| Show DOES SOME SOUNDING What Attitude of AnxIous to learn United States Is IsIS IS SITUATION rill 10 tIn et 00 bolo H 10 till answer yet et Jan Wl S mn allied to toM tor the tho M from Jast proposition Tho r sent a long yesterday nf Lord to what intent be cx eX eXp stilting Britain and her nr Pt lIt p lItS tn todon on the preferential till tho blockading tor i cannot be beIt of foreign It informed 1 the hed but ll In tho nil Ihal of t MS his proposition Pinion of a of th on U n l In toTo Venezuela was wn l lIng thai to r m en the Iho triple alliance nil Inn co to toT r i by b Ing T which would ct wr lerl itI to Hoi Bol tile ts tH of France eul nJ Sweden Spain Holland th this tho United Elate There is 18 rim to believe bellevo that tho already ha hM French the States r there to lImn learn ho bol In common In Vone their Interests rIY be between It is sall 1111 that there ls Is a n strong resemblance between the claims of the th tiro tro nations enough to link Item r In resistance to any nn pel pelle le I on the part of ot the tho allies nUles which t to destroy or Impair those These considerations ore aro and aull the United lading to o draw Pram s ts la a policy thill IB Is like lj If to take I sue with that of the tho allies HAS NO DESIGNS ell York Jan 30 Tho World to tomorrow morrow will print an interview with Baron Buon Spek tc von on Sternberg which will contain tha following other re German Jerman diplomat I of the th It has that the tho German German fourth designs and mo tires In Vf i la That Is absolutely false T admires un I Monroe doctrIne as ns well w e II as The rtH r that the emperor hns ul ulterior deigns de u IS false fRIM for tor two to reasons rA fl rI t II 19 admiration for tor and America and things Second Ha fully the Men Man roo doctrine and nd would not think of trying to obtain oven even n 1 coaling Elation there thore The German emperor would no tIO moro think of or violating tha 1110 Monroe doc doctrine trine In that respect than he would think of at colonizing the tho moon The rho Monroe I doctrine Is a It peace vence peacemaker maker It la III the best for peuco tho lIll United tell States tea ever had For powers that the Ihl point beyond which they must not BU JU IB Is the taking of lit territory In South America by Germany would only result re In disaster to tn her There Thero has ben been a n lot of nasty smoke In tho air I have como come to try clear It away I know that tho is most anxious to show the people he la Is friendly to them Kv Fv cry ery time I 1 have seen him he hns em emphasized his bis desire to win their approbation bation ballon Tho emperor absolutely up that America Is friendly to him OPTIMISM NOT JUSTIFIED New York Jan current feel feelIng Ing of optimism the Venez Venezuelan affair In II no Justified by the facts declares the London L correspondent of or till tho Tribune It suits the purpose ol of tho German emperor to have hlo the chi I organs announce that the tho powers are nrc waiting for tor satisfactory evidence respecting tho offered by Von Vent Lord are to havo the tho pub public lic behove n 1 settlement Battlement IH simply a matter of at detail which will Inevitably lie he worked worl out Meanwhile they are uro making efforts to themselves the results of ot their own follies and blunders blunden In III for the meeting of or parliament t A single day may witness a n transformation in tho situation but the signs were not hope hOlle hopeful ful rul yesterday Mr and Lord Loril Lansdowne having malic themselves responsible for the tho collection of a n Job lot of ot Gor Gorman man claims mall of or which are aro tainted with suspicion and cannot be classed with the claims urn ure working In tho dark trying to patch up Uti a II settlement but they have not yet t succeeded They saddle upon Ullon Germany the lIe for the af nt affronts fronts to o the Iho 1 States Involved In these policies when the tho alliance has not been repudiated VENEZUELAN POLICY London Jan 30 Lord der cler secretary of ot foreign speak speaking ing tonight at nt the banquet t of ot the Shet Sheffield field chamber of ot commerce Bald tho governments policy In Venezuela zuela lUS dictated by hy the determination to defend tho Interests of ot her subjects that there thero was no Infringement of the tho Mon Monroe Monroe roe This was also the case enSt ho continued II of the United States which would 10 u be n long time before making Itself responsible for tor a n disorder disorderly ly of affairs In Venezuela Lord concluded by declaring that thul there Was no German and al nl alliance liance but Orent Is ready to co cooperate operate with the tho powers not only In South America but In MAY GO TO TUB Tilt HAGUE tAGUE Washington Mr Ir Bowen cannot adjust the claims with the nl III lies the tho purpose Is 19 to have The Hague lIa ue arbitration tribunal pass on them But Just how tho Venezuelan V question Is Isto Isto to got before The Hague court In the event of Mr r failure to adjust th Iho differences is not n t quite clear It ItIs ItIs Is Inconceivable to the administration that t there should bo be n renewal of bos hos on thu tho Venezuelan coast CORst and anil moro putting on of the screws no matter how Mr work shall Hhall turn out Tho Hague tribunal comes naturally Into sight ht nt 1111 a n port of safety Baet Hut But to place a It case b I ron Core the tit the laying down of ot certain tain basic propositions of lIf to tn 10 arbitrated a an agreement on tho limitations limItation to be placed on the ar nr und It Is IH to conjecture how all can bo brought together on the tho complex and problem Involved In an nil arbitration protocol For l or Instance one point which un would be very cry to on would be the results of ot the blockade and whether or not Venezuela might not properly the damages inflicted on her as us off art to the claims of ot the powers Mr Ir Powen looking ahead has pre prepared pared a n long list of ot BUch Rueh Injuries In upon Venezuela V this list crows with every ewry days continuance o othe oC the blockade but from the tone of the representatives of or the thc allies hero It Is 18 quite certain that they the would resist to the utmost the presentation of any b bich ch |