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Show HOLLAND SEEKS 1 POWERS Requests the A' distance of Foreign Governments to Punish Casjro of Venezuela. Dutch Papers Protest Against Secrecy Which Enfolds Venezuelan Venezu-elan Situation, And Ask for Details De-tails of Report of De Reus. m r Tho Hague. Tho reports rccrl"' from other capitals that Holland is requesting re-questing tho power to Join hor In punishing Venezuela caused grent surprise. sur-prise. It has been felt that tho Ncthorlnnds Ncthor-lnnds government wanted to plow Its own furrows mid had asked tho other powers only to adhere to a policy ol "hands off." It was believed that Holland Hol-land had ndopted this attitude because hor grlovuncos against Venezuela woro more Intimately concerned with the national honor nnd wero not so pureiv commeiclnl ns those of her neighbors. Tho icnsons for tho apparent ap-parent change In the program nro unknown un-known nt present. Tho Dutch newspnpurs nro beginning' begin-ning' to protest against tho Bccrecj with which tho government enfold tho entire Vcnezuclnn situation nnd ask for detulls of the report mndo bv M. Do Ileus, the former minister to Venezuela,, nnd tho correspondence that hns passed between tho Rovorn-bent Rovorn-bent nnd tho members of President Castro's cabinet. The papers domnnd that tho government shall not embark on any proceedings Involving heavy expense without tho people's approval. The Netherlands government apparently ap-parently Is quite sntlsflold with tho explanations mndo hy M. Do Iteus, Its former minister to tho republic of Venezuela, rolatlvo to tho lettor criticising crit-icising President Castro and IiIb government, gov-ernment, which Is nllegcd to have been tho reason for tho minister's expulsion expul-sion from Vonozuoln. Furthermore, The Netherlands hns no Intention of disavowing M. Do Rous or apologizing for his action. |