The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-31
LATIN AMERICA NEWS
Military Forces of Hayti Marching
to Meet Each Other at
Last Report.
DECISIVE BATTLE WAS IMMINENT
Venezuela Seems About to Change
PreSidents-Rebs Win a Fight
Colombia Negotiating.

Paris, July 2S.-A dispatch from
Cape Haytien announces that the
troops who support NJ. Firmin for the
presidency are marching to Cape Hay
ten. St Raphael is surrounded, and
Grande Riviere is threatened. The
troops from Port au Prince have been
beaten at Archahaie.
Port au Prince, Hayti, July 2S.-
Three thousand men commanded by
General Saint Folk Colin, military
commander in this district, started yes
terday to oppose General Jean Juneau,
who supports the candidacy of NJ. Fir
min. 1t is expected that a decisive
action will take place. The provisional
government of Hayti has declared Nj.
Firmin to be an outlaw. Several prom
inent army officers who are in sympa-
thy with NJ. Firmin have resigned.
The Haytian gunboat Crete-a- Pierrot
has arrived at this port. Great excite
ment prevails here.
Victory of Venezuela Rebels.
Port of Spain, Trinidad, B. W. l.,
July 2S.-The Venezuelan revolution
airy general Luciano Mendoza, learning
that President Castro was receiving
reinforcements from TrujillO, state of
Los Andes, awaited near Alto de la
Palma body of these reinfOrcements
1000 strong, under command of Lee
pOldo Baptista. An engagement en-
sued resulting in the defeat of the re-
Inducements by MendoZa's troops and
the capture of their ammunition. The
forces of Baptista were driven back to
Carache, state Of Los Andes.
Castro Is On the Wane.
Willemstad, Curacao, July 2S.-
There are indications that President
Castro. of Venezuela, cannot hold out
much longer He admits his army was
not strong enough to attack the inSur-
gents at Barcelona. His treasury is
empty, and by forced loans he has eX-
hausted the resources of the banks in
the cities he still holds. The insurgent
forces are rapidly growing in strength.
The insurgents are assembling in force
in the vicinity of Valencia. one of the
most important cities of Venezuela.
President Castro has returned to Cara
cas- from Barcelona owing to the inn
possibility for him with his army of
1900 men to attack the reyolutionistS
waiting for him intrenched at Aragua,
capital of the state of GuZman Blanco.
He left without firing Il single shot,
Notwithstanding his proclamation, in
which he said he would fight one
against ten.
Colombia Negotiating for Peace.
Washington, July 2S.-It is learned
here that renewed efforts are making
for an understanding between the
Colombian government and the revO-
lutiOnary junta in New York that will
result in termination of the hostili-
ties which have been in progress for
such a long time in the republic. For
mer attempts in this direction failed
because the government regarded the
demands Of the junta as prepOsterOus
and refused to accede to them. General
Vargas-Santos, one of the leaders of the
revolution, is now in New York. The
scene of hOstilitieS in Colombia is said
now to be confined to the iSthmuS of
Panama, where the government has
about 1000 trained soldiers and the
revolutionists about 1000 men. They
are all veterans in service and a battle
between the two armies would. ii is
said. be sure to result in severe loss
of men,