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Show 9 . GERMANY IGNORES ITS PLAIN AGREEMENT WASHINGTON. Feb. 12,-Germany has Ignored her previous agreement made with Mr. Bowen by Count Von Quadt, her ; Charge d' Affaires, and Insisted on a cash payment of $840,000, or a lien on the customs cus-toms receipts of one of the Venezuelan ports until this amount is paid. This in-' .formation was communicated to Mr. Bowen tonight by Baron Speck Von Sternberg, the German Minister. Mr. Bowen Immediately informed the German Minister that he refused to yield the receipts of any port before The Hague decision, saying that would be preferen-' preferen-' . , tial treatment. Aa to the cash payment , , of tWO.euo demanded. Mr. Bowen left that -v matter to the German Minister to deter-. deter-. mine, saying to him that If Germany can " afford to make a public confession that it ,VA does not stand by agreements signed by Its duly accredited diplomats, he (Mr. Bowen) la willing that they shall receive, on the day the protocol is signed, the total amount asked in the original nltl--. matum. This response has ben cabled X.. , , to the German -Foreign office. Great I Britain and Italy have renounced any re-I re-I oponsibllity for the action of Germany, ; and have expressed their regret Through their representatives here they have Informed In-formed Mr. Bowen that they will stand by all agreements they have made and win not be influenced by the action of Germany. Both the British and Italian protocols provide for a cash pavment of 00 sterling and for the submission of ihqu??t,on of . Preferential treatment . to The Hague. They contain recommend-i recommend-i atlons for the renewal of all previous i treaties of amity and commerce, and the j Italian convention has an article provld-I provld-I Ing for the payment of the. Italian claims which aro already adjudicated without further arbitration after the commission has arbitrated the other claims. With the exception of the demand for an increased caah payment, the protocol of Germany will conform In all essential respects to that of Great Britain, but will be somewhat more concise. All the protocols, pro-tocols, it is understood, will provide for the immediate return of all vessels seised by the blockading ships. |