Arizona republican., 1908-07-10
VENEZUELA CUTS LOOSE
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legation at Washington. Therefore he would leave the capital at the ear Hest moment he could arrange his
 domestic affairs to do so, which
 would be done tomorrow. He will
 proceed directly to New York and
 there take passage for Venezuela on | Saturday. The minister leaves be- hind him in Washington his family
 and household effects but these will probably follow in the near future.
 Just what took place between MT. Bacon and the charge cannot be | learned beyond the fact that the lat l ter presented his letters of recall. ! He made no demand for passports, nor could he do so consistently in view of the fact tha, Foreign Min [ ister Paul had declined to issue such 1 passports to the American charge when he withdrew from Caracas on the ground that there was no neces- sity for passports, the country being
 in profound peace and his person not
 being threatened in any way
 Senor VeloZ did communicate with
 Mir. Bacon the fact that the files of
 the Venezuelan legation will be plac-
 ed in the custody Of Senor Jacob
 Pimental, the Venezuelan consul gen
 eral in New York. This statement is
 regarded as an indication that the
 Venezuelan government has followed
 the precedent established by the
 United States in refraining from closing the consulates, notwithstand-
 ing a breach in diplomatic relations.
 No arrangement has been made for
 laA Al
 business which Venezuela might find absolutely necessary to transact through some unforeseen contingency.
 Taking leave of MT. Bacon and ac- cepting the suggestion that he com
 municate in writing to Secretary Root, Senor Veloz paid nasty calls upon Assistant Secretaries Aide, Huntington and Wilson and other officials of the state department whom he has long and intimately known. Of course, officially there was nothing for these gentlemen to say beyond the mere formalities when they were acquainted with the fact that the Venezuelan charge had been withdrawn. But possibly they did not hesitate to express sincere regret, for Veloz had come to be very highly regarded in diplomatic circles. Indeed it may be stated pos itively from actual knowledge that what he has done in the years he has passed in Washington as the rep resentative of Venezuela has gone far toward deferring the rupture which came today.
 Speaking of the matter, Mir Bacon said that the personality of Veloz had nothing to do with the severance of diplomatic relations between the two countries. He was very sorry to see Veloz go, as their relations | had been very friendly. Veloz sub ! mitted no written memorandum on | the subject. but made his communi- | cation with the department verbally |
 Now, as to the future, it is pointed | out by officials who have followed | closely the developments of the Ven ezuelan situation that there is not the slightest danger of war in the imme- diate future or indeed at all Rather the situation will resemble that fol- | lowing the rupture of diplomatic reIa- i tions between France and Venezuela. In that instance the legations were closed on both sides and all official relations were terminated while the trade between the two countries con- tinued. Frenchmen came to Vene- zuela and rich Venezuelans made an nual pilgrimages to Paris as if nothing had occurred. The history of these episodes in the case of Venezuela is