Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-20
MATOS GOES TO SEEK HELP
Loses Presidency, but Will Continue in
Revolt.
GERMANY HAS LITTLE SCORE TO SETTLE
Castro to Pay Venezuelan
Debts and May Use Force when
InsurrectiOn Ends in Fact
as Wen as word.

wILLEMSTAD. Curacao, Nov. Ia
President Castro is energetlcally pushing
operations to prevent the revolutionists
from recovering from their dissensions
and the fight Of General Matos. One Of
whose objects is to attempt to induce the
Colombian government, which is motor
iously unfriendly to President Castro. to
send arms and ammunition to his men.
Matos also relies or his wealthy friends
in this island. These persons have already
contributed money in support OF the revo-
luton.
Matos' future plans are kept secret.
Though his estates in Venezuela have been
confscated he still has money, and can
IL he chooses, continue the contest either
personally or through generals Rolando
and Fuciano Mendoza. who are still in the
field. The opinion in well informed cir
cles is that his chances Of the presidency
are ended.
General Rolando is a member Of the
Mocho party. and It is thought that il he
can obtain ammunition he will support
General Jose Hernandez, known as Ell
Mocho The Manned" who is sick and
has been confined in chains for two years
In the castle of Maracaibo. General Ro-
lando is now the strongest leader of the
revolutionists. He commands 900 men and
can draw around him about 1000. He is at
Lezama, awaiting additional ammunition
and President Castro is concentrating his
troops on that place.
The whereabouts of General Mendoza
Is unknown although the government Off
cials are making diligent search for him,
He is believed to be in the western dis
trict and to have with him only his staff,
but he is able to gather men.
Rebel Generals Quarrel.
wILLEMSTAD, Nov. 19.-The enmity ex-
listing between General Menzosa and Cen
raj Rolando is alleged to be responsible
for the defeat Of the revolutionists at La
Victoria. II is said that the forme is
Jealous OF General Rolando, who is con-
stantly making some Roadway and whose
troops are bearing the brunt of the fighting.
Generals Riera and S~olagnie have also
disappeared, but guerrilla bands still roam
the country, formidable one day and the
next not to be found.
Since the battle of La Victoria the troops
have occupied Corr and Cumanta, and they
are appearing to Immediately attack Bar
%celona, where revolutionary General Pablo
Guzman is stationed with 1000 men. They
will then march on Ciudad Bolivar, which
! is held by General Ferrara with 400 men.
Barcelona will probably be the last place
along the coast to resist, as General
Ferrara is expected to make an escape
abroad on the approach of the government
! forces. When these points have been taken
President Castro will dominate all the
customs seaports, which he proposes to
Immediately declare free.
Meanwhile Germany has four warships
in Venezuelan waters, evidently prepared
to collect debts. The German legation has
received no authority to press these claims
but it is understood has orders to collect
| them when President Castro has fully re-
established his power.
The legation and the president arc en-
gagged in an ugly dispute regarding the re-
| cent visit of the German gunboat Panther
up the River Orinoco, which is increasing
the tension between Venezuela and Ger
many. 1t is said positively that the am
bassador some time ago promised President
Roosevelt that Germany would not occupy
\ any Venezuelan territory.
WASHINGTON, Nov. IA cablegram
received at the State department today
from Minister Bowen at Caracas, dated
Yesterday, states that he has been notified
by the Venezuelan government that 1t has
occupied the port Of Coro and has raised
the blockade there.
PORT OF SPAIN. Trinidad, Nov. 10
The British cruiser Phaeton, which left
here for Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela, re-
Gently, is reported to have forced the
blockade and taken in the mail and pro,
visions for the English colony, which was
in a destitute condition.