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Show THEY'HE AFTER VENEZUELA. Ureal llrlluln mill (Ifiriumiy lftt?e l'reieiiteil Thrlr l)ltlniHliiin. Great Ilrltnln and Germany havo presented ultimatums to Vonczuola, which will ho followed by tho sclzuro of tho customs unless a satisfactory settlement Is roithcomiug within a brief period. The ultimatums have a tlmo limit, but tho oxnet dnto cannot bo asectralned hero. Tho Ilrltlsh foreign for-eign olllcu wtutes, with regard to tho limit "It Is a resonnblo tlmo in which Vone.uela can satisfy tho injured governments. gov-ernments. Doth notes nro practically Identical, although tho amounts of tho clnlms differ. Tho notes merely ro-Itorato ro-Itorato tho continued disregard by tho Venezuelan government of all our representations, rep-resentations, specify our claims nnd demand Immediate action on tho part of President Cnstio's government In connection therewith." Tho British government's case Is practically Identical Iden-tical with tho statements mado In previous pre-vious dispatches from London, In which It was tlrst announced thnt tho action wan rontomplnted. Should tho Ilrltlsh ultimatum meet with a hostllo lecoptlon, the lliltlsh minister, W. II. 1). Ilnggard, hns been Instructed to go aboard a Ilrltlsh warship, or If that Is Impracticable, to go Into tho neighboring neighbor-ing ilrltlsh colony. |