Show BOWENS ULTIMATUM venezuelan situation reaches a critical i stage herbert erbert ir W V bowen I 1 en euela a representative in ili the negotiations at washington for a settlement of the claims against that country has sent through the british ambassador at washington what ahat amounts practically to an ultimatum to the allied powers of great britain germany and italy regarding their insistence for prefer estial enolal treatment in the settlement of their claims against venezuela in the note received by the british ambassador from mr air bowen boaen the latter refuses point blank the proposition faor a 20 and 10 per cent division on the ground that to recognize the principle it em cm bodies it would be absolutely offensive to modem model n civilization cin in view of the fact that the negotiators are agreed a on n all save the question of preferential treatment the ambassador la Is informed that t vt iela jela has haa decided to submit that question to the hague blague arbitration tribunal the acceptance of this prop venezuela contends carries with nith it a raising of the blockade the gereral general understanding being that the tha blockade would end when n the at washington nad reaches reached an agreement in suggesting that the question oj of preferential payment bo be referred to rhe hague it Is understood that mr air row ronn en docs so BO hi view of the fact that the iho question Is the only one that re mains in dispute desp ite the allies are ad that venezuela Js s desirous that ill shall stand hy by what iad biad been already agi agreed eed on |