The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-03-15
DICT
| CASTRO.
Powerful Efforts to
Overthrow His
Rule.
INSIDE NEWS
OF VENEZUELA
The Larger Part of the South
American Republic in Hands
of Revolutionists.


this morning says:
A resident of New York who for po
litical reasons declined to permit the
use of his name, but who has extensive
business and political dealings with
Venezuela, gives an outline of the sit
uation existing In that country:
General Ignacion Andrade arrived at
San Juan, Porto Rico, from Cuba on
February II and remained at his ranch
for few days, when he departed quiet
ly for more active. Service, presumably
in the field, as he had perfected his
final arrangements with his Cuban
friends who are to take part in the
decisive movement for\ the overthrow
of Ciprano Castro, the present dictator
of the Republic of Venezuela.
Notwithstanding that but little. if
any, news of the revolution now going
on in Venezuela finds it's way into print,
lit is true that most formidable. pow
ierful and far-reaching uprising is now
in progress in that country, and it will
not be many. weeks or days, perhaps,
before the censorship established by
Castro in December last will be broken
and the details of the affair will be sent
out freely.
Inc entire lying west OF the
Orinoco river up to within one hundred
miles of Caracas, the Federal capital,
lis now in the hands of the revolution
lists. under the leadership Of General
Nicholas Rolando<Swith General Pedro
Du Charme and his brother, General
Horatio Du Charme, each in charge Of
large and well disciplined armies, COM
posed Of fighters of no mean qualities.
| MI IL,
army are we'll equipped with modern
arms and an ample supply Of ammuni-
ton.
| Since the withdrawal of -Castro's
forces from the Orinoco district only
"a few revolutionary troops have been
required to care for places like Ciudad
Bolivar. Barrancas and the Maccario
river, and hence the bulk of the best
fighting men have Joined the divisions
/ OF Rolando and the two Du Charmes.
who have been advanced to the west
ward, doubtless to concentrate near the
Bay of Carenero, less than one hundred
miles east of the City of Caracas. From
this bay it is scarce two days march
to Petare, which is connected with the
capital by well built and equipped
railroad.
| All the telegraph lines in the state of
Bermudez are now in the hands Of Ro-
lando's troops.
| In the western section of the repub-
lie the same activity prevails as re-
CARDS massing troops and pressing
them to the center. These forces are
under command of General Perraza and
a corps of able generals, each of whom
has a local following and influence. 1t
is also reported that a large number
of Colombian adventurers have Joined
| the Venezuelan forces. That there is
some understanding between GER
tain class of Colombians and the insur-
gent forces seems likely from the fact
that General Rolando, when he left
/ New York last autumn, went directly to
Colombia to make arrangements for an
Accession to his forces from among the
people of that country. After several
months sojourn there he went away in
a very satisfied mood. Immediately
after his arrival home news was re-
ceived here of an advance of the revo-
lutionists, not only from the Orinoco
and Bermudez districts, but from the
/ Colombian frontier. This western alli-
1ance is doubtless due to the fact that
/ Colombians have some old scores to
settle with their Andian brethren, OF
whom Castro is leader and country
man.
/ To offset this action it is reported
that Castro has sent some $4,000 here
for the use of General Tribe Tribe, to
be expended in munitions of war fol
the Colombian insurgents. 1t is ar
open secret that the Colombian rebels
are the friends of Castro, while the
Government of Colombia is on the most
i friendly terms with Andrade and will
do all In it's power to secretly aid him
in the overthrow of Castro.