TROUBLE FOR VENEZUELA.
A DUTCH BLOCKADE. UNITED STATES ASSENT GIVEN. By Telegraph.— Press Association.— Copyright. WASHINGTON, 20th August. The United States Government has assented to a Dutch blockade of Venezuelan, ports. y NO MILITARY OCCUPATION. (Received August 20, 8.30 a.m.) j NEW YORK, 19th August. ! America's consent is confined to aj blockade, and expressly excludes the military occupation of Venezuela. On tho 12th mat. a cable message stated that the Dutch protected 1 cruisera Holland (3847 tons) and Utrecht (3969 tons) were preparing for foreign service, and that the cruiser GeWerland (3969 tons) was already cruising in the-Carib-bean Sea. Venezuela complained that Holland was not exercising sufficient vigilance over Venezuelan revolutionaries at Willemstad, Curacao, and not obtaining a satisfactory reply dismissed the Netherlands Minister, who, however, had mor tally offended President Castro by puh lishing in a Dutch review an article stating_ that the President's dictatorial regime was leading to the decadence of tho Republic.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXVI, Issue 44, 20 August 1908, Page 7
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