The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-02-26
Col. Gibbons Raising an Army to
Invade Venezuela.
It Win Protect American Indus
tries Against. Great Britain.
Emigrants Will Be Armed to the
Teeth to Meet the Lion.
The Inside Facts of the Origin and
Cause of All the Trouble
Great Britain's Greed
Plainly Shown.

NEW York, Feb. 25.-The World this
morning says The clarion tones OF the
trumpet OF war arc at this moment, II re-
port is TO be believed, awakening respon-
siye echoes in the martial breasts Of at
least 100 heretofore peaceful New Workers
and of 400 other American citizens scat
tered through various parts OF the United
States, notably in the south. II is from
the window Of an Office on Broadway that
the bugle call 10 arms is being sounded,
and Col Geo. W. Gibbons is said to be at
the little end Of the trumpet. lie has not
yet, however, begun 10 make the noise
which will be made when, at the conclu-
sion of great commercial conference
which is to be held in New York within
the next sixty days, il is found, as il doubt
less will be, that the American government
refuses to take up the war trumpet and
blow IL on its own account. II means that
American industries in Venezuela must be
protected from British interference whether
the President and his Cabinet say so or
not. II may not perhaps bo generally
senting at least $40 200, 600, and headed by
. the wcll-to-do California banking firm OF
. Maclny, Flood d 0'Bricn, has had
its ewes for many years on
the trail running between the
Orinoco river and the absurdly rich min
ing district OF Canital, Venezuela, Just MS
Jacob Sharp used TO have his eye on
Broadway, attempted some time ago TO
establish a steamship line between New
York and the mouth Of the 0Iinoco river,
with a rail connection OF 400 miles, thence
10 tarata.
The difficulty about the little railroad
and semi-mouthly steamer scheme arose,
50 says Col. Gibbons, through the objec-
ton OF the British government, whose po-
LEY Of agerandizenient is clearly and plain
" labeled in Venezuelan affairs. Asso-
ciatcd with Mcssrs. Mackay, Flood and
Unricn in the above mentioned proposed
enterprise were such comfortably fixed
landlords M II. W. Taylor, OF California;
George ". Roche, of Savannah, Ga; b.
A. Whitman, Peter Docmus, Henry
Sickle and Peter Ashton, OF New York
city; Charles l.. Bull, Of Charleston, :. c.,
and several others.
In connection with the steamship and
railroad these gentlemen also organized n
r land and emigration company. All those
Interested in the scheme were Americans,
and the Venezuelan government made the
synlicate large CONCESSIONS There are
now 20 Americans in the mining district
OF Venezuela, many OF them from New
York, who wcrr sent thithcr by this syn
dictate. They think that the United Suites
ought 10 protect them and their interests,
and II Il does not they propose 10 fight.
There IL about $1,000, 900 OF New York
capital invested in Venezuela, and Il Is in
jeopardy II England persists in her scheme
Of territorial nggrandizcmcnt.
That Col. Gibbons n satisfied with the
warlikc outlook Is abundantly proved by
his own statements.
'If II were necessary" said he, 81
would raise an army Of 10000 Irishmen
IN this country 10 resist Great Britain.
They are ready at all times 10 strike q
blow nj the English government, aud are
heartily In sympathy with US In this Nenc-
zuclan movement" lie SAYS he has re-
cruiied 5000 Americans Of undoubtcd
courage who will proceed 10 Venezuela
under his leadership and take positions
~ commissioned and non-commissioncd
officers in the inevitable conflict with
Great Britain. And when they git there
they will not, according 10 his statement,
be In defcnscfcss condition, for within
the past month 90, 900 stands Of improved
firearms have been purchased by the Cal
ifornia syndicate and shipped 10 Nenc-
I zucla TO be used In the war. The same
syndicate, by the way, will also guarantee,
No the colonel says, all soldiers who 20
from this country 500 n month during
1 their term OF service. To evade
tho neutrality laws. the army (big OF
small as the case may bc) will be shipped
south, labelled, every mothers son Of
them, rs cmigants, but their kits will con.
sist OF Colt rcvolvers and other likewise
peaceful agricultural implements.
II must by no means be supposed that
Nc vcnczuclans are sitting idly by wait
BE- for Col. Gibbons and his warlikc CON-
,nions 10 arrive. II this government
ninsos 10 interfere, an army Of deter.
mined Venezuelan, $1,000 strong, which
mas Organized and drilled for the past year
hinder the leadership Of Gen. Millcn, q
soldcr Of fortune and former New York
F.. journalist, and Gen. Gordon, late Of the
Confederate army, will be put In the field
20 resist Great Bftain's contemplated en-
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