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Show MISDEEDS OF ENBLANO Venezuelan Official Gives His Country's Version. ORINOCO HARBOR BLOCKADE Minister Declares That the Blockade I Bcinp Conducted According to tho Rules nnd Regulations The S'lzuie of Patos Island Is Another Oticvftiico Venezuela Claims n Terfect Title to the Island-I-iesl-dent Castro Not Seeking to Eado Tayment of His Obligations Ciiremi. .Nov il -!)s. usslng enesiie-la enesiie-la s I irclgn relations ir I 0iea Ilnralt, Minister nf the Interior said I'owntd the riirlcM ritutes Venesilslii eiiteriulns Iho kindliest feelings of friend 'hip und she remember, with gratitude the great service of the reputlln In llu past Venesuela I determined so far as she Is concerned lhat nothing shall occur 10 disturb in the slightest degre. the existing understanding wllh the mer-letih mer-letih legiitlon und the friendly relations l.e-iween l.e-iween the two countries entsuelii has nothing to complain of regarding the w In which the Merlons Important questions have Imen treated and except for some pending r)ucetlons, her foreign relations hive been nf u cordial character The l.iigllsh (lovirninent at irhilducf. published u few ilavs ugo an otllclal decree diilarlng the blockade of Orlnoio null and veld If there Is any phue where the blockude Is effective It Is the Orinoco for besldo the land defenses we have main tallied scveial guiiboals which have it liilentl performed there nil ihe duties appertaining to a blockade l:MII.!ll IMOSHISTKNCU'S The l.ngllsh loo aio IneoiiMsleiii for while one Journal at Trinidad published Iho decree declaring lb. bloc kudo to bu Ineffective ihe .Minor, another publication. publica-tion. Inslsls that mc-rucl I Is loially fill-lining fill-lining her International ilutv In lliis rc-Hct rc-Hct ihe Urltlsh sloop of war 1 uniomc enured tho Oilnorn wltliniit perinlssloii uud l'resldtut Castro bus dltectcd u protest pro-test against this Infringement on eno-iiielun eno-iiielun soverclgnt) It has been rrnllz.d that tho principal foreign ships shall ask permission lo enter the mouth of Iho river and we cannot undcrstund the dls-legard dls-legard of this rule A similar protest his btcn sent rcgurdlng the action of Ihe Oer-man Oer-man warship l'nnlhci which also intend the Orinoco without permission OCCLI'AIION OP PATOS "Another act which has provoked astonishment aston-ishment was the hoisting of the llrlllsh Itag on the tslund of Palus enezuelas right to this island cannot be questioned HeoRraphlealli historically und pnlltirul-I), pnlltirul-I), It Is inriucjii terrltor) With tho 1st ind of 1 rlnldad II Is recognized as forming part of the old Spanish colony b the treat) of Amiens Trinidad was ceded to Great llrllaln, but Patos Island lemalned and was recognised ns an Integral Inte-gral purl of Venezuela Iho 1 ngllsh clilm to Pntos island wus based on the act nt a former Hpunlsh Oovirnor which was not recognized b Bptin If further evl deuc.s of Nenezuclas rights were needed the lact that the Island Is situated scurce-I) scurce-I) three miles from the Venezuelan main lund while It Is ten mllia from Trlnldud Is sufficient The Imprcgn ibllltv of ene-zueia ene-zueia s position Is shown by the facility with which we have replied to ever) argument ar-gument in support of the Urltlsh contention conten-tion advanced by thtY Minister ot that countr Patos island Is Venezuelan and must remain so Ilegardtng tho relations between Venezuela Vene-zuela and German), tho Minister said, Ili:i,AlION3 Vint OIUIMANV ' (Jermnny has never given Venezuela an) intimation of Its purpose to enforco the collection of Its pending claim Presl. dent Castro has no Intention ot evading 11 Just obligation contracted by the Government, Govern-ment, but on the contrnr), will lnect It lovall) At tho ssme time bo ennnot be expected to permit any action Infringing tho rights and dignity of the Government |