The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 17, 1902, Page 1

S = VOLUME XCIII- DAY, DECEMBER 17 1902. FIVE - CENTS. BRITAIN, INTENT UPON PUNISHING VENEZUELA, REJECTS ARBITRATION in the day. We are not - seeking WouLD eNE | FREE HOMES T0 BEGAOES Morgan U'rging His Colonization | Scheme. Senator Hopes to Es- tablish Haver in Philippines. Says Secretary Root and Governor Taft Favor the Project. Epecial Dispatch to The Call. WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.—Senator Mor g2n of Alabama is working upon his plan for colonizing the Philippines with ne- groes from the United States. e has urged his scheme upon the President Becret Root and Governor Taft and believes that it will resuit eventually in millions of negroes emigrating to the Philippine Islands. His plan invplves the incorporation of a steamship transporta- | tion company and the distribution of homesteads of about twenty acres each. eking of the project, Senator Morgan aid ““The principal reason for my attitude in the Senate toward retaining the Philip- pine Islands was my belief that those would afford a home for the ne When I first came to Congress 1 ands groes introduced a resolu Congo Free State tion merely.to afford the negroes of this untry a place to which they might em- e when their numbers increased to that make emigration essary. The resolution the e and House and the color on of Congo was well under nited States acquired the Phil- on to recognize t an independent na- en extent would way isition of that territory oper uy ¢ 1 vastly superior country for them d richer, the climate tt > them and there they e under our flag. I took the | with Secret; Root and wrote r Taft for jnformation and lan for ‘colonizing negroes there. Both were favorably impressed | | ement needs is a rter.” uth Carolina does | Morgan’s plan. J enator Tillman said to-day: | nator an of Sc take stock pose that negroes s will the ppines; ther be the transportation cost Pacific’ Ocean, of | the ocean vovage, of the preparation of some temporary habitation until they are able to provide for of feeding them until t harvest and market their “If this were al vernment intend- ed to do for them the item of expense would be enormous. It wouid he neces sary to tax the people to 1 Pl pression. No, sir; any suct chimerical dreams of the wi o BRITISH COAL STEAMER FOUNDERS IN A STORM Rescued Member of the Crew Says His Comrades Went Down | With the Vessel. | LONDON, Dec. 16—A dispatch to the Central News says that sixteen men ficers and crew of the British coal steam- | er Marlay, are believed to have been Growned as a result of the foundering of thelr vessel. | The Mariay left Liverpool for Dublin | loaded with coal yesterday evening. She | experfenced heavy weather in midchannel, A lifeboat was lowered, but it was wash- ed away with one man In it. This sailor was rescued. He declares that he saw the Merlay founder. charac- | of- | The British steamer Marlay was built 2t Belfast in 15880. She was of 798 gross tons. BShe was owned by Tedcastle, Mc- Cormick & Co. of Dublin. COLOMBIA OFFERS AID. Two Thousand Troops Ready to Sup- port Castro. NEW YORK, Dec. 16.—A cablegram re- | celved here' to-day says 2000 Colombian troops have started on a march from Cucuta to a point on the Venezuelan frontier, where they will camp and await developments. The dispatch sald they had been placed at the disposal of Pres dent Castro. Colombia a year ago was herself on the verge of war with Venezuela, and that she shouid be sending troops to Castro’s &id cxcited surprise here, to put it mildly. sent to the| | -t ——————— ONDON, Dec. 16.—In a statement from the Foreign Office to-day, in relation to the Venezuelan situation, it was declared that there were certain phases of not be arbitrated. One of these was the disrespectful treatment accorded Mr. Haggard, the British Minister to Venezuela. To arbitrate the financial claims will meet with no opposition in official circles in London, nor is there any desire to stir up opposition by continuing unnecessarily the present armed compact with Germany; but, quoting from the Foreign Office, “at the same time there is not the slightest inelination to let Venezuela go unpunished fo- her repeated insults and injuries. The offer to arbitrate comes very late a quarrel, but we must insure ourselves against a recurrénce of the acts which led to the present situation.” - 3 — the dispute which could | | - — SEAPORT OF CARACAS. gos D (e e = /‘w“j!“/,,//u - W\Ey 7 W\ 77 — . L America Makes One More Appeal for Arbitration. The Call. BUREAU, 46 G ST, N. W., WASHING- Dec. 16.