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Show GERMANY WANTS CASH BEFORE SETTLEMENT OF . ' AFFAIRS IN VENEZUELA . . ... . . , , . - . BERLIN, Jan. 7. That portion of the Joint reply of the powers to Venezuela suggesting a settlement without arbitration only goes so far as to offer to treat for a settlement out of court after the payment of cash or the giving of a suffl-i suffl-i cient guarantee for the payment of $335,000 to each power. This reservation remains re-mains as the fixed and only condition precedent to arbitration or negotiation direct di-rect for a supplementary agreement. The German Government would much prefer to close up the matter by negotiations through Minister Bowen, while the blockade continues, than withdraw the blockade and adjust the claims through The Hague arbitration court. |