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IAI I 20,544 THE NAVY FAR BEHIND. DEL trS OX WARSHIPS. A Startling State of Affairs Shcncn in Admiral Bowles's Report. TEt.fj;u;jn-n to the tripi 1 Washington. The official statement of progress: naj vrssfls now building for the issued to-day by Rear Admiral rMeC constructor, exhibits a discourasrlng condition of affairs, which Is likely te provoke pome sharp comment on the leniency vhown favored contractors bjr those in authority.

It may also serve to put the blame where it really belong? for the apparent reluctance of to provide for numbers of warships commensurate with the need? of the country, while i i fwrlr long ago authorized are pfrmittPd to drag exasperatingly along in an unfinished condition. Admiral Bowles reports that on February 1 vessels under construction, the places where building and the degree of completion were as follows: BATTLESHIPS. NMnv of MTirrf Vnildinr. NTrpart Ness S4 Vr.ion rla ViTjrtnU NVwpmt News is Mnran Bros. Harh Iron Worfca Pare River KNnV If-lan-i Fore River Company Navy New-York .4...

1 l.otiiflsnn QwwpUTT 1 ARMORED CRUISERS. Fetmrtivtrntp Sons 42 Viretnia. News 44 fnion Iron Works HO £oca 4lt Newport 43 Bcnth Pakctf. fn'on Iron Works PROTECTED CRUISERS. aa her Company aa Willidin Tacorna Tnlon Iron Works Bath Iron Works Usrj 14 Iron Work? 1 harl'Jt-Ti Neirprirt 117 MONITORS.

Iron Florida 97 TORPEDO BOAT DESTROYERS. Hopkins Harlan Honinptrwcrth Hull Hirlan HoUtassworth-. Fore River River TORPEDO BOATS. Strir.rtam Zwickvr Hlakrly Lawlcy Son Ni'-bolfon. lywjs.

Ktsoa Nixon Columbian Iron Works SIBMARIN'E TORPEDO BOATS. Nixon mi Iron T'ik' Iron Works ss JJfwis Ktxon snaiK Nixon STEEL TUGS. Tart. Boston Navy Mare Island rTNTRACTORS ESCAPE PENALTIES. The astonishing significance of these figures be appreciated when it is mentioned, for instance, that the great battleships, the Mis Fouri and the Ohio, which at any moment in The last year the United States might have needed badly, were authorized by Congress on May 4.

IS9S. and under their contracts, with heavy penalties, were to have been delivered to the on Ai'rust 3. 1901, and on June 1. IJMHL respectively. One is twenty-two behind time and the other thirty months, bat.

the penalties are remitted, and the grovrrnmf vi will be lucky If it sets the two ships this year. All the remaining battleships, which are Ftill barely started, are at least a. year behind tbe vontract, with the pUMiprrt that, unless public indignation is aroused, they will not be completed within two years of the contract time. The condition is similar for the six big: armored cruisers, which are really high speed battleships; and as for the protected cruisers. a clas-s now needed every day, it may be instanced that the most advanced, the Denver, should have been delivered on January 1.

1903, but cannot be sent to sea, ready to r.phT. before the end of this year at the earliest. two monitors, also carried on the ISOS appropriation bill, should have been completed, according to contract, in March, 1901; they are over two years behind. The dilatoriness of the torpedo boat builders has always been one of the most evil and demoralizing scandals af the navy, and it is scarcely necessary to reiterate the disgusting details. The submarine boats were to be delivered in six months.

That was over two years ago. If any of them is in possession of the navy to-day, if the contractors have let jro of then to be tested by naval the Navy Pepai'UWPl is not aware of the fact. DEFECTS IX WARSHIPS. Futal Vessels Reported Deficient in Manoeuvring Quality. IFT TELEGRATH To TOE BOCSI 1 Washington, Feb.

Admiral Dewey and Rear Admiral Taylor have brought back from the Caribbean Sea manoeuvres the startling proposition that the finest vessels of the navy defective In manor; uv quality to a defryff. place them at a grave disadvantage in an emergency calling for prompt to the steering wheel. The matter has considered safficaeotly important to be oa by the Naval General Board, whose members have been in consultation v.ith Rear Admiral G. W. Melville, engineer in chief, and engineering i with a view to devising a remedy.

