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Show AFTER ROOSEVELT. HE'8 WANTED TO SETTLE VENEZUELAN VENE-ZUELAN MUDDLE. Allied Powers Are Anxious to Have the President to Arbitrate the Trouble, Being Vexed at Minister Min-ister Bowen. Irritated by tho noto of Minister Bowen, Venezuela's reprcoentatlvc, addressed to the British embassador on Monday last, refusing to accept tho allies' proposal for a schemo of prefer-ontlal prefer-ontlal payments, by which Great Britain, Brit-ain, Germany and Italy wero to receive re-ceive 20 per cent and tho remaining eight creditor nations 10 per cent of tho customs of La Gttayra and Puerto Cabello, tho allied powers have Instructed In-structed their representatives In Washington to submit tho question of preferential trcatmont for settlement to President Roosovelt, and In tho ovent that ho declines to act as arbitrator, arbi-trator, to tako this and possibly tho en-tiro en-tiro Venezuelan question to Tho Haguo for settlement, thereby breaking break-ing off negotiations with Mr. Bowen. |