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THE VENEZUELAN GASE The Prospest of Success Seems Bright in Washington. Washington, Feb. 4?Every effortr-is being made by the representatives of the allies here to secure an early set tlement of the Venezuelan dispute without referring it to The Hague. In this effort the Italian and British am bassador and the German minister, Baron Spec von Sternburg, are receiv ing the endorsement of Mr. Bowen as well as the cordial approval of the gov ernment of the .United States. It is understood that the president, while in no way connected with the negotia tions, is personally in favor of a final agreement being reached at Washing ton. This fact, it is believed, will have an important bearing on the de cision of the British and German for eign offices. The British ambassador and the German minister have both cabled to their governments the fact that Mr. Bowen has expressed his willingness to give the allies preferential treat ment for three months in order that they may emerge from the controversy without injury to their honor. The allies have not yet answered the last representations of their envoys here urging an acceptance of their plan. Advices reached here from Ber lin this afternoon of an important na ture but assurances are given that they were sent prior to the submission of the last proposition a:nyd affected oaiy a detail of the controversy. Their purport was not discouraging. It may be some days yet before a final answer reaches Washington, but all the nego tiators feel hopeful of a succecssful outcome. At a joint conference at the British embassy today the three months prop osition was discussed at length, and the question of the possible reference of the case to The Hague was consid ered. It was declared that the claim ant nations will suffer far more than Venezuela if the Washington negotia tions-faiL Reference to The Hague would serve only to complicate further an ugly, situation and the negotiators feel that in the main effect would be an increase of unrest throughout the United States and South America against the allied powers. British and German trade, it is pointed out, is suffering greatly from the mainten ance of the blockade. The British ambassador had a long conference with Secretary Hay today and in the meantime Baron Sternburg was calling on Mr. Bowen. The Brit ish ambassador was desirous of know ing the attitude of the**Washington government respecting a reference of the dispute to The Hague and the fact that th^admicistration favors a prompt settlement by the Washington negotia tors themselves, induced him to^lay be fore his government the reasons why ac ceptance of preferential treatment for three monthly was desirable. It is regarded as fortunate here that the negotiators themselves are acting in harmony. "Early in the Venezuelan negotiations the British ambassador pledged himself to do all in his power to settle the Veneznela dispute as soon as possible and all his efforts in this direction are receiving the endorse ment of the Washington government. It is stated in an authoritative quarter that the president and the German emperor are both taking a keen inter est in the early adjustment of the dis pute, feeling that no good can come of prolonging the blockade. ,_ V i Berlin, Feb. 4.?Some disappoint ment is felt by the German foreign office officials at Minister Bowen's atti tude in his conference with the ambas sador at Washington. Mr. Bowen, it is said here, impresses the representa tives of the allies as allowing his fighting spirit to overbear his desire for quick settlement. His demeanor at the conferences is describe as that of an addvocate defending an innocent, persecuted client. Besides the foreign office regards Mr. Bowen's first prop osition as having .been changed after it was accepted, and it is held that it was not clearly stated and for that rea son was misunderstood. It is also averred here that Mr. Bowen's powers are not so full as desirable. The cooperating powers, standing by their first condition that the blockade shall hot be raised until an adequate guarantee for the payment of the re served claims is given, have instruct ed their embassies at Washington to insist, upon such an adequate guar antee. Otherwise the blockade will continue for months, or for years if this is necessary to pursu&de Presi dent Castro to meet the demands of the allies. Some of Minister Bowen's suggestions are here regarded as being "almost trivial." The view is held in Berlin "that he does not realize that the cooperating powers are in earnest in that they cannot and will not de part from the only stipulation which they made precedent to arbitration. In the Boston Globe of last Sunday George Alfred Townsend says: '1 Stat uary is more talked about than ob served. A New Yorker was railing in my presence about there being no statue of DeWitt Clinton in the city that he almost created. I told him that a large and important statue of Clinton was in Greenwood Cemetery, erected by the public, and that it re sembled the German poet, Goethe. "So when they are talking at Rich mond, Va about putting Robert E. Lee in the Capitol he threatened, but never took, few of them know that Lee is already there. He was painted by Brumidi in the eye of the dome in the group of "Anarchy," which consists of Davis, Lee, Jackson, Stephens and Calboun, all carrying torches aid look ing like cartoons of Milton." If that is true, it is a disgrace to the nation, and it seems to us that it is time for some patriotic member of \ Congress to rise in his seat and pro test.?Richmond Times. