Show LETTER CAUSED CASTRO TO ACT Dutch Minister Called the President of Venezuela ela Hard Names DOCUMENT WAS PRINTED CARACAS DOES NOT ANTICIPATE ARMED CONFLICT 0 0 00 Aug 2 The Dutch 0 J o 2 cruiser Gelderland arrIved here 4 0 today from La Guira Venezuela 0 S o Her commander declares that he 4 0 J sent a boat ashore at La Guira 0 S o with an officer and was refused 0 S S all means of ot communication with S S the shore The authorities there 0 S o he says declined to accept the letter bags and an official S SS o S to the German minister S l who vho Is In charge of at Dutch Inter S Sj j ests in Caracas He reports also S SS S that Venezuela is preparing her herS S S forces for a defense of ot the coun oun country S So o try It Is generally believed here S So o that Holland will tike take prompt ac action 0 tion v S 0 0 S S S Caracas Friday July Z 31 Sunday Sunda via Ia Port of ot Spain Aug 2 The difference between b tween President Pre Castro and the gov government vr nt of ot the Netherlands will probably ably abl turn out to be less serious than teemed c med at first All talk of ot armed con conflict is regarded as absurd In this coun country countr try tr The believes that it had the fullest Justification for Its dis dismissal dIsmIssal missal of ot M I De Reus the tho Dutch min minister mInIster ister and points to the action of ot the government of at the United States In asking the recall of or the English minis minister minister ter Lord West Vest at President request In October 1888 as aswell I well as a like demand upon Spain for forthe forthe the recall of ot Minister Dupuy Dup y de Lome by President McKInley in February 1898 Indeed the case of Minister De ve DeReus Reus Is h said to be much more flagrant than either of ot the others referred to Intended for Publication In the case of Sackville West est and De Dc DeLome Lome the letters written denunciatory den un cIa tot of ot the American presidents were confidential confidential and not Intended for publication tion while De Beus Reus on the other hand handwrote wrote his letter with the deliberate pur purpose purpose pose that it should be published There Is a society in Amsterdam called the Ho en loyal and true Its membership consists consIst of ot prominent Holland merchants and its object Is to secure employment for young youn Hollanders in foreign countries This publishes a monthly bul bulletin bulletin letin for tor circulation among its mem members members I bers It notes existing ng conditions In I foreign countries and indicates where I there are vacancies which might be profitably filled by young men from the Netherlands Letter of De Reus In order to secure Information re respecting respecting the opportunities for employ employment employment ment the secretary makes a practice of sending out letters asking for tor Information tion to Dutch merchants as ns well as to the ministers and consults of or the Netherlands government throughout the world It was in response to one of ot these letters of ot Inquiry that Minister De Dc Reus sent the following letter which was published In the 1908 bulle bulletin bulletin tin of ol the Hou en society of ot Amsterdam Caracas April Referring to your letter of ot the of February I am sorry to Inform you ou that tha the pres present present ent time Is anything but favorable rable for tor business The system of government since 1899 of ot the present almost dic dictatorial ruling president which Is eco economically economically for tor the crean and after afterwards wards always for tor the of mo monopolies through all kinds of subtleties les has very the country countr Tro only ray of light in these dark d rk days through which Venezuela struggles 13 I Ithe the price of or cocoa but this Is not sufficient sufficIent to make the future hopeful Germans Hold the Trade A good part of at the import and export trade In Venezuela Is In the hands of Germans who engage their in Europe chiefly at Hamburg These young oung men como come out generally on a contract for fot three years after atter the expiration of at which they return or according to their fitness gain where they are Firms also at times Umes engage young men from this country countr who are nearly all aU aUborn born here or come from Curacao but they very cry seldom reach high places It Jt is of or great importance to the German firms to have new and strong European in their offices that their energy may never be dormant I r know personally nearly all the chiefs of the various large larse firms here and I of ot often otten ten speak with them concerning business I do not believe however that you should entertain the idea especially In the pres present present ent circumstances of or placing young men tram from the Netherlands here There Is besides a desperate competition competition tion in Imports especially in the importation Importation tation of ot textile and fancy rancy goods by the Turks and Moreover there Is such an uncertain domestic and an foreign political al situation Continued on ac 2 LETTER CAUSED CASTRO TO ACT Continued From Page 1 to say nothing of or the tho meager prosperity that It Is clear to everybody in this county that the engagement of European em is out of the question The revival of commercial trade is also Impossible as long as the present govern government ment rules th the country for It cannot b be expected exp ct that the president pr after the nine years during which he has hae reigned r almost as a dictator will change his system of governing gov r ln and his domestic and foreign forel policy Those who cannot succeed In ac acquiring quiring a Job in Venezuela through the Influence of ot the Hamburg firms would do much better to try other Central or South American countries where prosperity and progress la is greater and the tho future bright brighter er than In this republic Signed The Minister Resident of the Nether Netherlands Netherlands lands DE REUS No Hostile Purpose The rumor that the Dutch armored ship Jacob J cob Heem dispatched to Venezuelan waters with hostile purposes Is 1 denied here h It being b well known that the ship la Is sent out in the ordinary way to relieve the the regular term of service of the latter la vessel on this sta station tion being about to expire |