The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-01-18
CIVIL WARS IN VENEZUELA.

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a very concise statement of affairs
in an important South American
State. If teachers take this into
their schools, have their pupils
turn to the map of Venezuela,
more can be taught about the
country and it's people in fifteen
minutes talk than in a months
dry routine work. Try it,. Ed
itor.
"Within the last month anarch
y has reigned throughout Vene-
zuela (the revolution just closing
being the third within twelve
months), and in the United States
of Columbia (the second civil /
strife of the year,. The civil |
wars in Venezuela may be taken
as representative of thecOnditiOns /
which have caused nearly all the /
revolutions in the other political
divisions of South and Central
America during the year 1899. |
''The instructions in Venezue-
la grew out of the election of 1897.
When Ignacio Andrade succeeded |
Crespo as President in the fall Of
that year the rival candidate for
the Office, General Jose Manuel
Hernandez, better known in this
country as "El Moco," T." started
revolt, claiming to have been the
real choice of the people and to
have been illegally deprived of
the Presidency. This movement
did not make much headway, ow
ing to the vigorous measures of
Andrade's Government InFeb-
ruary of this year General Ra
mon Guerra, former Minister of
War and Marine, placed himself
at the head OF the movement to
overthrow Andrade. He was the
popular candidate for Governor
of the State of Miranda against
Antonio Hernandez, the choice of
Andrade for that Office Fear
ing, however, to arouse the oppo-
sition Of Guerra, President An
drade decreed that Miranda
should oe divided into two States,
over one of which, called Guaraco,
Guerra should be Governor.
The latter objected to this, and a
revolution followed The rebels
were severely defeated by the
Government troops in several en-
counters, and finally Calabozo,
the stronghold of the insurgents,
about 125 miles south of Caracas,
the capital, was captured and the
revolutionists We're compelled to
seek refuge in the mountains.
"Andrade's unconstitutional
redivision of the country-his de-
cree concerning the State of Mi
randa having been made general
for the whole of the Republic in
order that he might reward more
/ of hi, fol1o,uope loro,,,rI,+ ~, o,,on |
hostility from General Cipriano
Castro. The latter had previous
ly represented the State of Los
Andes in the Federal Senate. /.
OF this State he was now the Gov |
ernor. BY Andrade's decree
Castro was deprived of his rule
over two-thirds of that State.
In June he took up arms against
/ the Government. The revolution
was organized in Colum bia, and
at the head of 10000 troops Cas-
tro started, in August, on what
proved to be a triumphal march
of 600 miles across the country
towards the capital of Venezuela
Battles between the rebels and
Government forces were fought
at or near San Christobal, El Co
bre, LINN badour Mountain, Cor
der, Tovar Barquisimeto, in all
of which Andrade failed to check
the progress Of Castro's troops.
In battle ON the plains of Va
lencia, in which Andrade com
manded the Government troops
in person, the rebels were victor
ious and captured that city.
Victoria was next taken, and by
October Caracas, the capital, was
in the hands OF the rebels. Here
Castro set up provisional gov
ernment Andrade fed to La
Guayra, and thence to Maracaibo
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