Show FRANCE IS MAD MADAT MADAT MADAT AT VENEZUELA Will Wi Demand That Offensive Action A Be e Disavowed CABLE COMPANY TROUBLE JOINT INTERVENTION MAY MAV BE PROPOSED rh ARTS Sept Sapt 22 2 The he offensive PARIS r attitude of or Venezuela Venezuela against M r the French charge at Caracas has aroused indignation in official quarters here Although the ministry has not taken talc en definite defnie action acton it i is said in the highest quarters that Premier undoubtedly will wm demand deman that Venezuela disavow the tho offensive action acton and adopt a course conformable with the usual courtesies of diplomatic in intercourse Intercourse intercourse The Venezuelan authorities are arc now seeking to show that their ac nc action action tion lon was directed against M 31 personally and not against the French government but the officials here do donot donot donot not accept the distinction between M personal and official capacity He has high standing at the foreign of office fice where he recently recent served He also aided Ambassador or Cambon at Wash Vash Washington Washington ington during the most delicate phases of the Spanish negotiations Therefore there is Js no 10 Intention hero here to permit i Venezuela to make a scapegoat of him I Status of the Controversy I The Tue official directly charged with wih handling Venezuelan questions ex cx explained explained I the general status of the con controversy controversy controversy as follows Venezuela supports the closing cosing of ot the French Cable inland sta stations stations tons on the ground of the th decision of the Venezuelan courts France Fance does not question queston tl tt thi J general genera right of ot the courts but maintains that the decision of the courts contained nothing au authorizing authorizing authorizing the executive branch to seize and shut up the cable stations Moreover only a day before shutting up the inland stations Venezuela gave assurance that General the Venezuelan minister at Paris would take steps to satisfactorily adjust the question queston Therefore M pro protested tested on the that the courts decision did not justify closing stations This protest was not M 1st per personally personally i but followed specific instructions Instructions Instructions from the foreign office There Therefore Therefore Therefore fore it i is impossible to tp raise ralso a personal issue I Separate Verbal Protest V A separate verbal protest was made against the expulsion of Mgr Brun of the French Cablegram company on the ground that the right to expel for foreigners foreigners eigners does doe not apply to M f Brun who was permanently domiciled in Caracas Caraos It I is to be expected that a demand will willbe wl willbe be made that Venezuela disavow the action acton taken The subsequent course of ot France will wi depend upon reply Inquiry male makas It perfectly certain C that Venezuela has placed i aced orders at Vat atthe atthe the works for eight field feld bat batteries tories teries and four mountain batteries the latter laler consisting of four guns gns each It I was announced from Caracas Sept 20 that the Venezuelan government had hadI I I I made the following reply to the pro protest I II I test lodged Sept ept 19 by M the I I French charge against the closing of or the land stations of the French Cable company company and the expulsion sion of the tho manager of or the company M f Brun I Personal Hostility The government holds documents I proving proving that the French Cable company compan has accepted the result of o the judicial proceedings brought against it I The government is only waiting to establish lish new relations between It I and the company compan M r the French charge knows this and therefore the protest can be only con considered considered considered as an act of personal hostility For this reason the government will wU ab abstain abstain abstain stain from treating with wih the French government government through M The he semiofficial Temps Tempo this evening printed a leading heading article artcle reflecting of official I sentiment on the subject It I is isi i said that M itt had been ordered j I to insist on withdrawing I her offensive refusal to deal with wih him himI I If I the withdrawal is made and President dent det d nt Castro makes make an apology then ne negotiations neI will wi continue If I Venezuela I does not accede it will wi be unwise to toI immediately break off of diplomatic rela rein relations I tons by the withdrawal of M lf since this would leave heave French interests unprotected The best course would be for France and the tho United States to tomake tomake tomake make a joint naval demonstration sim similar ilar lar to that in which Great Gret Britain Germany German and Italy taly took part put Proposed Intervention Continuing the paper says says Already to our knowledge the cabi cabinets cabinets cabinets nets of Washington and aud Paris have ex cx examined examined certain questions Mutual con confidence confidence will wi render rendel easier oaler an under understanding Understanding standing for efficacious joint intervention tion ton This intervention in which firm firmness firmness ness will wi not exclude moderation and andI prudence appears today to be essen essential essential I ta i The authorities here hore say sy that ex cx exchanges exchangEs changes will wU occur at Washington re relative relate relative late to the mutual interests Intel involved in the pending controversies M r the French ambassador dor to the United States will wU sail saU for New York tomorrow from Havre on the steamer Lo Touraine I |