Castro entertains a warm admiration
and is convinced he is actuated by high
principles and would take no action
of an unjust or illegal character Nor
in the opinion of President Castro
would the American people counten-
ance anything of the kind. But Mr..
Bowen ,as created a great deal of fric-
ton, so DR.. Paul stated by his at
titude generally toward the president
and the Venezuelan government, and
by the character of the demands he
haa made.
Venezuela Friend Of Arbitration.
So far as arbitration is concerned,
Venezuela has given many notable in
stances of her real regard for this
principle. Beginning with the settle
ment of the boundary dispute with
England, which was arbitrated as re-
suit of the insistence of President
Cleveland it has referred numerous
claims to arbitration, and even went
to the extent of requesting President
Roosevelt to arbitrate the claims which
Great Britain, France, and Italy at
tempted to collect by force.
Thru Minister Bowen these claims
finally were arranged and at the same
time Venezuela agreed to the arbitra-
ton of the pending claims of all other
nations This effort on the part of
President Castro to settle eauitably
all the claims caused The Hague court
of arbitration to consider the question
of preferential treatment in payments
which was raised by the powers which
blockaded the ports of the republic.