New-York tribune., 1901-09-29
PARIS.
COLD COMFORT FOR CASTRO.
THE VENEZUELAN ENVOY HAS NO SOCCESS
IN FRANCE-MoRE SUCCESSFUL
SUBMARINE TRIALS.

Copyright. 1901: BY The New-York Trbuneo
fBy CABLE TO THE TRIBUNE.l
Paris Sept 2S-M. Henri Deutsch. the
-Necenas Of aerial navigation. has opened
field for the development of automooiilsm III
an unexpected direction. NJ Deutsch. who Is
now at Biarritz has constructed a i horse
power motor car which, according to present
arrangements. Will be mounted on SUNDAY pS
1dcadors and used in a bullfght there; the
idea being to replace the horse in future ouli-
fights thereby avoiding the species Of cruelty
which has been the insuperable objection to
The adoption of bullfghting as a Gallo sport
This bullhghting motor is capable of executing
very swift and sharp evolutions, and is partly
protected by sort of torpedo boat bow; but II
win chiefly depend for safety upon its rapidity
of movement The orthodox bullighters. now
ever ridicue the idea Of substituting motors for
horses and say thar the innovation takes an
unfair advantage of the bulls. which are not
arained to face such uncanny machines
The successful trials of the new submarine
boat Sirene at Cherbourg have ELECTED from the
naval authorities renewed expressions of con-
.1dence in this class of vessel. The Sirene was
swenty-four hours at in rough weather, four
hours of which she was under water. when she
discharged torpedoes with ease and efficiency.
Her qualities are rapidity of submersion, which
SIS accomplished in five minutes from a sta
tionary start; stability and habitability. Among
the results Of the submarine experiments is the
decision of the submarines board of experts that
submarines should never discharge their tor
pedoes at a distance of less than hundred
metres from the object to be destroyed because
kan explosion within that radius would destroy
the submarine itself Submarine craft are from
= October !. 10 be placed in department of their
own. quite separate from the torpedo boat ser
vice. and with Special stations a Cherhourp
Rochefort and Toulon. each under the direc-
tion of a naval captain The officer appointed
In this capacity at the Norman port is Captain
Eeilmac who lately commanded the French
Euardship at Constantinople. He has been very
successful in his technical studies and is re-
garded the highest authority on torpedoes
and electricity.
Sehor Castro the envoy TO whose mission
almost vital Importance has been attached by
his namesake the President of Venezuela has
now been in Paris moro than a fortnight and
has made so little progress toward the renewal
Of diplomatic relations with France that not
withstandng repeated efforts, he has not vet
been received. even IN his personal capacity. bv
the Minister of Foreign Affairs II now turns
out, however. that Castro has a second string
10 his bow. which he is pulling with might and
MAN. and this is TO purchase arms and muni-
tions OF war in Europe and interest French
capitalists in the latent resources of Venezuela
he even endeavored to secure for his govern
nnent an armored cruiser. but the haute finance
gave the emissary of President Castro a very
cold shoulder. and he has been checlmated ar
every turn, partly owing to the clever straight
FORWARD diplomacy of General Reyes the Co
lombian Minister here and partly owing TO the
depiorable financial antecedents of Venezuela
Inc venezuelan Government has been unable