The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-12-29

| tged stream, venomuus reptiles,
rp,2nous insects, swAmps, snow, Ice
osropical neat, besides the difficulty
,nop.porling sufficient numuer OF
uart TO be- effect i've, and thereby di
90 ,ships ami men from Europe
o.. ia. Besides, they Uellevs that
! .w;s :; Sou b American. republics are
wi that the Monroe doc rine
o s,.as something, and that there is
oopo, o had rather fight than eat
Se'Po a host. With seven
u.ne,,.a lads he, in his youth,
u '' "elst the Catholic cnurcn.
u ~ r WOO o.1,ad,l, and the state troops
thnns.nd at against him Two
s,,i,a .srs camped near him,
10y ".I e had go or 700 fol-
~. VII Equipments but cow
10y nnisss ,midnight while tho
nne oep' o.po seized a store of
800 on oL;., nao. ch man "trip and
o -. n clip through the
shirt and pressncee ars.s.d sLin
marked comrade, eJI..h,r M,
enemy, in the dark 40 Eyarv m.n
rau,Iau. ' az o. " .n teeth, and the
tribute uniforms the -, d,u ~ tho
make MN camped on ,a nthar aid a
of them o'N0' 0'No
Now he sits in the Wow Ho,se
the pres dental mansion tVana.u.I',
wi b guard of white-duci ,,i,nrauad
cowboys who are regarded ,ho citi.
zens much as the Turks ofSon.tan.
tinople must have looked ,on Tho
tniz tries about the person of no s,,.
tan, and they will tell you thi wban
this terrible guard is on the bal "a Id
no man stauds up before the m.
Term after term has Crespo e.rod
the people and served we'll III the Coo
of chief executive. The old mo. a.
teries and converts have been c,.
verted into federal palace, an OPT,
house and a pantheon in which to IL
the nations great men. Church
separated from state, though Crespo
good Catholic. He is afraid of not
ing. The United States in dismissir
q plenipotentiary extraordinary of
big power would use much diplomac
aud when the Objectionable person d,
take his leave it would be with all tt
appearance of taking vacation, wit
Uncle Sam bidding him a fearful a
revoir at the dock. When Crespo hs
enough Of nation he tells its repr,
sentative to get out within a week {
be kicked out. At one tins it WAS Col
fidently expected that British, Ge
man and French gunboats woul
arrive to take off the ministers wh
were 80 summarily dismissed. The al
tonishing part of it is that nothin
happened. respo sniffs at diplomat
correspondence. He deals in ultim,
tums. He does things with impunit
which the United States, because of /,
size. would not dare do, but he is nc
afraid of the consequences and is read
to face them.
No wonder the Venpzuelans Low
their country, that fair land with
climate like southern France, SO FL
from US, more foreign than India {
japan, yet as near to New York an
Chicago as Liverpo by steamer. Onl
a third of it under cultivation, "
there is no want. Prosperity smile
on them; they pay only per cent i
the markets of the world and they in
port the manufactures of Europe an
the United States. So rich and varie
are their productions that Englan
could blockade their coast for yeal
and not starve them our, while tn
capital and government we're safely il
trpnohed behind the mountains thu
climb from the seaport town L
Guayra.
Four Thousand feet above ssa leve
and only nine miles from the coas
Caracas nestles among the ranges on
plateau. Almost below it spreads th
SEA in one unbroken expsnse, clear {
Florida and New Orleans. The gree
plain is covered with feathery palm
and far off San Sebastian lifts hi
head clear Of clouds. A perpetual b. 2
lies on the valley, but q mist on tn