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Show VENEZUELAN SHIP Preiident Castro Now Has a Good Excuse for War WUh Holland if He so Desires. Cruiser, Oelderland Gathers In the Quardchlp Allx, No Resistance Being Be-ing Made by Venezuelans - -Other Captures Expected. Wlllcmstnd, Curacao. Thn Dutch cruiser Oelderland camo Into this port teunday morning towing tho Vene izuolan roart guardshlp Allx, with tho 'Dutdi flag flying ond a Dutch crewi 'on board(f Tho Oelderland capture tho All'off Puerto Cabcllo on 8atu day. At'.that tlmo tho Allx waa lying close In shore, and, notwithstanding tho threat which tho Venezuelan gov ;arnment had nwdo to flro tipon any of thp Dutch warships committing a hostile hos-tile act, tho Oelderland steamed at 'ioH speed toward tho guardshlp and sent an offlcer and guard In a launch to selte her. This (hey did without resistance, thn Oelderland finally tk Ing the Allx In tow and steaming away with her prlr.o. Tho solxure of tho Allx was Id accordance ac-cordance with tho plans of the Ho. land government when Instructions were Issued n tho three Dutch warships war-ships now In those waters to mako a demonstration off tho coadt of Vene-rnela Vene-rnela and to capture any Venezuelan V'iII'b of war or guard vessels Ijmt they might -find, Tho arrival of iho Oelderland, at WlllomRtad Sunday morning wua greeted with unbounded enthusiasm by Ihoso who noticed Iho cruiser's approach and soon tho entire population ww. down to the' water's edge to welcome tho .return of tho Oelderland, towing tho first of tho enemy's ships, as though from a great ironqucst. Naturally, thn peoplo of Curacao, who havo been long rlamorlng for ne. tlvlly on thn port of Iho Dutch govern ment, Bro grently rejoiced over this evidence that Holland has at last he-Kim he-Kim active measures against Vene fciiola, but Iho governor of Curs ran dlsciisr.ed tho Incident as follows: "Tho rapture by our warships of coast guard nnd war vessels Is not to bo considered an unfriendly act against tho Venezuelans. It Is merely m reprisal ngnlnit Castro's government, govern-ment, which refuses to give satisfaction satisfac-tion for his unfriendly acts toward Holland. Tho selzuro of theso vessels ves-sels will mako It Impossible for tho Venezuelan government to carry troops' or ammunition to and from tho various ports." |