| Show U S Wants to Inow now of Venezuela If She is Willing to Arbitrate te Pending Differences A PROMPT ANSWER REQUIRED If tr It Is In km the Negative Such Steps Sit As May flay 11 a be he Necessary to Secure Justice Will be Taken Take THE NETHERLANDS READY TO ACT As ts Yet Vet France Has Ia Presented No Ultimatum Iud and ud has llau Sent Scot No Warships Island of or CUr fOll March t T h 31 The Venezuelan government It is hi announced from rein Cracas line has r elve l la a note from the American minister Mr requiring lC an ott ns III to whether Venezuela will arbitrate tims th pending amid saying that list In tim ase ot of a it 1 th tile United States A will feel free tree to Iii 0 take tho tie step etch which may be bo necessary to secure justine justice o TO ACT The Tho charge of ot the time Nether Netherlands lands hit has haa the Venezuelan t that Iha t Holland nc will use thee coercive measures In view of ot the time fact that she cho ho hoIns Ins hns been brell unable to tl secure the lime i from In tn Venezuela eul of nv liva Dutch tailors sailors who have hao been Illegally kept In lit for tor roven Eien months I MH Mit Washington March 21 In rolling up lip upon upon on elm President Castro for an tin answer to his proportion to submit to arbitration lion tion the issues between time the United Suites timid and Venezuela Veno Mr U In I acting In connection with from state tat department which have re rl recently been E n placed In hit his hands Mr Me made u It proposition of ot this kind to 10 the Venezuelan lull foreign n soy v cm at months montha ago ngo mind and there wag va an 1111 ex ox of on tho Ube c but bitt Its fi ic coit nA a i ut oK hy th tim abrupt departure lIel from roll the time capitol capital t 1 President Castro at a a 1 moment nt when hen hh his OMI 01 decision was tens Tho Time Vene Venezuelan at It that stage hut mailo a l counter proposition to Mr ROM ROMen en elm looking to the he arbitration of or the time dill die dispute Ito by The Tile Hague tribunal but hut with time the important qualification that tho tIme tri fri tribunal rl bunal hun I should arbitrate as ns a II preliminary tIme the ns nil to whether or lr not mint the United States government had tho tile right under International law to Intervene nt at oil nil between time the Venezuelan govern government ment as nil under undo r tho tue Venezuelan govern governments ments claims tho American conces conceit concessionaires must look to Venezuela lehl for fop their protection Tills This wan construed hero here aa its nn In attempt to bring Into tiny play the old oho Calve declaration which the tho United States hus resolutely Unit and repeatedly I IY refuted to accept M 11 MIts Its 1111 negotiations with villi southern lies So Mr Ir reported to the state department time the tact fact of Cf President Pre departure anti for In lit Instructions These wore were prepared with great dire CAre amid utter after Moody Mealy hl 1 unon null 1811 din II fur tuf itt an In opinion loll to ti tIme the effect hut time tho proceeding III In the tho Venezuelan courts Involving tint he asphalt prop Arties 8 were myers so I Irregular 1111 to amount practically to a 11 denial of Justice There Therefore tome fore tOI Mr WOM told tol to tl renew renow his lila imposition for tor a II free arbitration of or thin issues between cn Venezuela anti and tho the Unit United UnitI ed el I States Stales at time the first opportunity anti and this It tt appears he ito has hall now lOW done domme the th me New York and asphalt ca cue case e there th re tire are three other oilier mat tern which sire are IlIR proper sub subjects jodts for tor arbitration ritch ritchfIeld fIeld claim also based b on nn asphalt concession time the claim of ot this Orinoco Steam company based on a violated franchise and amid the of Jn newspaper correspondent for arising from his Imis summary expulsion of Venezuela If It astro tills this last offer of Mr flowen to arbitrate these cases It IH is existed that hunt he ha will promptly that fact to I time the department and It will bo be determined what to Tho rho ministers presentment of tutu this matter therefore Is not an actual ultimatum for tIme way Is stilt still open for further lions If the department decides that hut th time line has not hot yet arrived to withdraw Its minister adopt coercive measures NO ULTIMATUM Paris March 21 The foreign says time the French minister at Caracas hiss lias not hot presented nn an ultimatum to Ven Venezuela ami no mm French warships haa bean besim sent tp p Venezuela rIme Tho statement to that hiLt effect results from the lie publication In tim London newspapers und saying time the presentation of an mu ultima ultimatum tum had hai been followed by the of two warships This The hero here aru surprised und timid displeased at t tIme tha report which they construe as us tending to a fore the th hand of Franco lithe Into a timers more eggres and amid policy than contemplates The Tue united States vies plus the best position in iii which to send tn to the length of tIni tho Ito American controversy with Vene Venezuela eru zuela has been pending whereas time ver y Is iii of comparative recent and hag Imas not yet been de decided by time tile courts The Instructions sent to hit the lie French minister at t Caracas directed that diplo diplomatic matic representation be made relative to time the holding up of the vested rights of time the cable company but did not hot eon con contemplate template threats or Cr uti ultimatum as aa tho th say the affair hat has no grav grey gravity ity calling for steps of such a character Up to noon today foreign tint th time cable tuble company lint had the expected derision of limo tho Caracas court upon UNtil the tue French Cable concession The council of f ministers nut met morning and ammO Foreign Minister lengthily time the relations with Morocco but the tho statement regarding the of thus the council does not in Venezuela Tills This means that lip action will be shell pending time the re receipt receipt of information as mis to tIme tho Caracas courts decision 1 |
