The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-02
new Il WORKERS PLAN
! TO KIDNAP CASTRO
Expedition Planned for Revolu-.
ton in Venezuela Troops {
to Aid Revolt.

New York, April 2.-According to
one OF the largest merchants in New
orK, arrangements are being perfected
here and in Paris and London for. a
reVolutlon IN Venezuela, which will an.
initiate Castro and open up that coun.
try. to American capital and enternrise.
A number of rich New York mer.
chants are said to be interested in tina
movement, which, the promoters saw.
will involve the employment of l5o10
soldiers and the expenditure of SIS .000'-
0eO IN the campaign. President Castro.
II the plans do not go astray, is to be-.
either expelled or destroyed, and ma
tive venezuelan statesman is to be in.
stalled as his successor.
Castro Forewarned.
In this connection it is said that Cas-.
tro, anticipating a successful reyoIn.
ton against him sooner or later has
converted some of his alleged S40'o01.
600 fortune into cash and has sent ii to
America and France. It is said there ia
now 100000 in New York and
$2,50O,0O0 IN Paris, deposited to his per-
sonal credit. ~ :
Carlos B. Fergueredo, Venezuelan CON.
sui in New York, says he has heard such
an expedition is being organized or pro-
NOTED, but he has been unable to learn
anything definite about it. He said he
had understood that shares in the
scheme were being sold.
would like to get hold of one Of
thoses : ne said. 81 will buy all that
The consul inquired eagerly as to the
polnt the expedition was to sail from.
Plans for Revolt.
The plans of the promoters of the on.
coming revolution, according to one Of
their number, are, in brief, as follows:
The expedition is to set out shortly
from Europe in three large steamships.
which are already under contract, They
are to carry. about 5000 volunteers.
with the following quantities of arms
and ammunition: Eight thousand Maui
ser rifles OF the latest pattern; 100000
rapid-fre guns, 5000 cotton shirts. 5000
| army belts, 1000 officers swords. 1000
oHleers' revolvers, 5000 machetes and
swords, medicine, coal, etc.
Contract for Revolution,
The New York end of the expedition.
| 1t Is said, is being financed by a syndi.
| cate known only under the title q A -
with a capital Of $4,000.
contract, the parties thus associated
here under the name "A'' are to re-
| ce1ve from a Venezuelan syndicate.
known as "B," bonus of 81, 900 0oG on
the $4,000 to be advanced. The cost
IS to be guaranteed by the Venezuelan
4 customs duty and by the salt monopoly.
| Inns guarantee, of course, is contingent
for It's fulfillment on the overthrow of
Castro. The contract provides for the
payment Of the bonus, plus the loan ' Of
the New York syndicate-or So. 25l. OO0
IN all-in quarterly installments, within
the first year of Castro's SUCCESSORS
| administration.
1t is stated in the contract that stthe
facilities for disembarking the expedi-
ton are very favorable, as the coast OF
/ Venezuela is unguarded, and topograph-.
landing. : = go :
The Army of Revolt.
The men who are seeking to promote
| the next revolution say thew are now
only waiting for favorable opportuni-
ty, to dispatch the ships from the other
side. Of the 5000 volunteers, it is said
1000 have been raised in America and
the rest in England. It is said 10000
soldiers are to be raised in Venezuela,
a large number of whom are now secret
malcontents - in Castro S army The
teers, men not now under arms
1t is planned to kidnap Castro and
carry him away in one of their three
ships and land him on the continent Of
Europe, preferably in France. This.
they say, they can do under information
al law.
Some of the Venezuelans now in New
York who are interested in the present
fermentation speak bitterly against Cas-
tro. They charge that in the last revo-
luton his officials chained a captive
rebel general to negro convict and
kept them chained together even after
the negro was dead from smallpox. with
the result that the general also persisted
| of the disease