—Cable have been passing ail | between the State De- partment and the United States Embassadors at London, Berlin and Rome and betwRen Secretary Hay end Minister Bowen at Caracas, in an | endeavor to make some headway tringing about arbitration of the claims | of the three European powers now united ir. - coercing Venezuela. The United | tates has asied them a second time to consider arbitration. Minister Bowen has not been heard from in twenty-four hours, except to make an inquiry. The sukject of this could not be learned, but it §s understood to have reference to what pesition he should ‘assume In Venezuela in certain eventualities which might arise in consequence of the virtual war which the allies are pressing upon tro’s government. The situation, Internationally speaking, is very much in a fog. I can annuounce on Special Dispatch to ALL 8 TON, sages day in | .- | mes- | GREAT GERMIAN ; T=0F VENEZUELAR COWNECTING VALE~NCIA AND MAP OF VENEZUELA'S NORTHERN COAST ;8 SRIOR OF THE IN IN WHO HAV TAKEN A HA =vp WHICH 1S TO BE BLOC ‘ REPUBLIC, AND TWO ITALIAN ] | ND IN THE CONTROVERSY. | Charybdis and the Venezuelan cannon fire. flag flying at half-mast. dead officer there. SHOT FIRED BY VENEZUELAN ‘ KILLS GERMAN NAVY OFFICER | UERTO CABELLQO, Deec. learned here that during the bombardment of Pu- ! erto Cabello, December 13, by the British the German | Charybdis was struck in the bow by a shot fired from a can- non on the Plaza Brusual. The Vineta was struck twice by The report which has been circulated here that an of- ficer of the Vineta was killed during the bombardment by a i rifle bullet fired from the shore appears now to be true, The | Vineta left this port suddenly, although it was supposed that | she would stay here to protect German interests present at Willemstad, Curacao, where she ar: It’is believed | cruiser went to Willemstad for the purpose of burying the 16.-=It has been cruiser cruiser Vineta, the She' is at ed with her the German that i o+ —e high authority that the outlook is no jrepublic that is bankrupt, and, so far as worse than itswas yesterday, so far as the United States being dragged into the muddle is concerned. We still see no ground for intervention, although we do very emphatically doubt the wisdom and good sense of CGermany, Great Britain znd Ttaly continuing a debi-collecting ex- pedition with high power guns against a its seaports are concerned, defenseless. The murkiness of the international at- mosphere is caused by apparent indeci- sion among the powers themselves as to what sieps they ought to take. This Gov- ernment does not Know - yet .whether a blockade is to.be established or not. 1t is surmised that the powers are not S SCENE O THE LA = o \'gfl’ e — » - = RAILRORD NS Y v/ N1 A v:’ v i SV I\ [ | 1 | i | i1 go: | liies Have Not Ye 1 Decided Upon a | Bleckade. ~ | this point.” The explanations | at have been made in the British Par- | liament,” it is said here, are not very lu- cid. The Government stated that if Ven- | czueld does not pay very soon further co- | ercive measures are to be applied. Ger- many, in its note to the United States a year ago, spoke of a peaceful blockade as something that might be instituted, and the publication of the correspondence | between Germany and Great Britain pre- ceding the movement on Venezuela spoke of a seizure of ships as the first step. | Ships have not only been scized, but some | !'have been destroyed, but so far as this | | Government is informed the blockade has not been instituted and the combined fleet | is scouting around ‘the Caribbean Sea | without any well defined object. This Government is not likely to be | {bound by a peace blockade. The only blcckade we are likely to respect is one which would accompany a declaration of war. The coercive powers do not want | to deciare war and we would regard with | disfaver a declaration of war by thres powers against Venezuela for the purpose of collecting bad debts. AWAITING DEFINITE WORD. The State Department is hourly awa ing some statement from the aggressive powers on the proposition looking to ar- iftration. It is also hopeful of having scme clear statement from Germany, Great Britain and Ttaly defining their in- tentions more fully and the extent to which they expect to go; but to-day's Cabinet meeting adjourned with a feel- ing that nothing serious, was impending. The State Department has been a good deal impressed with the change of public sentinient in this country regarding Cas- tro. Ever since he became dictator he kas been representéd in this country as a | agreed on Continued on Page 4, Column 3. Revolutionary Chiefs | Rally to Support | of Castro. \ 5 B A Special Dispateh to The Call. ARAC Dec. 16.