The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-12
BOWEN BLAMED FOR TROUBLE
STATE DEPARTMENT REFUSES
TO GIVE OUT HIS REPORT.

This Leads TO belief mat . CriSiL HAS Been
Reached I'm the Relations Between Us
and VeneZuelA-MatteF Not 20 he
Settled Untn the President Returns.
WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE long eX-
pected report Of Herbert W. Bowen, United
States Minister TO Venezuela, concerning
his presentation Of the note from this Gov
eminent asking Venezuela 10 arbitrate
the asphalt and other questions pending
between the two countries reached Wash
inEton to-day, together with the text Of
President Castros reply TO the note itself.
The State Department declined to make
public the contents Of the communication
from Mr.. Bowen, and officials Of the Depart
ment would not say what the report In
dicated or what bearing IL will have on the
rumored recall OF Minister Bowen.
When Castro made his answer It was said
that Mr. Bowen, in his cabled report Of the
matter to the State Department. charac-
teTized IL as impertinent and impudent.
A Venezuelan agent here to-day received,
by the same mail that brought Mr.. Bowen g
report, a letter from a man high In ofhcial
circles Of Caracas in which the statement
was made that President Castro's answer
was everything that IL should be and that
there was nothing impudent about IT, The
! writer says:
while firm'in tone, the answer was
oouched in the most courteous and diplo-
matio language There was nothing in It
which could be construed as impertinent'
or 1mpudent' That II was ihpertinent
and fmpudent' is evidently gratuitous
statement by Mr.. Bowen
No action IN the Venezuelan matter will
be taken before the President retums-
At all events the President will not be
bothered about II just now unless some
new and more serious phase arises
A Government Official said TO day that
Minister BoWen'a report was a matter for
| the consideration 81 tho Cebinet. There
| can be, Of oourse, no Cabinet meeting until
| fcials awaited the report with more eager
ness for Mr.. Bowen's story OF his presenta-
ton Of the note from the State Depart
mept than for Castros answer. The re-
| fusal 20 make the report public or even 10
give an intimation Of what IL contains
coupled with the statement that 1t Is Of
such a nature that II will be necessary TO
submit II 10 the Cabinet, has created the
| impression that q crisis has been reached
In the relations between the two coun-
| tries.
deals with Mr.. BOwen's status. II the
diplomat ovestated the United States
! Go vernment's position concerning its de-
sire for arbitration, as V generally be-
| lieved here and subject TO no denials, Mr..
Bowen's chances Of staying In Caracas are
| considerably diminished.
In the letter from Caracas to the Venez-
uelan agent here the correspondent says
! that in that capital Minister Bowen IL
| blamed for all Of the trouble that has
passed and that which still exists. II also
AYERS that false reports have been sent
| from Caracas concerning the situation
| One case mentioned n the report which
came from Mr.. Bowen stating that the
| French Minister at Caracas had had war
| ships placed at his disposal and that ne had
| sent strong note to the Venezuelan Govern
ment. The letter asserts that, although
| the French legation has had something to
| do with the suit Of the French Cable Com
pany, It's relations with Castro's Government
| have been most amicable. The French
| Minister, IL was said, would take no further
| action In the cable case, a. be h willing
| that the matter be fought out in the courts
| Of Venezuela.