Show AMERICAN FLAG USED BY VENEZUELAN SHIP TO COVER N AN ATTACK RT OF F SP SPAIN I iN r Is Island nd of Trinidad s Sect i 24 A l German moe German m- m merchant mer mer- chant hant who recently escaped from Crom Ciudad Bolivar arrived arrived her here yesterday am and ancI- made a statement under oath before the officials here set setting l forth that on August the Venezuelan n warship when steaming up the Orinoco Orinoco Ori Ort noco river liver for the second lime time in order to again bombard Ciudad Bolivar Boli hoisted hoisted hoisted hoist hoist- ed the American Hag flag In order to lo be able to reach that city without arousing the suspicions of or the inhabitants as to her Identity and that by this strate strategy the reached the custom house at Ciudad Bolivar and immediately Immediate opened tire ire on the center of the city causing loss o of life and d damage mase to p property from the quarters by foreigners The merchant m also stated state that the forc foreign consuls and all the population of or Ciudad Bolivar BoH protested against ag the actions of ot the |