Show CAUSES LEADING TO CONDITIONS IN VENEZUELA St. St Louis louls Globe Tho The Immediate cause of or Venezuela's di dilemma dilemma dl- dl lemma has its origin in concessions and guarantees made b by previous administrations administrations and in iii the tho cases of or both Germany German and England tho the controversies contro arise from railroad grants rants anI and guarantees in that country Th which Is tho the The railway ay cause causo of oC Germanys Germany's demands is known as ns the tho Grand Orand l do Venezuela running from rom Caracas to Valencia a 11 distance of miles Tho The concession was was- obtained in itS b by Herr Krupp of oC Essen n Germany German and the road was built under a n. guarantee guaran guaran- t tee from Venezuela that the bonds would realize 7 per c cent nto The Tho company formed b became came known as UI tho the Gros Grease Gros o Venezuela and the road was completed February 89 4 some somo time before the term fixed b by tho the Government Go for tor or completion In man many maii respects it Is one of or the most remarkable railroads railroad on the continent In Inthe Inthe Inthe the short journey it makes through mountains It was as ne necessary ar to construct viaducts and bridges and six eighty tunnels Its declivities radius of ot curves and general superior construction has Justly excited the tho lie admiration of the tho en engineering engineering en- en profession The road Is supplied sup sup- plied idled with 18 8 locomotives 5 3 pa passenger eng r coaches 8 baggage o curs cars an and freight and cattle cars Tho The equipment is practically perfect Tho TIto road traverses a most romantic section section sec see tion making makinI a a. tortuous journey through interminable mountain ranges ranJes over deep gorges SOrge and perilous ravines ra At certain places the line lino approaches near yawning 3 abysses upon one side wane C on the tho other great Jutting bowld rs swing swine out menacingly above On both sides of oC tho the road for tor net fifty miles after leaving Caracas Is Isone Isone isone one continuous garden o of corteo estates shielded by largo JarGo shade trees Now and and ana then this view Jew is varied b by vast ast fields of or W waving cane On the ec line r of this road Is tho the historic city of at San Mateo Matco celebrated In the annais annals an sn nals o of th the count country for tor heroic de deeds 18 of or early arly pioneers who sacrificed life to Ig- Ig alto a powder magazine 6 to prevent nt It tail fall Ing into the hands of or the Spaniards Tho The city is 19 also noted for a working miracle Image of ot the Virgin which 1 Is P said ld to perform perform perform per per- form many marvelous things San Matco was also abo the home o of the great creat liberator Simon Bolivar BoU and ond hero occurred the death of or his young oung wife wHo rho Tho Lake ot oh Valencia around which the road curves for tor many miles Is 15 like the tho Caspian sea ha ln ha no rio visible outlet The rho shore hore Un hin y near tho the railroad Is bleak k and de having ha once been a n. part of or the basin The Iho elt city of Valencia originally built on tho the lake shore is now 11 0 miles mile dl distant at low wetter water On this line Une is also lo located ted an nn interesting resort valley alley of ot tho the where wealthy families of or Caracas have built l many large and elegant homes and where the they spend tho the hott hottest t months ol or orthe the tho summer Surrounding the place and extending down the valley alley a ar in colT coffee estates rind and eight SU plon plantations lh Tho Thu contention of oC England is not so clear but bul concerns tho the railroad the narrow gauge line running from Port La to Caracas a distance of or twenty twenty- two miles The two places arc only seven miles apart aport In a St straight line The roa road is also on interesting piece of or engineering among tho the clouds above La Guayra Guara feet teet in the tho heat ten miles of oC ofUs Its Us course courso toward tot Car Caracas a can Jt was on ac account account lC- lC count of oC this roa road that tho the famous Preal- Preal I- I dent Guzman Guaman Blanco C caused LU LUt t dirt roads and bridges over the mountain to be destroyed destroyed de de- de- de that hint traffic might ho bo u deflected to the railway 1 It would seem however er that his successor Castro Is not so 10 deeply bondholders concern concerned a over tho the earnings earning of or English sh In 7 7 Minister of State effected d a n compromise with German creditors creditors cred cred- refunded tho the debt and created a a. sinking Kinking fund for tOI semi annual payments This was repudiated d or disregarded cd b by the succeeding administrations and during revolutions the tr treasury has haM been bein looted and public claims utterly forgotten |