Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-04-01
II LOOKS VERY Much AS TIL
but A GOOD LICKING IS Due

country, practically nothing remains
In treating the various claims, Mr.,
Root comments upon the expulsion of
A. F. Jaurett from Venezuelan terri
tory on Saturday, November IL, 1904,
after the closing hours of business.
Mr.. Root says that the United States
neither questions nor denies the ex-
istence of the sovereign right to expel
an undesirable resident, but that the
justification must be great and con-
vincing.
Otherwise" he said, residence in
a foreign country would be neither
safe nor profitable, for expulsion might
at any moment deprive a resident of
the legitimate rewards of lifetime"
The claims, as outlined by Mr.. Root,
were presented to Venezuela by Mr..
Russell, and the correspondence shows
they received scant consideration. On
that account Mr.. Root addressed an
other letter to Mr.. Russell, dated June
FL, 1907, calling attention to the de-
mands for an amicable adjustment of
the controversies by means of inter
national arbitration. Late in Febru-
airy, commenting upon Venezlelas fail
ure to take cognizance of the Ameri-
can note, Mr.. Root in his letter said:
"The answer the Venezuelan gov
eminent makes to these demands prac-
tically refuses consideration. 1t is
practically confined to a simple denial
of the correctness of the attitude of
| this government The curt and con-
temptuous way in which it ignores or
dismisses the serious and respectful
representations of the United States
produces painful impression of in,
difference and disrespect. With the
patience, however, which has charac
terized the actions of the government
of the United States in the past in
all it's relations with Venezuela, the
department of state again instructs
| you to reiterate the views expressed
in the instructions of February 90, last
and to make the following brief reply
to each of the points raised by the
| memorandum of Venezuela
The claims are again reviewed, anC
Mr.. Root concluded his letter as fol
lows:
AS to each and every one of the
aforesaid cases, in case you shall no
receive a prompt and favorable reply
from the government of Venezuela
you will expressly and formally pro
pose to the government of Venezuela
that the claims against the govern
ment in respect thereof be submitted
to arbitration before the permanen
court of arbitration at the Hague, o.
| If Venezuela shall prefer, before a tri
bunal of three jurists, not members
of the Hague tribunal, to be selected
IN the usual manner.
On February 18th, 1908, Secretar,
! Root dispatched a cablegram to Min
lister Russell instructing him to ascer
tain whether refusal of Veneguela t
accept our proposal of arbitration il
! designed to applp to each and ever.
one of five claims, and if she is read,
: to arbitrate any of these claims, whicl
ones she is willing to arbitrate."
The reply of Minister Russell t
this cablegram is the final paper in tn
mass of correspondence relating t
the whole subject of the efforts of tn
United States government to secur
an amicable adjustment Of the claim
of American citizens. Mr.. Russell
cablegran, sent from Willemstad, Feb
ruary 29, 1908, is as follows:
sThe Venezuelan government ans
wered today my note, sent in accord
ance with your cable instructions 20
Feb. 1S. The minister of foreign at
fairs states that Venezuela refrain
from considering for the present tn
question of arbitration because I hav
not as yet refuted the arguments il
the notes of July and Sept. 20, il
which notes Venezuela plainly state
the grounds for refusing to arbitrate.
7. The note concludes as follows:
Consequently. as the cases referre
to cannot be considered as being con
j! prised among those which call for dir
| lomatic action the government of Ven
!. ezuela would view it with satisfaction
il the government of the United State
!. would consider this question as closed
the parties interested always havin
j the right of recourse to the tribunal
] of justice Of the republic should the
tlsee fit."