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Show INSOLENT REPLY OF CASTRO HIS NOTE COUCHED IN QUITE VIGOROUS LANGUAGE. Secretary Taft Decides Not to Send It to President, But to Take It Under Consideration Himself. Whllo tho officials In Washington dccllno to mnko public nt this stago tho text of President Cnstro's roply to Minister Bowcn's arbitration proposal, pro-posal, It mny bo stated that thero was nothing personal to tho American minister min-ister in President Castro's statement. So that if it Bhould bo eventually hold to bo undiplomatic and even rudo, thon tho Injury wll bo sustained by tho stato department rather than by tho minister, and thcrcforo it Is tho former nlono that will bo concerned. This Is particularly truo of an Inquiry In-quiry ,from tho Venezuelan government govern-ment as to whether tho United States presumed to question tho Integrity of tho Venezuolnn courts, tho Inquiry bo-lng bo-lng couched In rather vigorous language. lan-guage. It also appears that thoro Is an expressed disposition on tho part of tho Venezuelan government to localize lo-calize tho Issues by concentrating attention at-tention upon tho Olcott case, which was tho subject of an arbitration In 1903, thus ovndlng tho attempt on tho part of tho stato department to rest its enso principally on tho asphalt controversy. contro-versy. As a matter ot fact, tho stato department depart-ment has never been particularly strenuous In Its efforts to forco n settlement set-tlement Immediately on tho Olcott case or any other minor ponding claims, bolng willing to nllow all of theso to be adjusted at some futuro dato through tho usual agonqy ot an international mixed commission, but it has pressed tho asphalt caso principally, princi-pally, becauso the Venezuelan government govern-ment In that matter may establish a precedent that will Invalidate evory forolgn concession. Tho text of President Castro's reply to Minister Bowen Is now boforo Secretary Sec-retary Taft, who has determined not to Bond It to the president, but to tako it under consideration hlmsolf. It Is Bald that tho communication fills tho description conveyed by Minister Bqwon in his cablegram as to form ot expression, which he declared to bo insolent |