VENEZUELA.
CABLE NEWS.
UXI7ED PH?SS ASSOCIATION. —BY ELECTBIO IELYGEAI'II. — COPYEIGHI.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AS ARBITRATOR.
(Received December 26, 9.4 a.m.) NEW YORK, December 2u. Italy has informed the American Goveminent that she will bo happy if President Roosevelt will undertake the duties of arbitrator in the Venezuelan trouble; Otherwise sho will not object if the points at issuo aro submitted to tho Haguo Tribunal. If Mr Roosevelt should agree to act, ho proposes to appoint a board of arbitrators, as he himself would bo uuablo to examine in detail tho numerous claims involved. _.... . The Dutch steamer Pnnz MilUara, which has arrived at La Guayra, refused to pay port charges to the authorities, Sho has proceeded to Trinidad. Nicaragua is concentrating her troops at tho Pacific and Atlantic ports . m anticipation of a threatened invasion from Colombia. _ , . (Received December 27, 1.22 a.m.) NSW YORK, December 26. The opponents cf tho proposal for President Roosevelt to urge that his hands might bo tied if the allies wore ultimately compelled to enforce tho United States award, and that such coercion would possibly endanger “ Monroeism.” (Received December 27. 1.22 a.m.) NEW Y'ORK, December 26. An official announcement lias been made at Caracas that Venezuela agrees to refer to the Haguo Arbitration Tribunal, the disputes with Britain and Germany, provided the blockade is raised amd tho Venezuelan fleet restored. (Received December 27, 1.37 a.m.) LONDON, December 26. Germany’s reservations exclude from President Roosevelt's arbitration the claims of forty Germans, amounting to sixty-two thousand sterling, arising out of tho revolution of 1898, for goods supplied to Government _ troops, forced , loans and other requisitions.
It is believed in Berlin that if Mr Roosevelt arbitrates, tho United States will give an indirect guarantee of a final Venezuelan settlement.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LXXII, Issue 4847, 27 December 1902, Page 5
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