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Show IK Iff LAB 10 TEACH- I I ; VENEZUELA LM I i iViU DraKcd I'oiil'ciTing Aullior- ; i(y on" President fo Proceed v, " in 1 lie Mailer. I I' . WASHINGTON, April JS. From. .a I m hitter of conferences which Chairman H Gullom of- l.ho Senate oominitte on for- j: cijj" relations has had recently with H ', President T?oosevelt, and Secretary 1 ' Jfoot, it is now probnhlo that beforo tho H .adjournment of tho present sossion of- , Congress blanket authority will be vot- U , oil to tho President t proceed against , J .Venezuela in such manner as subsequent Advents mav require to uphold tho dig- !-nity of tho United Slates and protect, i Iho -interests 'of American citizens. A ' j -resolution giving such authority to Iho ,f President has been drafted by Senator .Cullom and approved by tho President fl ' -nnd Secretary "Root. It provides in MM, general terms that t.he President snail fli j ha.vo tho power to deal with Venezuela H'f . in the matter of adjusting tho eontro-H eontro-H J . versv with that country concerning the HI Jit wrongs done to Amoricnn citizens and MM W corporations in Venezuela by reason of tho treatment, they have received at H i tho hands of President Castro. H j? . Would Domand Arbitration. H fjf "Under such authority the adininistra-H adininistra-H Hi tion '.vould again demand the submis-H submis-H til sion to arbitration of claims of Ameri-fl Ameri-fl (E can citizens and corporations against H lln, Venezuela. The treaties on the sub-Hfili sub-Hfili .iect of general arbitration and the use HljH of force in the recovery of debts, rat-Mmm rat-Mmm ified bv tho Senate in tho last few ll'-ili woelts. obligate the United States to Hkift follow this lino of procedure- On Hk!; several oceasious as is shown by tho W; jl, correspondence botwocn the State do-H'-ff partment and American Minister Rus-HvT Rus-HvT 1 Roll tha American government has with-Mm' with-Mm' it out -suocesss called upon President CaE- tro to arbitrate-the claims. HjUf If a resolution giving general author- Hffj ity to President Roosevelt to proceed Hll against Ycner.ur-Ia as he sees fit is HHf adopted hy this Congress, and if in Hlfr that event Mr. Castro should continue Hn in his present attitude, thcro is no ques- Hf tion that tho American government HI jr . -would have the power to resort to force. Hill Furthermore, the ind'icatrbns are that HL' 1 an aggressive programme would be ji adopted. HI? Believe Castro "Bluffed." Rn President Roosevelt belioves that U- Castro in trying to " bluff " this gov- (h eminent; Secretary Root, believes that tho dignity of the diplomatic branch M of tho government has been trampled BF' upon and Senator Cullom -and other Bjl' members of the foreign relations com- H niitteo of tho Senate believe, to use tho flin chairman's words, "President Castro ) needs a spanking." Undoubtedly any flu plan of procedure agreed upon bv the flP Senate would bo followed by the Itouse. tr The Senate committee on foroign rc-lations rc-lations will consider the Venezuelan correspondence, which was received in Klt response to the Lodge resolution, when , it meets next 'Wednesday. It is not, HI. likely that, the program'mc suggostcd jli will lie completed in timo to report on HlP that day, but everything now points to Bj( an early agreement on a plan which W will give tlie administrat ion a Tree hand K to act in such a manner as Iho situa- wt, tion may seem to demand. |