—The state- ments that the political pris- oners released under the am- nesty decrce of President Cas- tro, which issued after the situation ~here became | acute, did not sympathize with the Gov- ernment’s present attitude and that many of them were proceeding to Curacao are proved to be incorrect by the fact that a tiumber of {hese ex-prisoners, who were | confined at Maracaibo, including General | was Hernandez, popular] known . as “El Mocho,” and General Antonio Paredes, arrived here to-day. General Paredes was defender of Puerto Cabello when | Andradé was President and s a the eyes of the populace. There | monster demonstration in thelr | honor. The people turned out en masse | to welcome them, and the approaches to the railway station were impassable. | The crowds received the generals enthu- | astically. There was no ebullition of | party feeling, the people restraining | themselves in this direction, fearing that any display of this sort might result in internal complications. On disembarking at La Guaira General | Flernandez appeared on the balcony of | General hero in the cusfom-house and delivered a short | speech.f He said: | “Felldw citizens: I have been recently | released from prison, and here T am once more among you. I was reledsed, as you | kpow. to assist in_the defense of our cherished and wellibeloved country. I| heartily thank you for the spontaneous | demonstration of sympathy and welcome | that you have given me. > “Upon lcaving prison I was informed | of the great international question which | confronts our country and of the grave danger of our being once more reduced to the voke of dependence. Immediately 1 put aside all party questions, for in this | hour. of need against the aggressors our | beloved country calis for the services of all her sons. you all to put aside party feelings and rally to one flag. When once we have succeeded in vindicating our national | tives have not been captur I Lewis | the reseryation at Fort Sheridan. Fellow ecitizens, I call on | PILCENET CATCHES NEW YORK BANKER Jesse Lewisohn Is Imprisoned for Contempt. Refuses to Testify in Gambling House Inquiry. Harry Payne Whitney An- other Witness Whe Absents Himself. NEW YORK, Dec. 16.—The secrst in- quiry instituted by District Attorney Jerome before Justice Wyatt of the Court ecial Sessions, aimed at Richard A. Canficld, was held to-day. The District Attorney refused to say whom he had summoned as witnesses, saying it would be a misdemeanor if he did so. District Attorney Jerome announced later that a warrant had been issued for the arrest of Jesse Lewisohn a. . that hn had Been taken into custody. Harry Payne Whitney and Mortimer Schiff, son of Jaéob A. Schiff, head of the banking house of Kuhn, Loeb & Co., ap= peared as witnesses. The latter denied that he had ever been in Canfield's place and was excused. An attorney appeared for Harry Payne Whitney, for whom a subpoena was also issued, and stated that his client was unable to respond on ac- count of illness, but would appear later. According to Assistant District Attorney Gans, Lewisohn <as asked if he knew Canfield personally. He refused to reply to the question. Pending ¥he argument in the habeas corpus proceedings insti- tuted by Lewisohn's counsel, the inquiry suspended and will not be resumed, it until the matter is settled by the s said Supreme Court. Jesse Lewisohn is a member of the firm of Lewisohn ily interested in copper. of the Supreme Court granted a writ of habeas corpus calling for Lewisc court on Friday. He also paroled Lewisohn until that time. In addition the Justice issued a writ of certiorari directing Justice Wyatt, before whom the inquiry was held, to make a return of the proceedings in court so that they may be reviewed. @ il il @ honor we will all unite in a bond of unity, we will forget the past and we will try to bring about the spirit of peace. We will work together for the advancement of our country, which is a second Poland —the Poland of South America.” General Hernandez's remarks were greeted with prolonged cheers. The pes- ple showed the greatest enthusiasm and seemed entirely to have forgotten the rresent extremesituation. Addresses are reaching President Castro from all pasts of the country pralsing him for the attitude he has assumed. The university students, all of whom have volunteered to fight for their coun- try if necessary, have been enrolled in & battalion that is now in garrison here, They make a fine body of soldlers. The British cruiser Indefatigable is now the only warship at La Guaira. In an interview to-day President Castro said with regard to the situation on the Orinoco: “The Orinoco River is at present in the power of the allles, who can now do what they please to assist the revolutionists by permitting the transportation on the steamers of the Orinoco Company of arms, ammunition and supplies intended fer the rebels. Ciudad Bolivar is in a state of revelt against the legal Govern- Bros.,, bankers, who are ice Scott n's »duction in | ment of Veneznela.”” It has been learned here that a supply of arms and ammunition for the Vene- zvelan revolutionists has been shipped from Port of Spain, Trinidad, by the steamer Orinoco for Ciudad Bolivar. MILITARY PRISONERS MURDER THEIR GUARD CHICAGO, Dec. 16—Mutilated almost beyond recogiition the body of Roger | Hanbur of Company 1, Twentleth United States Infantry, was found to-day in a deep ravine in the southern portion of Han- bur was clubbed to death Monday with the butt of his own musket by two mil« itary priseners whom he tried to prevent from escaping. The prisoners were Christian Walker of Company C and John Hollenberg. form- erly a corporal of Company L, Twen- tieth United States Infantry. The fugi~