Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1903 — SHUN HAGUE TRIBUNAL. [ARTICLE]

SHUN HAGUE TRIBUNAL.

Power.' Representatives Try to Kffsot a Settlement. Every effort is making by the representative* of the allies in Washington to secure nit enrly settlement of the V*nezuelnti dispute without referring It to The Hague. In this effort the Italian, German and British representatives are receiving Jhe help of Mr. Iloweti, n« well aa the cordial approval of the government of the United States. It is understood that the President, while in no way connected with the negotiations. is personally in favor of a final agreement being reached at Washington. This fact, it Is believed, will have an important hearing on the decision.of 4he British and German officers. The British ambassador and the German minister have both cabled to their governments the fact that Mr. Bowen has expressed hia wllllngnesa to give the allies preferential treatment for three months In order that they may emerge from the controversy without Injury to their honor.