The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-09-23
FRANCE Is MAD
AT VENEZUELA
Will Demand That Offensive Action
Be DisaVowed.
CABLE COMPANY TROUBLE
JOINT INTERVENTION MAY BE
PROPOSED.

n ARTS, Sept. 22-The offensive
attitude of Venezuela against
NJ. Taigny, the French charge
indignation in official quarters
here. Although the ministry has
not taken definite action, il is said
in the highest quarters that Premier
Rouvier undoubtedly will demand that
Venezuela disavow the offensive action
and adopt course comfortable with
the usual cOurtesies of diplomatic in
tercourse. The Venezuelan authorities
are now seeking to show that their ac-
ton was directed against NJ. Taigny
personally, and not against the French
government, but the officials here do
not accept the distinction between NJ.
Ta1gny's personal and official capacity.
He has high standing at the foreign Of
fee where he recently served. He also
aided Ambassador Cambon at Wash
ington during the most delicate phases
of the Spanish negotiations. Therefore,
there is no intention here to permit
Venezuela TO make scapegoat of him.
Status of the Controversy.
The official directly charged with
handling Venezuelan questions ex-
planned the general status of the con-
troversy as follows:
Venezuela supports the closing of the
French Gable cOmpany's inland sta
tons on the ground of the decision of
the Venezuelan courts. France does
not question the general right of the
courts, but maintains that the decision
OF the courts contained nothing au-
thorizing the executive branch to seize
and shut up the cable stations.
Moreover, only a day before shutting
up the inland stations, Venezuela gave
assurance that General Vilutini, the
Venezuelan minister at Paris, would
take steps to satisfactorily adjust the
question. Therefore, NJ. Taigny pro-
tested on the ground that the courts
decision did not justify closing stations.
This protest was not NJ. Taignys per-
sonally, but followed specific instruc-
tiOns from the foreign office. There
fore. it is impossible 10 raise a personal
issue.
Separate Verbal Protest.
A separate verbal protest was made
against the expulsion of Mgr Brun OF
the French Cablegram company on
the ground that the right to eXpel for
eigners does not apply TO NJ. Brun, who
was permanently domiciled in Caracas.
1t is to be expected that a demand win
be made that Venezuela disavow the
action taken. The subsequent course of
France will depend upon Venezuela's
reply.
Inquiry makes it perfectly certain
that Venezuela has placed orders at
the Cruezot works for eight field bat
teFies and four mountain batteries, the
latter consisting of four guns each.
1t was announced from Caracas Sept.
20 that the Venezuelan government had
made the following reply TO the pro-
test lodged Sept. 10 by NJ. Taigny, the
French charge daffaires, against the
closing Of the land stations Of the
French Cable company and the expul-
sion of the manager of the company.
NJ. Brun:
Personal Hostility.
THE government holds documents
proving that the French Cable company
has accepted the result of the judicial
proceedings brought against it. The
government is only waiting to estab-
fish new relations between it and the
company. NJ. Taigny, the French
charge d'affaires knows this, and
therefore the protest can be only con-
sidered as an act of personal hostility.
For this reason the government Will alb
stain from treating with the French
government through NJ. Taigny."
The semi-official Temps this evening
printed a leading article rejecting Of
fetal sentiment on the subject. 1t is
said that NJ. Taigny had been ordered
TO insist on Venezuela's Withdrawing
her offensive refusal TO deal with him.
If the withdrawal is made and Presi-
dent Castro makes an apology then ne
gotiations viii continue. If Venezuela
does not accede, it will be unwise TO
Immediately break off diplomatic rela-
tons by the Withdrawal OF NJ. Taigny,
since this would leave French interests
unprotected. The best course would be
for France and the United States to
make a joint naval demonstration sim
liar to that in which Great Britain,
Germany and Italy took part.
Proposed Intervention.
Continuing, the paper says:
Already to our knowledge the ca BIZ
nets of Washington and Paris have ex-
amined certain questions. Mutual con-
fidence will render easier an under
standing for efiicacious joint interven-
ton This intervention, in which firm
ness will not exclude moderation and
prudence, appears today TO be essen
tial"
The authorities here say that eX-
changes will occur at Washington re-
lative to the mutual interests involved
in the pending controversies.
NJ. Jusserand, the French ambassa-
dor TO the United States, viii sail for
New York tomorrow from Havre on
the steamer 10 Touraine
THE DEATH RECORD.