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Show NO WARNING WASJGIVEN German Cruiser Bombards Bom-bards Fort on Coast of Venezuela. MARACAIBO, . Venesuela,' Jan. 19. The German ' .cruiser Panther shelled Fort San Carlos, at the entrance to Lake Maracaibo, Saturday, for one hour. The fort returned the fire with four guns. The Panther withdrew In' the direction of Curacoa. Fort San Carlos is twentytwo miles from Maracaibo,. and commands . the entrance to the lake, or inner bay. , J . The correspondent of the' Associated Press has received the following from Gen. Bello, the commander of the fori: "Yesterday afternoon at 12:30 Fort San Carlos was attacked and shelled without any provocation on our part Srithout previous notification of the delivering de-livering of an ultimatum, by the German Ger-man cruiser Panther, which tried to force the entrance. After a. fight lasting last-ing an hour, during which the fort used only four gunsj the ' Panther was obliged to abandon the fight and retreated re-treated In the direction of Curacoa. The fort suffered no damage, and only three men were wounded." ; ' . " There have been popular demonstrations demonstra-tions in the streets as a result of the shelling of the fort . |