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Show WHAT THE CLAIMS ARE. V- Tho prinpipal British creditor- ; f, , whose claims, aro to bo .enforced, by tho ultimatum against Venezuela .are, according to ihe New York Tribune's i correspondent In London, railway and harbor improvement companies': fipuA ;of those companies complain ''of ' 'do- i faults of interest guaranteed by the (Venezuelan governmont, and another 'corporation, which took up an issde ,'oi bonds, claims that a considerable jamount of unpaid interest Is duo it I The German claims aro larger .in amount and moro varied in their na- turo and the responsibility of the Ven- H ezuelan government for the redemp- X I tion of the obligations is less obvious -- I In certain sections of the account The precautions taken by tho Unit- S ed States In ordorlng a strong fleet to tho Venezuelan coast do not escape attention. It, is considered a sign that tho Washington authorities are on their guard ogalns't the taking of. -too drastci'1 measures on the part clthor of Germany or. England for the- - collection of a debt from a weak-power weak-power distracted with revolution. " e |
