Show MINISTER BOWEN BOWENTO TO BE RECALLED I Honor of Assistant Secretary Se t tu rY Loomis omi Involved S i S SERIOUS CHARGES MADE MATTER TO BE SIFTED AT ATS S WASHINGTON S Washington ton April S Ie j Taft f t S is considering the advisability of or order ordering ordering ing Minister Bowen flowen at ut Caracas to report re report ret t port forthwith in Washington to ex explain explain plain the charges against Assistant Secretary Loomis wIden which he has ha eon oon J eyed to Secretary Taft in a personal I Itter i letter If it President Roosevelt assents s this order will be issued i Immediately t Believes Loomis Innocent The proceeding Is to determine pre precisely precisely the extent of ot Mr re responsibility ret t for the circulation of these charges harges The mind here is h made up so SQ far as Mr lr Loomis is concerned I it is absolutely ab convinced of his inno innocence cence cene of any wrongdoing while he was wa minister to Venezuela and has reached this conclusion after utter a thorough stilt stift stilting stiftIng ing of the charges That being the case I it is felt here that Minister BOH Bo Bowen en In n norder order to escape blame himself must mustS S show how that he did one of two things thin i either Ither by private inquiry in Caracas he arrived at another as to the truthfulness of the charges or that he heV V did what he could to denounce them and to discourage diB their circulation In InS S Venezuela S News of Scandal in Europe Months ago Mr Bowen reported to Secretary Hay Ha that rumors affecting the th integrity of his predecessor were in free circulation in lit Caracas and that to Ills his own knowledge these rumors had hud been transmitted promptly by ty Q the for foreign c eign diplomatic representatives s td fhe he heI Ji I various arlous au capitals Secretary Hay Hn promptly communicated this message to the tho president pre and then admonished d Mr lr Bowen Bove that it scarcely carcel W W Vs ts K becoming an American I minister to aIlo his to be bet I t induced when hen the honor of the mis miR mission sion was wa Involved holved Meanwhile 1 an ln m in inI I was vas conducted here her which s iJ the authorities of the moo ence ente of Mr h Loomis Definite Charges The fhe rumors In Caracas became more and nd more definite in form as us is the state department here increased its pressure t on n President Pre Castro to secure a settle settlement settlement ment of the asphalt case and finally Mr Bowen Dowen again ag n took them up and repeated 1 them to Secretary Taft The secretary Ht felt that no matter mutter how Mr lr Bowen Dowen regarded It the matter was not personal 11 to him and communicated d with the president pre on the subject Hay Hav Having HR ing thus become official however how ver th the could not net be dropped d and hence the determination to bring Mr II Bowen Bowento to tu Washington to explain his conne connection connection i tion with it It is 15 not doubted that the president will wip accept 1 l promptly Secre Seere Secretary i tary Taffs Tafts suggestion and that Mr Kowen Howen will Hill take the next mail mall steamer for tor this country Bowen in i n Bad Ba Box One result of the last move in the case ouse may be the defeat of or a R project which has been formed to exchange tyr lr Bowen to another South American I mission which be done now no I unless lie he shows he lie w ws L cul I 5 S SS S It Is I exi eXIe ted i that the th lh j rents irenis s an answer ll to the tho Ne suggestion that Mr Bowen be directed t to come to toa J Washington a sh Ington will me J received d tomor I Irow row and It is not doubted that the president will accept the tu rys j i irot rot It i is iM quite certain in that Mr Bowen n will not return to it Ca Caracas a I as American minister except perhaps to present his letters of oC recall re all for fot it is understood that even een If his explanation is i satisfactory and lie ho is to remain in the diplomatic service his i usefulness in Caracas will have been I Impaired and it will be necessary nece sary to tarry carry out the state departments ori inal ma plan formed before lH fore the publication of or the attack upon Mr Loomis and transfer Mr h Bowen to either Colombia II or 0 Chile bile or perhaps I to Brazil in the thet event t ent that Ambassador Amba Thompson is iss s sent nt to Mexico as ho lie desires I it is iN understood to tonight night ha has heard hoard from President Home Knose velt elt approving his proposition pr 1011 to direct tt Minister Herbert W Y V Bowen at Caracas to report to Washington a hington to explain tho th I f S against n A As tit Se r S Loomis of lf state department which i I Ia a wore vere ere I to e Taft I Jl by hv the minister So Taft laft ic se SS 5 I w v III ill art act in Iii the lie I matter nat ter to tomorrow tomorrow morrow |