Meanwhile, the duty affofis revenue
to the Philippines, and all the duties
collected on imports from the Philip
pines entering the United States are
returned to the Philippine treasury,
so that the islands fare very well under
the existing arraraement.
Secretary Taft has announced that
the Venezuelan case, involving the in
terests of the New York and Ber
mudez Asphalt Company, popularly I
known as the "Asphalt Trust", is a
closed incident. In other words, the
United States will accept without pro
test President Castro's refusal to sub
mit the case to arbitration while it is
pending in the Venezuelan courts, and
all sensational reports to the con- l
trary, which will doubtless appear
from time to time in the daily press, t
may be accepted as without warrant.
Of course, if Castro perpetrates some
overt act against an Ameriean citizen
the vengeance of the United States will (
follow swiftly and surely, but as long
as Castro confines his course merely
to prolonging the pending litigation
this country will attempt no reprisals.
$100 Reward $100.
The readers tf this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able tQ cure in all its stages.
