VENEZUELA'S FINES.
El i Constitutional,tho' Vcnozuolrr Govermnont organ, commenting oil tho" 5,000,000 dollar : fine assessed against tholNcw York' and Bermudcz Asphalt' Company for complicity in the Matos rebellion after stating that- tho evidence against tho. company was taken • mostly from'.tho record's 'of Cases' tried in tho United States, says editorially: ' "It now remains to be seen if tiio State • Dopaxtruoiit._ (American) " will, again convert itself into'tho protector, defender 1 arid tutor ;.of adventurers, who' have co'nfcssed their guilt and. who are legitimately' chastised by tlio. legislatures of all civilised, eluding the United',States." Following Veuezubla's third' refusal to arbitrato the five. American claims, it is now : considered in. .Washington ; that it is, the. duty of ,tho United; States to dqtorniinne what is- to ■. Do done to adjust these claims'. ■ The situation is difficult owing to the programme of other, creditor nations. President. Roosevelt may decjde to submit tho wliolo. matter, to .Congress, although this'might result in measures that would bo'regarded as 'warlike. :
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 15, 12 October 1907, Page 14
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161VENEZUELA'S FINES. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 15, 12 October 1907, Page 14
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