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Venezuela

NOT NUT-RESCUING. (Per United Frees Association.) By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, Jaa. 30. Mr Bowen's proposal that tU foreign claims against Venezuela be treated on lan equality has been rejected ly the blockading Powers, Received 30tfi, 10.34 p.m. NEW YORK, .Tan. 30. The Allies' rejection of equality of claims has produced a hitch, necessitat- j ing Mr Bowen applying to Castro. It is j estimated that 30 per cent, of the customs would pay the Allies' claims in six years. France and other non-block- ; ading Powers urge that their exclusion is unfair, and that magnanimity is being used to prejudice their position. SPOILING FOR A FIGHT. j Received 30th, 9.22 p.m. The fr.S. Senate's Military Committee, owing to Germany's attitude towards Venezuela; accepted the House of Representatives' proposal to .retain transports for service, also to increase the number of gunners. A member of the Committee declared that it was intended to make IL plain that the U.S. , would not submit to German blufl.

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Southland Times, Issue 18059, 31 January 1903, Page 2

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Venezuela Southland Times, Issue 18059, 31 January 1903, Page 2

Venezuela Southland Times, Issue 18059, 31 January 1903, Page 2