The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-06-13
CASTRO AND HIS BEST TROOPS
ARE NOW MEETING DAILY DE.
FEATs-sAYs REVOLUTION is
NO MYTH.
GEN. MATHOS, WHO HAS TAKEN
COMMAND OF THE REVOLU.
TloN, MARCHES ON cARcAs
WITH ARMY OF 5000.

Port of Spain, Island of Trinidad,
Wednesday. June 4.-Correspondenc
of the Associated Press.-Events are
marching with giant strides in the
country of Bolivar. President Castro
of Venezuela, has been forced to rec
ogniZc that the Matos revolution is nos
a myth, for his best troops are beaten
daily by the revolutionary forces. and
at the present hour, from north to
south, from east to west, the country is
rising as one man against Castro.
General Matos, who likewise enti.
ties himself president, has personally
taken command of the revolution and
was on June 1 at Urica, 20 leagues dis.
tant from Carupano marching toward
Caracas with an army which some per.
sons estimated at 5000 men and 9TH
ers at 1900.
Deadly Struggle Predicted.
To believe, however, that he will
reach the capital and take possession
of the presidency without a deadly
struggle would be an illusion. General
Castro is preparing to offer resistance
and hopes to bar the invasion either in
the plains OF Carabobo or in the valley
OF the Fuy
This is not the only direction IN
which the presidents political horizon
is menaced Coro. Valencia and Bar
quismeto are all more or less in tina
power of the revolutionists. At Coro
Generals Piera and Solagni have af-
fected Il junction and are absolute
masters of the environs. Revolutions
airy troops enter the city of Valencia
every night and as the town is NJ
longer lighted give themselves up to
all sorts of reprisals. Even LaGuira,
the port of Caracas, is attacked night.
ly by armed bands. who, on the night
of May 27, killed the military chief
of Maiquetia before his own door. All
this is hard fact, and will give a vague
idea of the social condition of Vene-
zuela All these bands only await the
approach of Matos army to their dis
tricts to hasten to join him.
castro's Arbitrary Acts.
President Castro's political conduct
leads to the belief that before his de-
parture he will indulge in the commit
tai of all sorts of extra arbitrary acts.
He has lately suppressed the news
papers El TEMPO and LaLinterna, ar
rested the manager OF the Bank of
Caracas, Mr.. Castillo, imposed on the
widow of the late GuZman Blanco
forced war contribution of one million
and has arrested the president of con
gress, General Tosta Garcia, and the
president OF the Societe Franchise. Mr.
DeVidale Rigo, highly respected man,
on very slight suspicion. Such is the
way in which he treats his supposed
enemies. He has also caused his faith
full officer, General Davila, the van
qulsher OF ElMocho, to be arrested af.
ter very violent scene at the palace
of Mirafiores, during which Davilo re.
preached him with his ingratitude The
relation of these facts will prove the
nature of the atmosphere in which
VeneZuelans and foreigners resident
III NeHeLueIh are ODllBeu 10 HNe. EN-
erybody Is expecting the imposition Of
a forced war contribution. Business ia
paralyZed and the banks are without
specie. The Bank of Caracas, the cap
ital of which is 100000 bolyars Ga
bolivar is equivalent to about 20
cents) has only 125,O0O bolivars In its
Golfers; that is to say about $25,000.
Whatever may be the result of the
revolution, General Castro said to one
of his intimate friends a few days
ago:
II shall show them that am neither
Anueza nor Andrade, whom they sent
to LaGuira in a basket If | leave
my palace at Mirahores it will be feet
foremost"