Show NOTES OT PESENTEO Venezuela Has Not Yet Received Re-ceived Ultimatums CASTRO HAS SO DECLARED President Says Simultaneous Requests Re-quests for Settlement of Claims Have Been Received From Great jBritain and Germany Astonished That After They Were Transmitted Transmit-ted the Envoys of thu Two Countries Coun-tries Should Leave Caracas Without With-out Awaiting a Reply Caracas Arenenueln Dec 9 President Presi-dent Castro received the correspondent of the Associated Press at Mlra Flores palace today In reply to questions the President of Venezuela said The Venezuelan Government has not received any ultimatum properly speaking but rather simultaneous requests re-quests from Great Britain and Germany Ger-many The claims Great Britain asks this Government to settle arc small and up to the present time we have not been aware of them Never having been presented Venezuela has consequently conse-quently never refused to settle them Great Britains action therefore Is without Justification The Venezuelan Government cannot decide on foreign clalmy before the revolution haa been entirely crushed At present the only aim of the Government Govern-ment is the rccstablishment of public order and other questions must necessarily neces-sarily be subservient to this object Nevertheless to prove Venezuelas desire de-sire to settle all endIng claims In a conformaable manner the Government Issued a decree during the last session of Congress dated November 2Sth creating cre-ating a committee to which all pending claims should be referred No claims have been presented to this committee and no claims have been rejected There has been no denial of justice why then should foreign chancelleries Intervene thereby Ignoring our laws and endeavoring to violate our national sovereignty We cannot understand this action What do you Intend to do In view of the present attitude of the pdwcrs was asked Enforce our rights resiled Presi dent Castro and explain to the world that Venezuela has laws and prove that wo have never denied our engagements engage-ments Tho President was asked what reply tIm Venezuelan Government would make to the requests handed It by Germany and Great Britain Jfc replied after reflcct itigihe Venezuelan Government Is as tonished that after the nolrs which woro transmitted to It by the diplomatic rep rcsenlatlves of Germanv and Great Britain Brit-ain theae envoys should leave Caracas without awaiting the reply of the Venezuelan Vene-zuelan GovfMiimenl Quertlnned as to what course ho In tended to pursun should the Powers de claio a blockade Ito President excused hlmelf from answering No ultimatum had been delivered to the Venezuelan Government up to 2 oclock this afternoon Should Venezuela refuse or fill to reply to the flotes of Grunt Britain and Germany It I Is believed that nn ultimatum will then bo delivered This ultimatum would be transmitted I by Admiral Ad-miral Glass commanding thin combined British and German fleets or by the t cap lain of the British cruiser Retribution |