Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-02-09
CASTRO is UNREASONABLE.
M. Taisny Says His Chief Object Is
to Get Money.

Washington. Feb. S.-M. Taigny, the
charge d'affairs of France who was eX-
PEELED from Venezuela by President
Castro Tuesday gave to the French am
bassador, NJ Jusscrand, a history of
the happenings in Venezuela since his
last visit to Washington, which the am
bassador will forward to his govern
mcnt.
~ Taigny did not call at the state
department. notwithstanding the fact
that the United States is looking after
Frances interest in Venezuela and al
ter the interests of Venezuela IN
France The ambassador informed NJ.
Taigny minutely as to the attitude OF
the United States and NJ. Taigny Will
be able to report fully to the minister
of foreign affairs in France. He left
Washington for New York tonight and
will sail next Saturday.
Although his expulsion was without
warning. the charge had been able to
get enough of his personal belongings
to protect him from the cold Northern
climate and to be fairly comfortable.
The French consul ut La Guaira had
gone to Caracas directly after it was
known that the authorities would not
permit the former French diplomatic
representative to land and had proVid-
ed him with the necessary things for
his tiD.
When seen today NJ. Taisny declared
that he had received Il cablegram from
his government, but had not been able
to decinher it as the French code for
Venezuela and for the United States
are not the same.
As to the reason for his expulsion he
repeated the statements he had made III
New York and continued:
1T is impossible to maintain Sati;fac-
tory relations with man like Castro.
His chief object is to get money, no
matter from where or in what way.
This is at the basis of everything. The
reasons for my expulsion and for the
way in which it was performed are
V ell enough known by this time. [ was
received by the Dutch authorities in
Curacao with the utmost kindness and
r'hile at WiIlemstad the governor paid
.le Z visit and invited me to dine With
him. PERHAPS it was partly out OF SYM
athy with the French government, for
tie Dutch government aS Il close neigh
hor of Venezuela, does not bear it any
100 much love. I do not know in the
least what the French government will
90 @bout the matter. My orders were
only to report to the French ambassa-
der here and then to start at once for
Paris. The French government will
probably not take any action before my
arrival there and nothing can be said
Uf what it will do afterward."
Whent pked what he thought of an
invasion4M Venezuela by French
army. NJ. TaiGny shrugged his shoul-
ders and professed not to have much
knowledge of the chance of success of
such an undertaking.
ut is an extremely difficult country
to fight in" he said. "The country i&
very mountainous and though Caracas
is only nine miles from the coast as the
crow flies. the road to the capital is
about 25 miles and easily defcncible.
The people love nothing more than q
fight and would welcome such beauti
full chance. Beside. although sure Of the
ultimate result. there is always the
danger OF complications with the Unit
ed States, or any other foreign nation
and France is not likely to embark on
such an expedition as long as she can
use other remedies"