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Show ; ,p . Adrc.v Ccmcsb's Patriotic Offer. ' ' ; Although Minister Bowen was not obliged to take advantage of Andrew Carnegie's, offer to furnish fur-nish Venesuela with funds to make a prompt settle-tseat settle-tseat of the alleged indebtedness to Germany, the Jittsburg philanthropist did a genuinely patriotic tEirig; Had Venezuela been unable to comply with the demands of the Kaiser, the embarrassment of tfia South. American Republic under such conditions trjouli Iiarfe menaced the peace of the world. Car-niigia Car-niigia is not a warrior, but had conditions been such ai to require the acceptance of his offer, his service to the country would have been greater than that T winner of battles could render. Diplomats, however, are in doubt as to whether Mr. Carnegie, isi hi offer to Mr. Bowen to advance to Venezuela te (340,000 with which to pay the claims for which Cfyttoany insisted on . immediate payment, was pEcmpted chiefly by a desire to prevent complica-tfoff complica-tfoff that might involve this country or administer a sharp rebuke to the Kaiser. If the latter was his principal motive, he has succeeded admirably. Diplomats Dip-lomats who look not so much to the surface of thing as underneath assume that this was his in-tbtion,. in-tbtion,. and regard his offer as a master stroke in rerfdetfng Germany's already embarrassing position doubly soi. 'They consider that he has emphasized Germany's greed so strongly that it will require an infinite vamount of explaining to counteract the growing sentiment that the Kaiser went too far in ' Insisting on his "pound of flesh" from little Venezuela. Vene-zuela. They hold that it is not Venezuela that is befog humiliated now, but Germany. Signs are not wanting that Germany too is beginning to take this view of it. It; is dawning on the Kaiser, perhaps through information from Baron Sternberg, that England and Italy have profited immensely in American public sentiment by consenting to terms otcash payments that are notably fair to Venezuela. ATthings stand now, Germany sees her ally but bitter bit-ter .enemy, England, getting what little glory the at jies can claim from the settlement. This is galling gall-ing the Kaiser. SSSSSSSBSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSBSBBSi |