Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-03-22
FOOLISH TALK OF INVASION.

What the real grievance OF President
Castro Of Venezuela, against our ooun-
try, Is, Is not perfectly clear, He is In
financial straits. evidently, for he re-
fuses to talk with the foreign represer-
tatlves on the subject OF his country's
Indebtedness. Possibly he has failed to
borrow money here, and get a big rake
Off. Nothing embitters certain individ-
uals against their fellow beings as
quickly, as their failure to get the best
of them, and It is not impossible that
the acrimony Of NJ. Castro against this
country Is In proportion to the size of
the graft he saw slipping from him.
BE this as It may; he il actually
contemplating a hostile attack upon, or
an invasion Of the United States. IL
rumor has not misrepresented him. Ac-
oording to a dispatch from Willemstad,
Island OF Curacao, President Castro's
attitude is reflected In a pamphlet is
sued by one Of his friends and advisers.
In this remarkable literary product the
Venezuelans are urged to "avenge the
insults offered TO Venezuela by the
Americans" The author declares that
the invasion of the Mississippi valley
would be the most effective means Of
curblng the power Of the United states.
The following is given as an extract
from the pamphlet:
Perhaps 10000 Yenezuelans, bearing
hn eyln
banner whose floating iris illuminated
the waters OF La Plata with the spler>
dor Of the Venezuelan fatherland to the
echoes Of the clarlons Of Carabobo, or
| Bombona, and Of Ayacucho, would to-
| day be sufficient to wash away the In
suit which our glorious flag has received
| from North America, In the very wa.
| tiers OF the Mississippi. Cunduncurcl
| Is not more distant from Venezuela
! than the hostile land, and the territories
| which we have to cross I'm order to arr
| rive there are almost all Of the same
| fatherland. Colombia, the first of these
Will readily open its frontiers to give
| passage 10 the sons Of Bolivar, as well
as Costa Rlca, Nicaragua and Mexico
| the fotherland OF Juarez, the feared by
| France and by Europe for his formd-
| able and terrible patriotism. There can
| be no doubt that our Latin brothers
! would willingly open the way for the
| army Of Venezuela, in order that the
soGs of Washington should not be al
! lowed to believe themselves more vail
ant and warliSe than the sons OF Boil.
! var. This may seem to many a Utopian
vision, but when we reflect that tho
! North American sauadrons cannot oper-
| ate I'm the forests and that traders viii
| always be traders lnept and cowardly
| IN feats OF herOism, our hearts swell
| within us and we are willing To taxa
| our stand IN the vanguard among the
| distinguished heroes Of the new syorld
| who are called once more 10 prove that
| Venezuela IL immortal ana Is the first
| TO take up the glove which Ia thrown
down today to the whole OF Spanish
| America"
The plan Of Invasion is said to be
worked out somewhat I'm detail. Swoop-
ing down with his avenging host upon
New Orleans, Castro intends to seize
that great artery Of the country's life,
the Mississippi and by marching trI.
umphantly up the valley to cut the
country In two, With the Industrial
east cut on from the supplies OF the
agricultural west he thinks he can
bring The arrogant power to It's knees
ana dictate terms Of a treaty of peace.
Was there a more foolish plan con-
ceiyed outside Of a resort for lunatics?
II Is very nearly as idlotlc as the plots
laid by certain enemies OF the Church
Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints,
TO overcome the work Of the Almighty,
by nm army OF 10000 gigantic falsehoods,
each fearfuly arrayed in malice We
do not believe, however that the Vene-
zuelans are seriously contemplating on
Invasion OF this country, They may
omuse themselves by foolish talk but
they VIII stop at talk And IN this they
display more wisdom than do the
enemies Of the Church