New-York tribune., 1905-03-22
NO FORCE TO VENEZUELA.
4RBTTRATION URGED.
Utmost Leniency to PreuaiL in Pres
ent Negotiations.
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washington, March 21.-The United States is
,-oceeding with the utmost lenency and
s,6eration in its relations with Venezuela, and
Ass issued no ultmatum. On the contrary,
minister Bowen has been instructed merely to
--sss upon President Castro the necessity of re-
sortng 10 arbitration where diplomatic expe-
s,euts have proved unavailing. The loyal ad-
bersnce OF President Roosevelt's administration
20 the principle of arbitration has already been
zridely and repeatedly demonstrated. and de-
snjte the exasperating character Of Castro's
vsgaries all show Of force viii be avoided until
every other means Of arriving at an equitable
settlement OF pending questions has been ex-
hausted.
The latest representations made by Minister
Bowen. acting under explicit instructions from
she State Department. are merely reiterative. in
somewhat more forcible terms. OF the proposition
made 10 the Venezuelan Executive several
-,ortbs ago which provided not only for the
subnsission of American claims 10 arbitration
tnt for their adjudication by alb initio proceed
s,qs without regard to the processes or findings
nj the Venezuelan judiciary, processes the
rrnited states cannot recognize as having any
validity
On the former occasion Castro seized upon the
4ronosal Of the United States that existing diff
ssrenoes be submitted to arbtral tribunal
"a inject into the discussion counter PROPOSE
zion involving submission of the right Of the
Tinted States to intervene between the Venez-
,,elan government and those holding its grants
irrespective of their citizenship. to arbitration
a suggestion which was pronounced untenable
and unworthy of consideration by this govern
spent While the negotiations were still in prog
ness in fact, had barely begun, President Cas-
tro sought rest and recreation at a point re-
mote from the Venezuelan capital. and they
Fere necessarily suspended.
CAsTRo'S ACTIONS WITHOUT EQUITY.
Meanwhile a careful examination was UNDER
taken by the State Department, with the re-
suit that the actions of President Castro both
executive and judicial, found to be un-
uuestionabIy without equity Minister Bowen
was therefore instructed TO represent TO the
Venezuelan President the increasing necessity Of
submitting the several questions at issue to an
hrbitral court, and he now found opportunity TO
Rct in strict accordance with these instructions
No threat accompanies Minister Bowen's
latest representations, but they are so expressed
as TO leave no doubt as to the earnestness of
khis government. and to impress on the Venez-
Celan Executive the gravity of further evasive
or dilatory replies to the urgent request of the
limited States that the equity of its claims be
determined by a tribunal wholly separate and
Airely removed from the influence of Venezuelan
surroundings. In the mean time, the United
States calmly awaits the decision OF Venezuela,
Scnnoenr IN tre Justice OF its demands ana uYl-
-vsllins 70 contemplate the NECESSITY Of any
step contingent President Castro's refusa.
20 accord respectful consideration and full salts
faction.
As the nature Of Minister Bowen's instruc-
fions has been more or less known for some
is inf
Castro has deemed this appropriate time to
precpitate other complications but they
not regarded in washington as Of grave impor-
tance or likely to becloud the real issue.
Confidence is further expressed in the good
judgment of the European powers whose citi-
gems are creditors of Venezuela and who have
learned by experience that their interests
almost identical with those of the United States.
CONFIDENCE OF EUROPEAN POWERS.
There has been notable disposition the
part of European powers for some time past to
permit the United States to deal single handed
with complications arising on this continent
even where the interests of European citizens
vitality affected, it is appreciated that this
country has acted and will continue to act on
eltrustic lines when dealing with any South
American situation which involves the interests
OF Europeans. This was very clearly demon
0o~--N
Venezuela to arbitration, when the United
States cheerfully acquiesced in a decision max
ing citizens OF Great Britain, Germany and Italy
preferred creditors.
Nevertheless. there are claims of American
citizens which render imperative at least a So
luton Of the method whereby they are to be
met and IN view of that fact the United States
stands prepared to take any necessary steps to
protect those interests. Among the claims most
pressing are those of the New-York and Ber-
mudez Asphalt Company, whose grant was
seized by Venezuela and whose plant is being
utilized by Venezuelan officials to take out and
sell the output; the claim OF the newspaper cor
respondent Jaurett who wrongfully ex-
PEELED from Caracas; the Critchfeld asphalt
claim and the claim of the Orinoco Steamship
Company, whose franchise was improperly for
feited
Until the United States has settled with Venez-
uela The matters which Mr.. Bowen is now press
ing upon President Castro, no such arrange
Taents as that reported from Europe involving
the segregation Of all Venezuelan customs reve-
would be recognized or upheld by any
European government