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought _.? ~? I II ? ANGRY WITH MINISTER BOVfEN. Powers DeGide to Break off Negotia tions and Appeal to Hague Tribunal. THEY WANT THE PREFERENCE. ; President Roosevelt Will Be Ask ed to Arbitrate Questions. ff He Declines, The Whole Matter Will Be Before Hague Tribunal for Settlement. if Washineton, February 5.?Irritated by the note which Minister Bo wen, Venezuela's representative, address ed to the British ambassador on Mon ady last refusing to accept the allies' proposal for a scheme of preferential payments, by which Great Britain, Germany and Italy were to receive 20 per cent, and the remaining eight creditors 10 per cent, of the customs receipts of La Guayra and Porto Oa bello, the allied Powers have instruct ed their representatives here to sub mit the question of preferential treat ment for settlement to President Roosevelt, and in the event than he declines to act as arbitrator, to take] this, and possibly the entire Venezue lan controversy, to The Hague for settlement, thereby breaking off nego tiations with Mr. Bowen. At 10 o'clock tomorrow at the Brit ish embassy, there will be a conference of the representatives of the allies here. In view of the fact that the London Government is now taking the lead in the negotiations, the British ambassador will preside at this confer ence. In the meantime he expects to have an interview with the Secretary of State, whom he will sound as to the probability of the President's ac ceptance of the allies' request. If it is found that President Roosevelt is not disposed to allow himself to be dragged into the negotitions, the in structions of the allies are such as to permit them to forego the embarrass ment of a rejection at the hands of Mr. Roosevelt, and, instead of making known their wishes to him, steps will be taken to draw up a protocol with Mr. Bowen, for a reference of the case to The Hague, as suggested by him in his note of Monday. The British am bassador was the first of the repre sentatives [to receive instructions to this effect, and the matter was discuss ed at the noonday conference between the three .representatives of the allies. The announcement of the decision of the allies to abandon further negotia tions with Mr. Bowen has not been re ceived with surprise by the few officials of the Washington Government who have been advised of it. 1' The Hague Tribunal," said an official of the" Ad ministration tonight, "has all along been kept, in sight as a port of safety in case the neogtiations here were not productive of a final settlement. And as for the suggestion that the Presi dent act as arbitrator, that has been a favorable idea of the allies since the beginning of the trouble." Whether President Roosevelt will ac cept this invitation cf the allies is not known. An official of the Administra tion expressed his surprise tonight that the allies would be willing to submit this question to the President in view of the fact that their representatives within the last few days have inform ed them, by cable, that the President views with disfavor'the contention of the allies for preferential treatment. The drafting of a protocol will, it is expected, occupy some time, but it is the understanding that upon the sub mission of the matter either to the President or to The Hague, the block ade is to be raised at once. It devel oped today that during a call of Count Quadt, the first secretary of the Ger many embassy, upon Mr. Bowen this morning, the latter stated to him his willingness to make to Germany and Italy a cash payment of ?5,500, or $27,000 each. This was done because of Mr. Bowen's action in the early part of the negotiations in conceding to Great Britain a similar amount for satisfaction of the alleged indignities which the British Government claims its citizens have suffered in Venezuela. This amount was named by the Brit: ish ambassador. Various intimations have leaked out here regarding certain details of the plan proposed by Mr. Bowen and al ready accepted by the allies for the settlement of their claims against Ven ezuela after the vexed question of pre ferential treatment shall have been de cided. The Associated Press is en abled to state in its entirety the plan* [agreed upon: After the preferential question has been settled, the adjudi cation of the claims of each* of the creditor nations is to be taken up by separate commissions, one for each claimant Power. These commissions will each consis*- of a representative of the creditor nation and a representa tive for Venezuela. In case of dis agreement the King of Spain is, in each instance, to appoint an arbiter. It is expected that each claimant Pow er will appoint its