The soppoaed defect comes from the use of the so-called outboard screw propellcre. which in operation turn overhand away from the vessel. It is alleged that inboard screws or propellers turning in an opposite direction, or overhand toward the vessel, vroold prob) accelerate the swinging of a. vessel in answer to its rudder. Theoretl and theory is the f.en<ral board's strong the difference seamed to be onalderable.

but practically. Rear Admiral Melville believes, is no His position seen xn he justified by recent experiments with the torpedo boats Decatur and Porter. In the former vessel screws are of the inboard variety and in latter they were of the outboard type, find in cases the facility of manoeuvring was found to identical. Moreover, veasels of other navies nrw the same ai our own. and if there is any defect in ihe of screws it not different from ottaera iai i Ism es all ressels on an equality as to sapfMasd manoeuvring elleieacy.

Rear Admiral Melville awggasite the use of the Raleigh in conducting certain practical nts waiua would demonstrate whether wrmt any such appreciaMi difference in the of screw aperattoa as had beeo worked out in Admiral Taylor's' mind, as this ship could used for this purpose without other expense tbaa the transfer of the screwi The objection was inlerpos'rd by the theorists, howewer, against the of the Raleigh for for the reason that tfaa vessel sraa not large to make the demonstration beyond SNAPSHOTS AT oi good snapshots at wey known members of Congress, thovving how thoy look biw i'ldnj fi; the streets of Washington, iv 10-aiornw-3 DESIGN OF PROPOSED PIVOT TOWERS FOR MANHATTAN RRIDCE. a position which tin- practical engineering experts of. the navy regard as rather inconsistent. Inasmuch as the whole question has come up by the reason of performances one of the torpedo boats. However, the officers who came back from the Caribbean with this notion are inclined to legard the situation as serious to the degree of crippling our fighting shrps and -demonstrating a fatal weakness.

Admiral Taylor, who is greatly excited over the question, as he is over anything which may affect the efficiency of the lighting units of the navy, is devoting himself studiously to devising a way out of the difficulty, and the general board, which takes everything seriously, including Itself. Ls wrought to a high pitch of animation over the problem, which it regards as one of the weightiest ever confronting the service, and one which ought to be studied by the Newport War College. Officers who have much sea service. and have handled ships as navigators, and engineers who are familiar with the action of twin screws, declare that the whole problem readily resolves Itself into tweedledum and tweedledee. THE CUBAN TREATY.

SURE TO BE RATIFIED. At an Extra Session, I Underhanded Opposition. I BY rELEOHAPH TO THT TFir.i I Washington. Feb. Thai the Cuban treaty ratitied is the confident expectation of the leaders of the Sr-naie Opinions differ as to whether it will be approved at this or an extra lon.

The President has indicated in unmistakable terms that an extrs session of the will be called within a week after the expiration of the I.Yllth Congress the ratification of the treaty is not ompUshed before March 4. and some prominent Senators fear such a course will he necessary, ethers assert that the Cuban treaty will receive the approval of the Senate nl this session. While there Is no doubt as to the eventual ratification of convention among those Senators frequently spoken "the men who know." it cannot be denied that there is a contingent in the Senate, including some p.ij.e to see the treaty fail. These men are not open in their opposition, but "by sre dark and tricks that arc vain" quietly working against an arrangement which, i' is agreed, would not only fulfil th-- obligation the United States owes to Cuba, but which would beyond peradventure add a handsome increase to the foreign trade of the Arguments aie not advanced by the opponents of the treaty, their efforts being onlined to Insinuations and suggestions of possible injury to the constituents of the Senator they happen to be addressing. Borne of antagonistic to the convention say they will not oppose it finally, hut must have time to debate or that provision, which, under existing conditions in the Senate, prompt ratification impossible.

Were it nol for this insistence on debating the arrangement, ratification might have been secured In the same manner as was that of the Alaskan treaty. Another element which contributes to delay Senator Morgans desire to postpone approval of the Colombian treaty, it being generally id that be would debate the Cuban convention Bt length, from antagonism to its provisions, but because of his desire to prevent favorable action on the first named treaty It was due to this opposition on the part thr senior Senator from Alabama that the Colombian treaty was taken up before Cuban treaty, and it hi- the hope the friends of the two conventions thai continuous executive might be held until Senator Morgan had exhausted his negative arguments. To this Senator Quay has objected, if Mr. Quay can be prevailed upon to yield early In the for another executive session. attempt will be outde to prolong it until Senator Morgan finished his speech, with the hope of securing ratification the same day or night, thus clearing ij for consideration the Cuban treaty.

A GOVERNMENT BUILDING BURNED Boenos Ayres. Feb. Part of the Navy bufldlng destroyed by tire last night. Th. loss is estimated at about JSOO.fOO.

