Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 December 1902 — BLOCKADE IS BEGUN. [ARTICLE]

BLOCKADE IS BEGUN.

England Gives Notice that Five Venezuelan Ports Are Closed. Formal announcement of the blockade of the Venezuelan coast was made in London Saturday morning. It appeared in a supplement of the official gazette In the following proclamation: “It is hereby notified that as the United States of Venezuela has failed to comply with the demands of His Majesty’s government, a blockade by His Majesty’s naval forces of the ports of La Guayra, Carencio, Guanto, Cumana and the mouth of the Orinoco is declared, such blockade to be effectively maintained from and after Dec. 20, subject to an allowance of the following days of grace for vessels sailing before the date of notification: “From West Indian and eastern American ports, ten days for steamers, twenty days for sailing vessels. “All other ports, for steamers, forty days for sailing vessels. “For vessels new in the blockaded port, fifteen days. “Vessels which attempt to violate the blockade render themselves liable to all measures authorized by the law of nations and the respective treaties wlthi the different neutral powers." The powers have declared that they will arbitrate only with the United States and will not permit Venezuela to have a word to say—not even to Indicate her views as to the scope of the tribunal that wHI decide on the difficulties. A correspondent at Vienna telegraphs that Ruraia and Austria have agreed to make a determined effort to end the per petual Macedonian question by carrying out specific reforms under their combined control. Working miners paid about $2,000,000 in assessments, in support of the recent strike in the anthracite regions while it was in progress. The Southern Pacific Railway has adopted a pension plan for old employes ■imilar to that in operation on the Pennsylvania and. other railroads.