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tor must leave the cash with the govern
mena. The man was seized and placed
on a stool in a prison yard where the
hot rays of the sun beat upon his bare
head and a soldier stood on each side Of
him with fixed bayonet, with orders to
run him through if he attempted to es-
cape. After seven hours of suffering he
announced that he would give $4,000. il
they would release him. This was not
enough. The whole 81. 900 or nothing was
demanded. In the ninth hour of his tor
ture he yielded. took the soldiers to Che
place where he had concealed the money
and surrendered it. He sailed on the next
steamer leaving Caracas. y
A month later Germ an cruiser entered
La Guyara. The captain and few sail
ors pulled ashore and then rode to Cara
cas-. They at once entered Castros pres
ence and peremptorily demanded not only
every penny of the $4,000, but the pun
ishment of the Official who had superin-
tended the torture. Without a word Castro
paid the money and ordered the official,
who had only carried out the presidents
order cast into the rotunda.
Curse all foreigners" Castro is re-
ported to have said when once Gen.
Ayala. the minister of industry, sug-
gested that foreign money and immigra-
ton should be encouraged to develop
VeneZuea's resources.
I'm annul every concession held by
foreigner in this country the dictator
is alleged to have said, and sell the con-
cessonS over again.
In December he annulled all the con-
cessons in the various Orinoco concerns,
trading companies. the colonization COM
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ton companies. all American concerns
with headquarters in New York. The
reason he gave for this procedure was
that the companies had not carried out
the conditions named in their contracts.
Previous to this he had annulled the
concession Of the asphalt company in
the state of Bermudes. concession
which for ten years or more had been
yielding the country a large annual rev.
enue. He then sold the asphalt property
which had been purchased years before
in fee simple from the government! of
Venezuela. The asphalt company pro-
tested and carried its case into the Ven
eZuelan courts where it was rewarded
with an adverse decision. Thereupon thu
company brought it's case to Washington
and placed it before the United States
government. The state department i'm
mediately sent instructions regardingfit
to Minister LOOMS in Caracas. There
instructions LOOMS carried out to the
letter. This precipitated the present
trouble in Venezuela.
Meanwhile, it is said. by excellent au-
thorities. that each of the entire diplo-
matte corps in Caracas is posting his
government daily regarding the state of
affairs.
Senior Augusta Pulido. charge DAFT
fairs of the Venezuelan legation at
| Washington. examined the article with
! considerable attention last night at the
Waldorf Astoria. He said
Il believe this article to be greatly ex.
aggerated. Cipriano Castro is not a
dictator in any sense Of the word. He
won his offiffice by force of arms but he
has obeyed the constitution since his
rise to power. l never heard Of the re-
ported convention by which the term Of
Office was extended from four years to
| six. Castro is only provisional presi-
dent. I do not know even if he will be
in the months when the country was in
a state of siege. extraordinary measures
were necessary to preserve and semblance
of order 1t these things did occur, it
| was long ago and much less narrowing
than portrayed by your correspondent"
Gonzales Estevas. the consul general
of Venezuela at this port, refused to dis
cuss the contents Of the article, saying
that there was no truth In it. ,r