Show MOB STONES CONSULATE British and German Legations In Caracas Attacked WMlPinstadt Curacoa Dec 10 There wag a great patriotic demonstration In Caracas at S oclock lant night when tho news arrived that tho British nnd German Ger-man warnhlps had seized the Venorqclsm war vessels at La Guuyrn Crowds quick h gathered and panuicrl tho streets of tho capital displaying banners and singing patriotic song Violont speeches wijre delivered livered at various points The populaco marched to the palace of President Castro Cas-tro who addressed It Tho mob then mod on to the German legation shouting shout-ing Death to tho Germans The windows win-dows were shattered with clones and attempts at-tempts were made to force the doors but the latter resisted theso efforts and Madame Von PIlprlmBaltazzU the wife oC > the German Charge dAfTalrcfl who has been 111 In bed 1 for the past two months and therefore could not leave Caracas with her husband was thus saved from violence Tho crowd then marched to tho German consulate and the residence of Dr Koehlcr again stonIng the windows and attempting to force an entrance Tho police made no effort to disperse the lcmontra tors WHOLESALE ARRESTS MADE Tho excitement won still Intense when at in oclock at night tho Government ordered or-dered the arrest of all German and Eng lish residents One hour later 125 l persons prominent In social I and commercial life were > crowded together In the police station sta-tion All the British residents were arrested ar-rested except Albert Cherry of tho Venezuelan Vene-zuelan Central railway and Mr IV W Wallace I manager of the telephone company com-pany who escaped to a place of safety Ninetyseven Gorman residents were arrested ar-rested among them the German Conntil Valentine Blohm and ITorr Knot manager man-ager of the German Central railway Herr Slmmrobs chancellor of the German legation lega-tion WitH mot by time police near Bolivar square and arrested DEATH TO THE GERMANS Amid cries of Death lo the Germans and Down with the foreigners tho nnnnliirp illrorlorl UN viv In Ilin rinrmnii residential quarter and gathered outsldo tbe Hotel I Kllndt and the German club vociferating and uttering Insults The Belgian Charge dAffaires V I C Goffart was arrested by mistake for a German because of his fair complexion In spite of his vigorous 1 protests he was taken to the police ptatlon but was released ten minutes Inter On learning these Incidents United Staten Minister Bowen and Secretary W W Russell went at once to see President Castro and after iL long conference succeeded suc-ceeded In obtaining the rclcaso of Dr Koohler Madame Von PllgTlmBaltuzrlg physician and Consul I Valentin Blohm Minister Bowen obtained tho official au thorisation of the Venezuelan Government to represent Gorman and British Interests during the embrogllo The Government has placed an embargo on the British railroad to La Guayra and iho Gorman Central railroad from Caracas Cara-cas to Valencia The populace Is nllll Intensely excited and the situation 16 l regard as critical I Thin British and German flogs have been publicly burned |