envoy at Caracas to represent its commission, and Presi dnet Castro will delegate either the Venezuelan minister for foreign affairs or some other official of the foreign office as Veneuzela's representative. Where the services of an arbiter are needed the King of Spain will, in all probability, select for this mission the Spanish minister to Caracas, who is recognized as an able diplomat. After the claims have been adjusted they are to be collected by the Vene zuelan officials from the customs re ceipts of the two ports of Porto Gabel lo and La Guayra, 30 per cent being the amount which Mr. Bowen and the allies have agreed shall be set aside for this purpose. In the event the Caracas Government permits thirty days at any time during the settle ment of the claims to pass without prompt and full payments to any na tion, the plan provides that the" Bel gian Government shall then step in and take charge of the administra tion of the customs receipts, to insure fair treatment for the foreigners. An official of the Washington Gov ernment, upon learning tonight of the intention of the allies to appeal to President Roosevelt to act as an arbi ter for them in the matter of prefer ential treatment, made the significant point that if the allies appeal to the President without first consulting Mr. iJBowen and gaining his consent, Ven ezuela will feel that her rights are be ing trampled on and, unless her permis sion is gained, will certainly not con sent to the Powers naming the arbi ter of this vital question. In the event I that the matter goes to The Hague the allies will only be accepting the prop osition made by Mr. Bowen in his ul timatum addressed to the British am bassador last Monday. Long Distance Telephoning. It is said that Prof. Michael Pnpin has sold the European patent rights of his invention for the transmission of telephone messages over long cables to the firm of Siemens & Halske of Ber lin. Whether any reliance is to be placed upon the report that he receiv ed a hal? million dollars from the firm for the exclusive European rights can not be ascertained. No doubt the pa tents were bought for a large sum. The report made to the firm by its engineer states: "The experimental tests demonstrate that the insertion of inductance coils into long distance telephonic conduc tors, in accordance with Pupin's in vention, enables us to obtain in prac tice the enormous effects required, and that long distance telephony actually enters into a new era of development. The problem of transatlantic telephony has become through this invention a possibility, even if the cost of a suitable submarine cable might still be too high and the technical difficul ties accompanying the manufacture and laying of a submarine cable with coils in great submarine depths might be considered as exceptionally serious. "The manufacture and laying of Pupin's cables in the less consider able depths of the Mediterranean, the North Sea and the Baltic offer no difficulty whatsoever, so that there is nothing in the way-of establishing di rect telephone communication between Beriin-Londoa, Berlin-Copenhagen Stockholm, etc." x This is all very interesting and some what instructive, but what would be more interesting to the American Public would be to know what the Bell Telephone Company has done with Prof. Pupin's American patents. It is generally understood that Prof. Pupin sold his American patents to the Bell Telephone company, which instead of improving its long distance service by utilizing the Pupin inven tion, has locked up the patents in its strong box and has tacitly said to the American people; we monopolize the long distance telephone business in this country; we recognize the fact that the Pupin invention would greatly add to the efficiency of long distance telephony, and we accordingly pur chased the patents to protect our monopoly. It would, however, cost money to apply the invention to our system, so we say to the American people, be patient, wait seventeen! years, and when the patent rights ex- j pi re we will give you the benefits of I them. In the meantime the rest of j the world will be enjoying the advant age of an American invention nearly two decades ahead of America. This situation illustrates very strikingly the beautaiful effect upon the public interests of an iron-clad monopoly of i a public utility.?Greenville News. Cardinal Gibbons and Archbishop Farley think that modern American society is in a bad way. The former asserts that it is decaying like that of the ancients, while the latter declares that the deluge of divorce now prevalent is worse than Mormonism. j The Florence Manslaughter. Gov. Heyward yesterday offered a reward of 8100 for the apprehension and conviction of Wm. King, the Florence county man who a few days ago killed the Rogers, father and son. The reward has been offered upon the application of the sheriff and county officials of Florence, who are exceedingly anxious to see King cap tured..?State, Feb. 5. Two Women Hanged. London, Feb. 4.?Annie Sach and Annie Watlers, the "baby farmers." were hanged at the Holloway jail to day. 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