| Show official notice of the closing of the ports of venezuela has been served by the european powers V washington dec 20 the taic department part ment hasi received notice from charge dAf laTies white al london that the blockade of the venezuelan ports will begin on dec 25 london dec 20 the oili cial bioc la mation of alic blockade of venezuelan orts was gazetted this morning and becomes effective toady the test of tha is as follows 1 office december 20 1002 it i hereby notified that a the united states at venezuela hae failed to comply with the demands of liia maje a blockade by his majesty lai 0 o aces of the ports of la gnarra gunta camana cumana and carufano Car and the mouths of the arinow is declared and uch will bo effectively and atter the twentieth of subject to he allowance 0 the following days of grace for MIS M IS tailing before the date of dis noti from avelt indian ports and ports on flie cast coast of the continent ut america ten days for steamers and for vessels from all other ports twenty days for IT II 11 mid forty daya fo r sailing vessels for lying in the ports now declared to lie blockaded fifteen dayd which attempt the blockade will render themselves liable to nil measures authorized by the law of na ioni and by the treaties between hiti majesty and the different neutral powers the foreign office says the blockade of the venezuelan coast will not be re lasel until the powers agree amsi method for the arbitration af aid veil blionas a disposition to ct sincerely iS ii laid on the 1 MW of the diversity of the ill deciding on a method of presentation and on the prolixity ity of the negotiation t which will be involved n settlement h in fight it is not elrate ep rate cases can bo embodied in one document should projected lake definite shape def 20 the geirman gocan ment today published a decicc embody ing alie condition of the blockade of venezuela it follows the of venezuela having rejected alie demand which the imperial government communicated to it the part of porto cabello and acabbo arc hereby declared to be under blockade beginning dec 20 ships un der other than the venezuelan hag sailed from aest indian or other eat american ports before the publication 0 their decree will a period 0 twenty days for sailing ca and ten days for steamers to reach their bailing vessels from all other ports ate allowed forty and steamers twenty days under other than the van ey flag lying in blockaded ports upon 0 this decree abc allowed 15 days to nail ships which attempt to break the will lie subject to the prudis ioni apply to neutrals under international ter law and in accordance with reatie rc atie la ayra dp 20 i 20 a m alte states albany alo amiter and alie britini Bri tili cruiser hac just here 20 the folb dispatch hua been received at the navy i department depart nent arom admiral dewey dated salt juan december 19 torpedo bibat destroyer not available for duty aleut johnstone ha hailed in albany tah nelion i in accordance with instructions by the department leeral day ago upon the request of the state that a officer be dispatched to the relief of minister howen lacut johneton Johnr ton was to the naval academy brou frou jeorgia in 1878 |
