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Show VENEZUELA" SUBMITS " ARBITRATION WINS Tino.nc.ial Interests of the Country Vrgt President Castro to Yield Minister Bowep Vftdoubt edly Will Be One of tHe Arbitrators Britain Admits State of Warfare The Sinking of the Venezuela. Battleships. It Is now more tnn probable that th difficulty between Venezuela and til power will be arbitrated. Although. Al-though. Do definite conclusion hu been readied, It It generally conceded con-ceded that Minister Bowen will be on of the arbitrator. Thli action was the result of a demand de-mand made upon President Castro by bug financial Intercut In Caraca. urging him to bow to the superior force and yield to the pow.tr of the allies, receding aa gracefully aa possible pos-sible from the position he ha taken, fllrong pressure was brought to bear upon him to Influence him to take r"" thla action. A large number of the t- merchants of Caracaa presented the t matter to the president and urged him to thla course. They .submitted that Venezuela was powerless against the mighty strength of Rngland and Oennany. assisted through the ultimatum ultima-tum of Italy and the withdrawal of ' the Italian minister, by the atrengtb of that country. ' It la reported that Prealdeat Castro Cas-tro ha decided to yield to the wishes of the delegation and sue for peace through Minister Uowen. He I re-jportod re-jportod to lie willing to accopt the (term of tha Ilrltlah and German ultl-Imattim. ultl-Imattim. From the beginning of the. trouble President Castro haa acted with eg. !traordlnary energy. II haa transformed trans-formed the entire country Into a vast camp, having raised more tban 40,000 tnen, whom he has well armed, equipped equip-ped and transported from every direction direc-tion to I.a tluayra and Porto Cabello, la the expectation that the allies would attempt to land at one or both of theae polnta. tlon, the Topate being the British hip. Th Oerman commsndsr participated partici-pated In the firing a a loyal ally. The fjcrman government la not Instating In-stating on mure aevere measures than the original plan contemplated, and regard the sinking of the "two diminutive, dim-inutive, wholly unseaworthy craft," aa sit "Insignificant Incident." The Berlin newspapers print from Kiel a statement that the Herman cruisers Ariadne, Amnion and Nlob are again being equipped for departure depart-ure to Venezuela, hut the correspondent correspond-ent of the Associated Press I informed inform-ed officially that no such orders hate been given and that It will depend later upon the demands of the block-ad block-ad whether additional vessel will be sent. SAYS STATE OF WAR EXISTS. British Premier Make Explicit Statement State-ment In House of Common, In th course of a long statement In tbo Brltlnh house of common Premier Balfour said there waa no auch thing a a "pacific blockade." A tat of war actually existed with Venezuela and an Intimation of th blockade would be given to th pott era. Mr. Balfour added (hat the blockade block-ade would b carried out with aa little lit-tle Inconvenience to neutral as poa-slhle. poa-slhle. The premier air aald th operation opera-tion war reluctantly undortaken, not to recover debts, but, after a long and patient delay, to recover compensation com-pensation for assault on British subject sub-ject and the seizure of Brltlab vessels. Showing Relative Distance of Englai lea from Venexuela, and Don A. F at Washington. But there has been a change of feeling, and the prominent men of 'Venezuela who wore at one time ready to lead tho people In defense of their couutry now consider that Justification to tnko the men of th republic nwny from their famllle and their work dues not exist. They have resolved to discover a mean to bring bout arbitration, or at least treat with tbo allies. Tho moan sought la v. '. ti fas CYy - Mi President Castro, thought to lie through the United Slates legation, and satisfactory results re-sults are on every hand expected to follow, GERMAN P08ITION IS STATED. No Occupation of Venezuelan Territory Terri-tory to Be Considered. Th Gorman foreign, olllce denies explicitly thnt the German squadron .In Venezuelan water has orders to aelze Margarita Island, adding that no occupation of tbo territory of Venezuela will occur. The oIliciHl allelic that a systemat-,lc systemat-,lc oftort la