Deseret Evening News | 1903-02-16 | Page 2 | United States and Venezuela

UNITED STATES AND VENEZUELA Protocol to be Drawn Up Providing Provi ir for Settlement S U ment of Formers Claims Clair Against l the he Latter LaUe r Y i n Made g for 9 or a Corn Com m fer SOon Son Washington Feb 16 Preparations were begun beun today tOllo at a a conference cont be bet t teea Mr of the state depart department ment ineRt and ond Mr Ir Bowen fur for the signing of the protocol providing for Cor the settle ettIe settlement ment mont of the claims of the time United States States against I Venezuela it being the time of Venezuela that time the United States Stales agree agreement agreement ment shall be drawn up first Tho Time pro protocol tocol tocoi tool will wi provide for tor the appointment of a n commission one member to be ap appointed appointed pointed by Iy President Ir nl Roosevelt anti and the this theother other by b President Castro Catro to pass pass upon ullon tIme the AmerIcium American claims maid and In the event of ofa ofa ofa a disagreement the king of Spain Is to appoint the th hut U 11 11 Unlike the proto protocols Protocols cols of the tIme allies It I Is expected that the tho United States agreement will wi provide for time the th appointment of this commission within a n certain c period For Fur the tho satisfaction of these thes claims the protocol will viii wil stipulate that 30 per por percent cent tont of or the time customs receipts of ot the time two ports of at o La GuayrA and Puerto Cabello Cabelo shall be set sel aside to be Ie held hield In trust until The rh Hague tribunal shall decide In what way 0 this amount Is 18 to 10 be bo die dis distributed among the creditor nations When time the tw United States IRtes protocol Is signed Mr Bowen Dowen will wIl tall tail In turn on the time representatives 8 of ot the other credi creditor creditor tor nations namely this the tw French Trench ambas ambassador sailor sado tho the Mexican ambassador the lie Danish Danl h Holland Holand Belgian and 11 Spanish m and th r charge of the time legation of Norway Norn and Sweden Sween and amid proceed to draw up separate l parte pro ITrO protocols protocol tocol with whit wih inch elch which sloth shall conform In alt all ed cd essential States Slates details to that of the time Unit United Uni United