THE DUTCH AND VENEZUELA.
| THE MONROE DOCTRINE. New York, August 10. The United States will consent to nothing more tluin tin; actual blockading of the ports of Venezuela, and expressly excludes from the agreement any permission to Holland to attempt tme military occupation of the country.
When Great Britain some years ago wished to talk fiercely to Venezuela and IPresident Castro, President Cleveland, of the United States, nearly forced Britain to war. To-day the United States consents to Holland trying punitive measures which the American Government apparently, prefers not to undertake itself. It is said that the United States hesitates to act because action can only ibe taken by blockade, wliijii ipay not be sufficiently effective. Again, the aggrieved American parties in Venezuela are trusts, and it is said that President Roosevelt can see 110 popularity in actively taking up their cause. The other day Venezuela expelled the Dutch Minister. It seems that the cause was the appearance in a Dutch publication of an article by the Minister declaring that President Castro's dictatorial regime was leading to Venezuela's decadence. A hostile crowd .it Willenistad, a seaport of Caracas, in the Dutch West Indies, thereupon forced the Venezuelan Consul to take refuge in the German consulate. "Venezuela," President Castro is reported to hale declared in a recent interview, ''is on bad terms with nearly all foreign Powers. That is my work and my pride. 1 am not afraid of Europe. All the Powers may form a coalition, but Venezuela will be unconquerable as long as I am alive." Holland (the Netherlands) in 1907 had 8 coast-defence battleships, 8 unprotected cruisers, and 22 torpedo-boats. A few days ago it was cabled that the armored cruisers Holland (3847 tons, 19.0 knots) and Utrecht (3909 tons, 20 knots) were preparing for foreign service, and that the cruiser Gelderland (3909 tons, 'Vi knots) is already cruising in the Caribbean Sean.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 207, 21 August 1908, Page 3
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315THE DUTCH AND VENEZUELA. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 207, 21 August 1908, Page 3
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