MARTINELLI'S new office. Rome Feb The Pope has appointed cardinal to be a member of Conjugation of FROM SNOW TO SUNSHINE. TiK Pennsylvania Railroad Tour to California leaves ror th- round trip. to Tourist Agent. Ml Advt.

NEW-YOKK. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14. L903. -SIXTEEN ta A BRIDGE; NO APPROACH That Will Be the Situation with the Structure. "A great bridge across the East River without any Manhattan feeder to it." This its the way the Williamsburg bridge is now referred to by engineers who gee the completion Of the structure by the dose of this year without any definite plans for taking care of the traffic after it lands in Manhattan.

A member of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment, in referring yesterday to the delay in furnishing so-called comprehensive plans for a rapid transit system connecting the three bridges with the surface and elevated lines in Manhattan, said to a Tribune reporter: WilUamsburg bridge will be done Inside of twelve It will take from eighteen months to two years to build a connection with the bridge jo as to take care of the passengers, who, until the connection is provided, will be dumped at the plaza at Clinton and Delancey sts. by tho Brooklyn trolley and elevated cars. Two somewhat decrepit horsecar lines are the only facilities now in operation for carrying passengers away from the Manhattan end of the bridge. Even if the steel contracts were let at once, it would take more than a year to build the necessary connections on the Manhattan side. For these reasons, it is.

safe to say that the big new bridge, with almost the carrying -apacity of the Brooklyn Bridge, will be of lurie practical use in solving the congestion problem, which will grow more and more formidable for the next two years, without hope solution." Chief Engineer Farsons may not have his plans ready for submission to the' Board of Estimate at the meeting on Thursday of next week. When seen yesterday by a Tribune reporter he said that several important points had not been settled, and that until he had the plans complete lie would not submit them. After submission, they win need to be carefully considered before final action can be taken on them. Meanwhile neither the Metropolitan nor the Manhattan EKvated people will make any move toward connecting with the new bridge. The work on the bridge is going forward nowwith great sneed.

The steel floor beams are nearly all in place, and the Bridge Department is confident that structure will be ready for traffic by end of the year. The plans for the Manhattan bridge, spanning the East River between a shore point In Brooklyn, and Pike Slip, in Manhattan, were sent to the Municipal Art Commission yesterday by commissioner who received them several days ago from Mr. Hornbostel, the bridge architect. The new bridge, on the plans proposed, is a surprising departure from the conventional suspension bridge. The towers are different, in that they are fixed on pivots.

The cables are radically different, in that, instead of calling for wire strands, they are made- nf short ey bars of nickel steel, somewhat like a magnified bicycle chain. The advantage claimed for the new cables Is that they can be built quickly at (no steti works, and assembled like any sectional steel work, making it feasible to build the cables while the towers are being constructed, whereas under the old plan the cowers must be In place before the wire stringing is Bfayoi Low has appointed a commission of engineers to consider the practicability of the new plans. Commission'' Undenthal is confident that the structure can be built complete from the pier tops in three years' time. The Williamsburg bridge already has been about years in building. The eyebar cables wHI be built of nickel steel of tremendous tensile strengih.

The same kind steel will be Introduced where there is a great Strain. The nickel in th" steel will add greatly to its cost, but, inasmuch as the completion will be greatly accelerated, it is considered a wise investment by Commissioner The new bridge will have four trolley tracks, four elevated railroad tracks, a driveway thirty feet wide and promenade of suitable width Tlv- Brooklyn approach will to Flatbush-ave. and Fulton-st while thai on the Manhattan side will reach to Chatham Square. Tlv tracks for the elevated trains will be above the tracks of the trolley cars, and the promenade will be on the outside of the roadway. The driveway vili he in the centre of the bridg- TENT IKE FOR CON'SUMPTIVKS.

Insane consumptives Ward's Island are living outdoors in tents thifi vinit-r, to their greal benefit. Description of this unique treutment, with pictures of the teats, In to-nioi row's Advt. ATTACK ON MANHATTAN. WEST SIDE COMMITTEE URGES CUXXEEX TO PROCEED AGAINST RAILROAD. Commissioner Livingston Orders Grading Firm to Begin Work in FAm-st.

