Show PROPOSAL BEfORE BRIT IIS GOVERNMENT I forwarded by 1Viik n I lster Boven and iot io t eceved StroHlg StWport < < from the lU ted tates Orders Sent to the British I Commander to Take No Further Aggressive Action at Present London Dec 15An expression oC a desire for a peaccrul settlement of the difficulties ha9 been received In London Lon-don I from the Venezuelan Government It Is learned that the proposals now before the British Government are the lorlglnal proposals forwarded by Mln istorn Bowen but which have now received re-ceived a ctronff support from the United States Government AGGRESSIVE ACTION TO STOP The Associated Press has reason to bcllcve that orders will or have been r Bent to the British commander In Vene I zuelan waters to take no further aggressive ag-gressive action at present pending a decision being arrived at on the proposal pro-posal for arbitration INDEBTED TO UNCLE SAM This came In the form of a proposal through the United States Government 1 to submit thQ claims oC British and German subjects to arbitration which Lord Lansdowne announced later In d the day In the House of Lords Is now I under consideration by the British Government Gov-ernment Lord Lansdowue added We are greatly indebted to the good ofTIcco of the United States Minister at Caracas in obtaining the release of the British and German subjects He had no official Information regarding the bombardment oC Porto Cabello REPLY TO ULTIMATUM Continuing the Foreign Secretary Bald that since the parliamentary paper giving the Venezuelan correspondence had been Issued the Government had received from Minister Haggard a cable summary of what purports to be Venezuelas reply to the British ultimatum ul-timatum Therein Venezuela complains that no reparation was offered by Great Britain for the landing of marines or for the conduct of the British authorities authori-ties of Trinidad This dispatch closed with saying Venezuela represented that as her treasury was exhausted It was impossible for the Government to meet Its debt for the moment but directly pence was declared it would not be necessary to remind the Venezuelan Government of Us obligations DUE TO SPENCERS PRODDING Lord Lansdownes statement was drawn out by Earl Spencer who referred re-ferred to the manner in which the Foreign For-eign Secretary recently criticised and made sarcastic and Jocular remarks regarding re-garding that small country Venezu eln The earl said he considered It to be most unfortunate that the Foreign Secretary should have adopted such atone a-tone towards a country with which negotiations I ne-gotiations were pending |