The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-10
PUOR VEN ZJtLA
rs IN DIRE srRAITs-coAsr
BLoGKAOED AMI kaELAGD.
Threatened by yellow Fsver-castro
Laiasss "hae ala Angry fe-pis
Curse--nrt,lsa aud s1s. mas
Denouncing Iheir Envoys.

From a caracas STAN Correspondent OF
New York word.
Unhappy ksnezue.a! Her ca.Ast cities
hlrtkaaea and even oomoAedod ~ fof.
e'8..s 49, s.l.is. nef tectae vAnsys red
dened with the blood OF a ira .aloluAI
sttaggse and nef iair capital menaced
by yenow fever.
W lat Is to Ne the end? When Wa these
be a rift IN the day cioud3 that shut
out the sunshine OF peace and prespef4tyl
One may walk from tae ,na.Aks OF the
picturesque Glaire, 6uatded Dy tail een-,
uleis Oh royal pa4IIis, " the Fanraeone on
Bolivar. -and hear only aniid -exeIaEt1as'
tlot.s OF Aue.te a tSe lhg.eses yeAse-s
maliesa- tLeata TO the FSiis.isn ana Les
AAd soft whisperinss Of ''Abajo Ell Go
bisno! Viva ID Rssoluetons BOW
with the Government! Hufrah for tas
Ite .O..,l~l.! J :lfs
ne .ast Two expressions are often IN,
tercnahsed 10 SUI the Pleasure IT poi4-
tics VI tAe Individual, tor e,ea IN t.ISst
days taat nae.J.aa4 p4st.me OF the Lat
AineF.eAil sv>s. utlO4.--accVInpInles dea n
in OtAe. Io.ILs. Ns4
CAstrs < its on IndiRereaee,
And tue heto.e Caslfe. WAC de,ied two
of Tue e. eaJesL powers vi Eu.Cps. W IA.
cares ne for tue woes Vi AIS pe0pAe! 4s
he not Dancing the Ooiero ton4gnt at La
0esuvaD tomorrow at mis- newly pdl-
chased hacieAua tpantAtIoa) Qde0. AL
taao tue DreaAers)!
TINS seea.i.s indifference, at time
when tAe Ve.J .4LS VI s--s o.. ~ IS In. Ca,
sned may aaVe mucn to {, "A tne pres
ent AIJ.I.S u l.4e tsED.. -.l4I4y p.trty.
TLLuSn General Matos, tAe -le.I, is qaiet-
ly d',a ltIi.s sseAtS Al lie Nd4 Acau. Lls
rep. eseuta[lYe la Lnls cJuaL4y. lIene4 u.
F-Ad4CsO. no4ds 8at qI.s.Insto. WnIIs Gen-
erass Rie.a anu rtU.aA4Lo dae sttoAgly en-
ueac-lea al CO... a4lN G4~Nsd Do.Iral le-
s9r~L4'e1y.
Ae government, of course. denies this
n, eA.eAi, dee,d.es tue.e IS InterHa.
J44ee, Aha ti.al tl4e DaSASOI.e III t.le Ies-
OBJ Avn Was pronen al lac D1Ltie OF L.
Nk.Cria.
Cne cannot learn news of the revolu-
ti4.. nUms,e-, t.oin NJvsIl.meht sodr@eS.
mol ~ tls GOVERNMENT tEum .eFont.OnAly
SOD .Ges. hac.i statement must De diviaeJ
.! Ia hsd.r eadA. u Lac interests Iha'
tIaeiOtael nas al STAKE.
DISC nt-nL IN All Si3Is.
Facts. ne. c. ..'e4ess. sps-4A 40, them
BeNes IN VsAezuela as ELSEWHERE. and
to a.l lmpAruai observe r. wdO nedls as
conIspL On All Sides, even from those ne
had Q, cry reason IL pe,lsse We. G Lne.tt4y
lealIls that Presidents of states mem
bels Of Ing ess anu SSn.Dtvas. l.dV+ ~.
eli up o.itc-a. Positions ANA cast tnetr ioi
VITA Ihe UppOsitl0n, u means more thar
an Culinary revolution
l nave p Yen neArd - said, aud by those
in a r. siti0n tU know. that Prnsiacnt
Castro ielt tna capital and wen: to La
Victoria fer tae aSow ID purpose VI 'oe-
cldtng himself d.cLator, EedA5ing tnAl
he a. not issue ths GIL Icr conSeping
Congless. as ne knows II VIII OF on.y
fili ~ support nltn out Vii oppose Any
NJ sJsuGe suggested.
And tine fdy.t tau nc 100 soldiess en-,
treLcaed ia the summit Of the mountain
owe toSking Ia Gu4y4a tor tne PURPOSE
OF repeA4ug INVASION of the tore.g ners.
shoulu saGn be attempted. nave been sud-
deny gained away from that strategic
pUsiiod u the interior, ana tniS TO lhe
point where President Castro nas been
since the n inst. does not dlseredit the
rumOrs
Blockade, Presumptive and Real.
As stated In ny ciU,e dispatches srom
Caracao ana La GuaS4a, the snt.re Ven
ezue.an coast Is supposed TO be block
AIDED from Colombia Oh the west, " SIT
ish Guiana On tae east This Is effective,
howe. er, in only a few OF the more ina
pCrtant respects. for II wVuid reullce
twenty times me number OF vessels that
the allies nCw have In Venezuelan wa
tiers to guard every point OF TINS ionB
stretch .! coast.
Smuggi.ng. oil course, goes on now as
1t mas gone on since the time OF the Span
ia.ds 50 It is fair to presume that small
sailing vessels will smuggle the neces-
sales of lie as they A.was dage Snug
yea the lu4ulieS.
For this reason, com o!ned with the
ct that Vsnezueia Is also self-susta.n-
. the natives rIdicule the ldea Of oe-
" brought 10 terms by blockade.
" ne foreigners will be Inc on.y SUI
s.. they say, and this prophecy was
{ than Guihl.ed yeste. DAY oy lie str
Of swedish collier from Cardiff with
, tons OF coii FOR the British ltailroad
ween Caracas and La Guayra.
A coal famine which will De mere With
I'm a few DAYS seems destined to stop all
traffic On the hree railroads leading out
OF Caracas, tho of when are British
and one GerTnaA.
The boycott aEainst the allies win soon
he felt, not alChe by the merchants OF
their countries doing business in Vens-
zueia, but by thu manufacturers at home.
The United States mas. therefore. a
golden opportunity TO extend and cement
its trade relations with Venezuela.
U. S. Interests Well Looked Aftsr.
We are fortupate - bsang represented
at present by a Minister who Is not only
q man Of ability iut one OF stFeng char