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Show i General Trouble Feared Over Venezuela. Caracas, Venezuela, Feb. 2 President Castro, is quoted as saying, in the course of an inter, view: "I cannot grasp the news from Washington. 1 fear that; the Venezulan conflict will be made a pretext for a world war. I have answered, however, the demand for preferential treatment, as follows: The Venezuelan Government Govern-ment desires equal treatment for every credit r nation, at the same tline keeping in mind and respec ting its pvevious diplomatic agreements and obligations. London, Feb. 2. The Daily Mail says that the more the j British nation struggles to escape from the German alliance and the j Venezuelan imbroglio, th 3 more 1 irretrivably and inextricably is it involved; that there are obvi-' ous reasons why Germany should seek to protract the quarrel to the utmost possible limit, and thatj she now so controlsBritieh policy ' that all the remonstrances of the English press appear to be futile. In some quarters serious complications com-plications are feared as a result; of the rejection rfoftfir,BowJsj scheme. "r -isa- v -f"' p It is curious that while- Lord Cranborne's speech has been roundly condemned in this country coun-try it has given immetua satisfaction satis-faction at Berlin as showing f5?c-friendliness f5?c-friendliness of the British Government Gov-ernment Tlie British press, it is said, may write againsc Germany and irresponsible politicians may make speeches, but so long as the Government is friendly it does not much matter. The German Ger-man press ignores altogether public opinion in England. :v. I |