Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-06-22

stantly grew worse and worse" MT. Bowen says that shortly after he cali ed the matter to the attention of the department of state he received a ca- ble offer from Washington of diplo- matic promotion that would remove him from Caracas.
 "I admit" he declares. that l re- garded the offer as an attempt to bribe ue.-veAef under the offer of a highP position and inspired by NIT. Loomis. I make no doubt that in the course of the recent inquiry it has been suffi- ciently plain that I did not think Mir. Loomis an honest man and that l did hot believe his conduct as minister to Venezuela had been honorable"
 When he went 10 Venezuela in 1901 as successor to Mir. Loomis. Mir. Bow en declares he found current rumors seriously affecting the honor and in- tegrity of his predecessor both as a man and as representative of the Unit ed States government. Mir. Bowen says that. feeling sense of pride in representing the United States. these rumors were a source of continual modification to him. Epitomizing the rumors, Mir Bowen says:
 "Mr. Loomis while minister was re- ported to have used his public position 10 fill his private purse by obtaining interests in concessions and in vari- ous claims against the Venezuelan government. He was commonly thought also to have been in the pay of the Bermudez Asphalt company and to have made use of his own ofilcial position to give color 10 the belief that the United States government was especially favorable 10 the side of that company in its controversy with the Venezuelan authorities. had no means of refuting these scandalous statements. Their substantial truth was assumed by my diplomatic col leagues as well as by the general pub lie at Caracas"
 Mr. Bowen tells of sending to the state department information of the report current fin Caracas that an in- eliminating cheek to Mir. Loomls and a letter from him 10 the governmental custodian of the asphalt property promising that the United States would not intervene in Venezuela were in the hands of one of President Gas tro's friends
 Shortly afterwsrd." he continues. T received a cable from the state de- rariment offering tO me a post that was intended to he my stepping stone 10 an smbssssdorship. It seemed to me that in the circumstances my duty to the United States demanded that should stay. for the present at least. ,n Caracas. and I declined the offer. personally advantageous as 1t was to myself.
 ~Currently with the report In Cara css tHSt President Castro had posses sion Of documents directly incriminat- ing the first assistant secretary of state. President Castro dispatched q special agent 10 Washington Concur rently with my refusal fo leave my post st Caracas there began to appear from wssbingtln such false and mis- leading statements in our papers as Bowen has asked te he recalled: he wants to sever diplomatic relations with Venezueis
 -It was riEi1t after fhis that I was sumncued hy the state department ts Washington. and a departmental in cgiry was made into MT. LoSuIs con duct in yenezueIz. and I was dis
 missed from the diplomatic service Yet I am neither responsible for Mir Lconfs' urs.vo-y rrru-sfian in Csr. gas BOT fer the cirrzlztioa cf sandal ous reporu about hin He e>sablishet his repufatio1 hin>e.f while Evtne tbze e Aners<an niniserr frsn 1oD7 n All I'll nn1 ~ nn6uww0r