Show france and venezuela to be friends again april 10 A summary of the for the renewal of diplomatic relations between france and van Mf iela the of which in now i Taking 1 place in n secret of the congress is the new york heralds fort de france correspondent ai follow between and VT ar the rati ot taic protocol bolli verhl appoint ministers and vill alo one arbitrator each to comprise a tribunal for alie examination of the french claims out 0 the revolution of ia to meet in caracas jp of the disagreeing they ill submit differences io tha abo i the marquia del aiani ahie spanish to rexi arbitrators and the umpire are cd fp render a decision within a year fronir tle date of the ratification of the protocol all other french claine up to slay ia 1899 will be settled k by we falc tribunal ita 3 that in payment of claims n ali e diplomatic debt the rate of in lerest shall be 3 per cent the arrears of the present diplomatic debt which amount to about aie to carry the same A new diplomatic debt is to h created for the payment of the french ilai ins and is to be guaranteed by 13 per cent of the forty unita of appointed to the payment af the dubuc debt it i t agreed twit venezuela shall not to divert the customs thin provided the con vanillin of remaina in force chii convention is to the ahat the french will lecog hinc alie validity of alie tiiU unal and wall not interfere by romalic acteon in batic of of jus tife hiie preach lepa tion fon request i coptis of documents and other ic garding the casca pending lefore the venezuelan affecting jl rench venezuela Venc zuela will grant to france a commercial tariff on the mosta favored nation bash diplomatic between france and venezuela were in alio early part of 1895 when venezuela allie french minister to caracas the siar quai dc Mont ilar the trouble arose from venezuelan failure to pay the french claims which amounted to about venezuela offered to settle for but france refused |