An item dated Singapore 23 July referred to the a telegram received by the Manila Cablenews dealing with the seizure of five American merchant ships by Venezuela.(1)
Note
1. Between 9 December 1902 and 19 February 1903 was Venezuela in conflict with England, Germany and Italy as a result of her presidents refusal to pay foreign debts and damaged properties of the European citizens caused by the civil war. One of the measures taken was to blockade Venezuela from the sea. The USA tried to stay neutral in this affair although it result was the Roosevelt Corollary of 1904 indicating that the USA would intervene in conflicts between European and Latin Americans nations with as main purpose to support legitimate European claims and in this manner preventing that the European nation her claims directly pressed.