apparently being mado to represent Germany oa the propelling .power In the coercion of Venezuela and aa being responsible for all the harsh measures. Tor lnstunee, they say, the bombardment bom-bardment of the forts at I'orto Ca-bollo Ca-bollo I ascribed to German Initiative, whereas the oltlelalB say without re ervatlou that tbo boiubardmeut was at the British commander' snggo- nd, Germany and Point In North Amtr-'. Amtr-'. Pulldo, Venezuelan Charg d'Affalrra He believed that the Oerman also had claims besides the financial one. Mr. Balfour' statement waa made In reply to tho deslro of the liberal leader. Sir Henry Campbcll-Banncr-man. for Information on tho Venezuelan Vene-zuelan altuatlon. After reiterating Lord I.ansdowne' brief statomont In tho house of lords, the premier continued: con-tinued: "The blockade will be carried out by Groat Britain and Germany along different portions of the coast, and though th two fleets will have the same objects they will not act a one force. We never had nny Intention of landing troop In Venezueln or of occupying territory even temporarily. We do not think It deslrablo on either military or other grounds. All the condition governing such a blockade have been cnrofully considered and will be published In due time for tho Information of neutrals. "The government I most anxious that theso operations, tho necessity for which wo dooply rogrot, should be aa llttl Inconvenient to nnutrnla as thoy can possibly be mado. No difference dif-ference will be made between th vobscI of the various neutral power I think It la quite likely that tha United Uni-ted States will think that there cannot can-not bo such a thing as a 'pacific blockade,' and I, personally, take the sams vlow. Evidently a blockade. Involves In-volves a tato of war." German Officer Wa Killed. It has beon learned Hint an officer of the Gorman cruiser Vlnota wn killed during the bombardment by rifle bullet fired from the ahore. Th Vlnet left Porto Cabello aaddonly for Wlllemstad, Curacos, where h srrlved with her flag at half-mast. It I believed she went to Wlllemstad for th purpose of burying th body of th dead officer. American Vice-Consul Volkmar, German Consul Tied and British wmrm pewit Tw AnticH iwmrur ni mrttuhA Consul Kolster bav prevailed upon th Oerman and British commodore to dealst from their plan to disembark disem-bark marines, seize tho cannon In Fort Solsno and ask for the capitulation capitula-tion of I'orto Cabello. The allies bav relossed Gen. Bollo, who was made a prlaonor In Cast I.lbertador, and bav promised to re-leas re-leas the other prisoners in a few hours. Fort Bolano and Caatl Lib-ertador Lib-ertador are not to he garrisoned by Venezuela "as long aa the present difficulties dif-ficulties continue. Thla la agreed upon to avoid another bombardment Argentina Not to Interfere. It I donled officially that Argentina Intend to Intervene In th Venezuelan Vene-zuelan affair, although tha pre pro-teat pro-teat agalnat tha action of the Anglo-Oermen Anglo-Oermen fleots. In the chamber Deputy Dep-uty Martinez protested agalnBt what he termed the brutality of the power against weak nation and Invited th Argentine government to initiate a policy aimed frankly at securing the solidarity of South America by means of an agreement of mutual defense and Independence among all South American nations. M. Martinez's resolution res-olution was referred to committee. Net by Spain and Balglum. The Spanish minister to Venezuela, Sonor Gaytan de Ayala, and the Belgian Bel-gian charge d'affaires, M. Van der lleydo, have presented a joint Icttor to the Venezuelan minister of forolgn affairs. In which they ask, In case the clalma of other foreign powers axe paid by Venezuela, that the same treatment given theso power be accorded ac-corded to Spain and Belgium. Humors Hu-mors are current In BrUBSols and Copenhagen that Holland and Denmark Den-mark are about to preaent their claim to Venezuela for a settlement. Filibuster Ar Organizing, It I stated on what appears to no good authority that a filibustering party Is being orcanlzod at Butte, Mont., to go to Venezuela. It I laid at least one v. ell armed company, all crack shot and obi mountain men, will go sou tli In a few days. A number num-ber of SpanlKh war veterans and several sev-eral veteran of the Ken Inn Invasion of Canada are among the men enlisted. 4 |