Monday. PARSOXS PLACES BLAME Says Highxvays Department Has Long Had Elm-st. As a result of The Tribune's demand that Elm-st. shall l'p cleared and put in order at once. George Livings! head of the Department of Highways, has signed order authorizing Cunningham Kearns to proceed with the work of regulating and grading from Greal Jones-st.

to Prince-st The order of department is mandatory, with a. three days' time limit clause. Accordingly, on Monday the firm must begin the long neglected work of making Elm-st. a useful thoroughfare instead of a clog to the traffic of half the lower part of the city. The order further demands that the Great Jones-st.

to Prince-st section he regulated and graded within sixty days from the time of starting. This is the first definite date that has emerged from the whole Eim-st. chaos of the last seven years. On Wednesday Commissioner Woodbury expressed to Tribune reporter his impatience with the Department of Highways for not insisting "ii dats when Kearns should begin work. Thursday's Tribune insisted thai a time for starting work should be imn; niiately set.

Since the publication of that article the department has seen a great light. The point to be watched now is to whether the department's order is carried out on Monday. Mr. Livingston was yesterday by a Tribune reporter if failure of the firm to meet the order would mean a forfeit, and. if not.

what measures would be taken to enforce the will of the department and wishes of the public He said: "There is no forfeit but their could be taken away if they fail. Everybody is hanging this department, but remember this: When Elm-st. was handed over to us it was midwinter, and the weather up the work. In fact. President Cantor refused to let it proceed We did what we could by letting out the contract.

As to the paving. 1 don't know how long that will take. That is business of the Degnon- IfcLean Construction fnnpany, which, having done the subway work, has to give back the street naved." The assistant superintendent of the Construction Company said yesterday to a Tribune reporter: "How long it would tak" to pave the street depends entirely on the force put on it after the regulating and grading are done, it would be entirely in the hands of the Rapid Transit Commission to set the time for the work." William Barclay Parsons, chief engineer of the Rapid Transit Commission, said yesterday to a Tribune reporter: "We banded over pretty nearly half of Elm-st. to the Department of Highways months ago, and they haven't done anything with it. Go and prod them.

From Jones-st. to Princest. is and has been theirs. 1 promise you from Prince-st. to Howaid-st.

in the spring, and I hope to have, it turned over by April 1. The entire length of Elm-st. will he finished by November 1. The Degnon-rfcLean Construction Company is about the most energetic I know. It hasn't been delaying.

The secretary of the Rapid Transit Commission said yesterday to a Tribune reporter: "The Degnon-McLean Construction Company isn't delaying; it isn't to its interest It is under heavy bonds for the work. In fact, it is ahead of time on the- work. We shall have trains running under Elm-st. this year." When the remarks of Mr Parsons on Elm-St. were quoted to Mr.

Livingston, he said: "Mr Parsons Is a perfect gentleman I nay received various courteous letters from him. But don't forget that tVie Rapid Transit Commission owns the city. It is for it to say when the Degnon McLean Construction Company shall gel "in of the way." BOERS GENERALS REFUSE OFFERS. Decline to Sit in the New Transvaal legislative Council. Feb.

It is announced that the government offered seats in the Legislative Council to Generals Delarey and Smuts. The Boer generals unanimously refused to bccept, living as their reason the manner in which the Council was formed, which in their opinion was noi in the best interests oi the country. TWENTY HOURS TO CHICAGO train on the New York Central and Laka Shore mnklnj: the MO miles between New YorK "laily In twenty hoars, appropriately named Thr 30th Century Limited. Advt. roil 'FLOWERS.

Thousands of bushels of cut flowers rhanse hands each day sunrise. Description of this meeting place for florists of all classes tomorrow's Advt. AY) FARE IF XO SEAT. Charter of Elevated So Provides fnr yj on- Rush Hour. The West Side Citizens' Transit Reform Committee of Hundred yesterday sent to Attorney Cunnten a report from its committee law and legislation, severely arrHtc-n-inp the Manhattan Railway Company.

In a letter the Committee of One Hundred requests that the Attorney General take some against the company, and suggests that he has the discretion of either bringing an action Id annul the charter of the company, or beginning mandamus proceedings to compel the road to perform its duties. The report Of the sub-COOBmittee calls attention to provision of company's charter, compelling it to carry passengers free who no not have seats in non-rush hours. It recalls the manner in which railroad built its third track "surreptitiously." and how it has encroached on public property in extending Its stations. It also criticises the manner in which the capital of the company was increased. The report follows: Your committee on law and legislation, through its he Manhattan Railwa: Company hare care! examined the expediency of taking legal procetoings that company on account of its manifold failures to serve th- public and to fulfil the objects ol its incorporation, as expressed in its charter, and ihey are ol opinion that the attention of the Attorney General should be called to the matter his aid solicited, but at the same time that the public should be informed of certain rights which are not generally known or appreciated, and which can be easily tested and enforced in the COUIta by private citizens, i We suggest, therefore, thai a communication ba at once addressed to the Attorney General caUmg his attention to the following facts: The Manhattan Railway Company has been to pay dividends, in addition to interest on its bonded debt, upon a capital stock of which at least is well known to have been Issued without adequate consideration and represents practically no expenditure ol capital.

