The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-17
CASTRO URGED TO
WAR ON AMERICA
Adviser of Venezuela President
Suggests that His Chief
Seize New Orleans.
Associated Press Correspondence.
Willotaac clio Ialond &c G,,.o

Associated Press Correspondence.
Willemstad, Island Of Curacao, March
5.-Castro's attitude is reflected in a
pamphlet just issued thru one of his
advisers, Colonel Juan Bautistia
Lamedo, in which plans for sending
10000 Venezuelans against New Orleans
are disclosed. The pamphlet urges the
public to a,yenge the insults offered to
Venezuela by the Americans, and de:
clares the invasion Of the Mississippi
valley would be the most effective
means Of curbing the power of the
United States. -: ~
Brave Sons of Bolivar.
The following is an extract from the
pamphlet:
glorious national banner, that very ban
ner whose floating iris . Illuminated - the
waters Of La Plata with the splendor Of
the Venezuelan fatherland to the echoes
of the clarions of Carabobo, of Bombona
and of Ayaoucho, would today be suffi
cient to wash away the insult which our
glorious flag has received from North
America, in the very waters Of the Mis-
sisSippi.
There can be no doubt that our Latin
brothers would willingly open the wayisfor
the army Of Venezuela, in order that the
sons of Washington should not be allowed
to believe themselves more valiant and
warike than the sons of Bolivar. This
may seem to many a UtOpian vision, but
when we reflect that the North American
squadrons cannot operate in the forests,
and that traders will always be traders,
inept and cowardly in feats of .heroism,
our hearts swell. within us and we are
willing to take our stand in the vanguard
among the distinguished heroes. of the
new world who are called once more to
prove that Venezuela is immortal and is
the first to, take up the glove which is
thrown down today to the whole of Span
ish America:
Castro's Army Mob.
There is a constant movement of
troops, and it is impossible to ascer-
tain how Castro 8 forces are distributed
! or how many soldiers he has Practi-
cally all his army is made up of nell
from the Andes. Most of them are part
Indian. They wear rough straw hats,
coarse khaki uniforms and sandals. AS
they march thru the streets carrying
their old-fashioned rifles, their appear
ance is not unlike that Of Chinese
are in the ranks, and the negroes and
Indians have had little training. Their
weapons are old-fashioned Mausers,
which kick SO badly that the men do
not hold them to their shoulders when
they fire.. but let the rifle butts slide
under their arms, and they shoot with
out taking aim.
The artillery is as inefficient as the
infantry and foreigners say there is not
a gunner in the whole Venezuelan army
who knows how to shoot the new French
six-inch guns which Castro has mounted
at La Guaira and, Porto Cabello.
. DIPLOMATS Nervous.
The members of the diplomatic corps
are chatting under the state of affairs
now existing, and some Of them are
frank in saying that the existing sit
uation cannot be much further pro-
longed. It is said that none Of the dip
lomats for months has been able to
have an interview with Castro concern
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