VENEZUELA.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIV, Issue 34, 9 February 1903, Page 5

VENEZUELA.

MOfflCA* ATTITUDE

FOOTNOTE BY ME. WISE

I NEW YORK, February 7. \,.i,n is acting for President ZX'^o yild on the 20 k^C' the British Minister, Nf iino the blockading Powers, '^appealed to President Roosevelt rttKe on that point. i 0£ rfE££n of preferential treatif Will, therefore, be transferred to nLlLvnie Tribunal. ThL ,oon as the protocol is signed Mr JL Will be prepared to pay each Sins Power £5500 as the first inSnt of payment for personal injtny theh respective subjects and secure Jhe raising of the blockade. Afr Wise Attorney-General of New fiili Wales, speaking at the Eighty £ last night, regretted that Lord -laiadowne. contrary to the spirit oi the Solution of the Premiers' Conference, failed to ascertain the views of Australia and Canada before making an enmaement with Germany regarding Venezuela. Australia, he said, was m \_ affected by German development in the Pacific. BERLIN, February 6. Several German newspapers condemn jßaron Sternberg's compliance with America, instead of repelling the latter's insinuations and attacks. They complain that America's insolence has leached an unbearable pitch. One German newspaper declares that J[r Bowen's impudence equals Castro's, md reminds President Roosevelt of the comparative strength of the American and the allied fleets.

NEW YORK, February 8. Sir M. H. Herbert and Baron Sternberg presented protocols for Mr Bowen's signature. They suggested the Netherlands Minister for Foreign Affairs as the sole arbitrator.