This has long since been stablished in legal proceedings. (See Metropolitan Klevated Railway Company ast. Manhattan Railway Company, N. 103.) To accomplish this corporate feat, it has been found, as an expert has recently expressed it. thit "straps and nol seats" would yield the surplus nickels required; an.i therefore overcrowding, although contrary to law and to the express provisions of the company's charter, became what by modern corporate management is called "an imperious necessity." The charter of the company provides (Article VIII.

Section 5) among other things, that "a seat in a car. other than a commission car. shall (except during the hours above Indicated) be provided tor every passenger upon any train who desires and demands such a seat, otherwise, and except during such hours, such passenger shall be entitled to travel without paym nl of fare." The hours referred to in th- previous portion ol the article are between 5:30 and 7:30 a. m. and between 5 and 7 p.

m. Whether the remedy here given ol riding free when he i- no! furnished a seat is the exclusive remedy to which the public Is le-jally entitled Is a questi re believe should be at once tested in the courts by the Attorney General, in an appropriate proceedii on nehalf of a long outraged and suffering public. XO FARK IF NO SKAT. Had this provision been enforced beretofon and the company compelled to taicrease the numbT of seats in oraer to Jta revenue, there Is no question but that adequate ommodation would have been furnished the public, and should measures now be taken in the dnrectlon of enforcing not the exclusion of passengers fron: the cars when they cannot a seat, bui nlk.wing them to ride free, there would be a materi.il Increase in the numoer cars, and instant application to the proper authorities by the road for increased traces and orher facilities at crossings to enable them to provide more trains and more Unjustifiable economies have been and are 1 einsr practised by the company in other matters and In direct violation ot those expressly enjoined by law and of the charter of the company. The charter, among other things, provides in Article if thereof 13 "Stations shall be so arranged as lo be convenient of access from the atreel Sec 16 "Each station shall have ampU space under co-er to accommodate the passengers The condition of affairs at Rector-st is well known.

Your committee ha ye photofc! aphs of that station, taken when sun was- blgner than it is now bi the evening, showing the ordinary There Is no cover la Si the station platform, ex- is no cover On station platform, exrf h( 'p no adequate sccomaaodation for passengers and the crowd upon the platform Is. such hat it almost Impossible lo board a train during he rush hours without being crushed. At certam hours of the day do lady can board trains al this and other stations without being 1 to disaereeable Dbyslcal contact with other persons. Thtre ar- tracks at trat point. and the road hss condemned no property for a station althm.sn by law so to do.

and the rusri of for express trains so blocks the Intending passenger of an accommodation tVffn th-It hV is compelled to look over the of a crowd of several hundred pco while his Train into station and 1-aves it without Xiv- ng Mm opportunity to board it. although there may be robia and even empty seats or. iai train. I-K' REMARKABLE PATIENCE. Trie most remarkable fact abnut this condition iftair- Is that It his so without protest from pnbnc, In action in Ihe tru that road al various times has rsked" tor privileges, after to referred to, from the RapiJ Commission, and as early UK they were Informed that they roul.i have additional franchises, provided they built additional terminal facilities and unproved their accommodations at the overcrowded points.

This would necssitatod th ndemnation cf land tor stations" and the road rejected the onTer oi additional franchises upon the conditions as appears by the of the nreaenl RaflU Transit ontliiui-U on fourth WHEN TIIK MAN' OF AFFAIRS TRAVELS he uses the Pennsylvania Limited It offers Cist servtoi and unequalled PRICE THREE THE PROTOCOLS SIGNED. BLOCKADE TO HE RAISED Venezuelan Controversy RejerrecTTo The Hague Tribunal. TtLEiiJLtPn TUB Washington. Feb. The covering Venezuelan question signed at o'clock to-night at Ikl Briton Embassy.

Sir Michael Herbert. Mayor dcs Planches and Baron yon Pternburs ror the and Mr for after the signing of of the allies dispatches tn Berlin and Rome, announcing the signing, ami orders will be from these capitals to ther commanders of the blockading sotiadmns raise the blockade at once. Mr. Kowen sent a long dispatch informina: President Castro or the result. Vessels at containins; food and supplies, are to start for; La Ouayra to-morrow morninja; on receipt or messages sent from New-York announcing end of blockade.

