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DIPLOMATIC QUESTION.Interest fn the Venezuelan and French Ministerial Complication,Uv yutuhoni AttsociiUu I t’ro«,Washington, March 1:2.—Tlia action of the French liovoramvui in presuming bin passports to Dr. J, ud For-tout, the Venezuelan t'hnrga d'AF faiths nt Paris, is the eondnuiug chap tor in a hit of iutcrestiug diplomatic history.Two years ago, in October last, Gen. lt;Toi'|»o, who had headed a revolution in \ onc/iielii, entered (he city of Guru cas and won lit once tuiulo I'resident of the Hupubhc. Within n few days after ilia miceessful entry, and while the domestic nlTairs of that country were in au unsettled condition, u cun fere urn up held, consisting lit the French, lidgiap, Spanish nod German Miuia-ters to decide what action they should take rvgardtug the damages which the citizens of their Hcveral cuuairiaa hud received nw a result of the revolution. The llalmu Minister nils iiedtud to bo present, but declined to attend, i'lio conference was secret.It was decided that, as the rcpiesen-tiitivi i ol the foregoing cuuutritffl, they should call Upon thu President of the new republic, Gen. Crespo, to submit tbu claims of their citizens to nu inter mihoual commiHsiou, 1 lit- irouobiaioti vvns not in keeping with the Venezuelan law, which recognizes lLa general principles of iuturuutioruil law. that a I'linotry shall not he responsible for loosesatulauied by faraigucre residing within 11h boundaries which Juivu resulted from a revolution, rite nun I*tea of the conference allowed that thn diphonal)i* quartette which compiled it had indulged in stroll.: criticism of Vcuezutdu and that their Hindu res upon the domestic and loreigu policy of the guvemmout were very anvere.A copy of thu proceedings was fur nished to Italian Minister wiiont unto forwarded il to Home, Meanwhile Gun, Grcepn, after order had liuuu restored, took up thu claims of the citizens of these countries and prod pi! y adjudicated them, lie knew, it is rnnl, nothing uf tlm diplomatic conference, of its cQUdiistmis, or uf its sharp criticism upon his country, Hi« action was the result of u biuccrc iiCairo to imluimly the foreigners in Venezuela for the iij ! mi lie red hv 1 heui, r,ud to cxpress Ida Irieudiy interest in the government* which they represented.In dauuary last tho minutes of the conference also referred f■ i were piib halted in thu Italian greet! honk. A copy ut the book was forwarded to Guracuiw, President Crespo was indignant ut the common in made ut the lt;un-tcrcaro and ho immodiulcly ordered that Lite I reuah and I'-clgion uiiiiNittn, whii wero the only two of iba original lt;juftrSuttL’o than residing m Venezuela, should lie given their pnHBpoiu.Dispatches coot mu the informal on that « French man of-war hud been ordered to l,u t iu v.it a, to relieve llor 1 Tench mini; dm, Mr. Lit per I Mon I Glair! Thu JtolgiAQ tuiuibier, Mr. Ltncg.mck, will dnubiles# ni'couipanv Ins I'much colleague. I bo French Government in retaliation f »r thn dierntsuul of Mont 1 lair, uti Saturday last, sent Hr; For■ toil! his pasHiiurtn.
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Norfolk Virginian
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Wed, Mar 13, 1895
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