VENEZUELA.
MR BOWEN CONGRATULATED. AN OFFER FROM CARNEGIE DECLINED. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Received 11.17 p.m., Feb. 16. New York, Feb. 16. President Castro thanked Mr Bowen, and congratulated him on his success in getting tho blockade raised. On learning Germany’s demand for cash payment, Mr Carnegie, unreservedly aud without mentioning security, ottered Mr Bowen three hundred and sixty thousand dollars cash, to meet tho demand. Mr Bowen, in thanking him, declared that the offer was unnecessary. RAISING OF THE BLOCKADE. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Received 1,7 p.m., Feb. 17. Now York, Feb. 16. Tho end of the Venezuelan blockade is a great relief everywhere. Britain originally restricted eo operation with Ger. many to recover a sum, whose final instalment will be payable in July.
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Gisborne Times, Volume IX, Issue 828, 17 February 1903, Page 2
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