Salt Lake Herald | 1901-11-30 | Page 1 | More Trouble Ahead

MORE TROUBLE TROUBIE War Cloud Arising Over Oses 0 Colombia and Ven Washington Nov The state de do department department has 8 received confirmation of ot the notification from the Colombian government to Venezuela that it has terminated diplomatic relations relation This came in the shape of a cablegram from Minister Hart This action is 18 the re no result suit sult of at the hasty hast withdrawal lest last Au August August gust pst from mom the Venezuelan capital of or Dr nr the Colombian Colomb n minister there Such Bach a breach does dON not necessarily nC mean w war r though it Iti understood to tob tob b ho a step Mep in that direction d has bas had bad several affairs of this kind some seme of the t European na im nations nations withdrawing their representatives representative tives tive from Caracas for long terms and only a year and a half ago our own government was obliged to give Min Minister MinIster Mm ister later Loomis an indefinite leave of ab absence absence sence from Caracas as a warning to Venezuela of our dissatisfaction of its attitude in the controversy growing out of the asphalt question It is said these the e manifestations of ot foreign disapproval disapproval pro val have hae had very little influence on the Venezuelan government It is 18 a significant fact that this breach is created at the moment when Germany is considering the adoption of compulsory measures to secure the payment by the Venezuelan govern pern government ment men of a iI very heavy financial liability to German Gennan citizens len It is supposed here that President Castro is proceed proceeding proceedIng ing under the theory that the application tion of the Monroe doctrine would pro protect protect teet him from punitive action by I J Ger Ocr Germany Germany many but the impression Imp among amo c olti officials daIs here bere is that this Is to not BOt well founded