CREDIT DVB TO Good Faith and Moderation Skozctx by Ambassador Herbert. TELEGBATH TO THE TEIBCIE.I Feb. At 11 o'clock representatives of the three, allied powers and Mr. Bowen met at the British Embassy, ith the Intention of the protocols losing the Venezuelan incident. delay the signing was caused by fact that Barorti yon Sternburs was obliged to inform his government of the exact text of the.

clause rotatinr: the mixed commission, and to await Its! reply before signing. The British and Italianprotocols were read this afternoon. Thr of the protocols have already been printed, The Tribune in full. They will provide for cash payment of about $402,000. of will be paid to Great Britain immediately after the signing of the protocols.

927,3001 will be to Germany in one month, to Italy in two months after the signing. The remainder, amounting to will be paid to Germany in five monthly instalments, beginning on March 15. Geruiariv thus receives £347,000. about thirteen times the amount paid to either of the other allies. The allies, on their part, agree to the at once, and to return, all ships, both war and merchant, seized, durinsr the blockade, as soon as possible.

The expectation is that the blockade will be raised within a few after the protocols are signed, and messages this effect are already in writing. The other provisions of the protocols relate to the ction of mix-d tribunals, and nanw the President of United States a3 arbiter in the case of a disagreement over the claims of allies. They provid" that the payment of per cent of the customs receipts of Pue: I Cabello and La Guayra shall begin on April I for the month of March, but that Venezuela shall be the custodian of the money until The Hague tribunal h.js rendered its decision in the matter of preferential treatment. Th- also provide that in case th- matter of preferential treatment is not settled by the representatives of the three countries here it sha'! SO to TfeSl This IMHWISJ has been simply because it has been the wish to keep this mattei open as long as possible. signing of the protocols will, however, send it to Hague.

The British protocol contains statement of regret on the part of the Venezuelan Government for fh- "brutality" to British subjects; the Italian contains a recommendation by both the Italian Ambassador and the sentative of Venezuela that a new commerciat treaty between Italy and Venezuela, according to Italy "the most favored nation" treatment. be drafted and Slsaed. It also contains expression of regret similar to that in the British document. The closing up of the Venezuelan affair la viewed with the greatest satisfaction by offlHal circles here. The unanimous opinion is that whatever credit has been derived from the- affair goes the British "ment and thai British Ambassador, for the absolute eood faithi and moderation shown.

The size of Britishk cash payment was fixed by the British, who were allowed la name the sum. and. waiving their in UlaSil demand, they fixed it at the low figure of although thei? orieinal demand was the same as Germany's. Moreover, It was the willingness of the Britishj Id waive their priority in favor of Germany that; led to the final settlement: since Italy followed their example Of the German attitude the opinion is far different. Criticism of their Insistence on exacting the last pfennig of their demand in the face of the agreement of their representative to accept the same sum as Great Britain and Italy accepted and consistently adhered to is well nigh; unanimous.

If. he is credibly reported. Mr. Fowen told Baron yon Sternburg that for every one of the thousand dollars he demanded to-day Germany would lose $1,000,000 in South American commerce in the future, he only voiced opinion cf taose hi the highest ranks of official diplomatic life in this city. The fact that Germany alone, of all the three powers, broke away from the agreement of its representatives and insisted on an extortionate demand is more viewed with disapprobation, from the fact that the British and Italian governments, trt their desire to reach a settlement, waived their own claims and gave precedence la the interests of a fact which the publication of lac details of the aaastiatlans will Italy wavered for a time to-day, and presented a demand for full caal payment of 5360.000.

refusal was, however, iceaatai xVt ijm beginning the demands for cash payment served upon Venezuela amounted to they have been reduced to fiMXWOU. The question preferential treatment, which was felt to be a matter of considerable unportance on this side of the Atlantic, goes to. The flagrur for settlement, thereby insuring a decision hich miU be of great importance en similar occasions. The peace creditors Venezuela are satisfied with the course pursnied. and h.

protocols will allow them to with Venezuela the expense of The Hague tribunal. COULD NOT IGNORE FKHED STATES. German Policy in South America Was Shaped Accordingly. Berlin. Feb.

A answer to the i Hit Isms th- German Government "for allowing tbe United States anything to with the negotiations bctwam the co-operattng Orotm that swift woricinar alarming aMSSj children, can nearly vanquished v.itn Dr. Jaj Advt..