Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-23

I ports he took immediate steps TO frus-
trate the attempt.
| Early Saturday morning he Went
alone on foot to the barracks in Ca
racas where a mutinous regiment un-
der command of President Castro's
| brother was Quartered. With unex-
ampled courage he entered the build
ing and placed the brother under ar
rest. The cool nerve of Gomez made j.
| possible for him to carry out this dan
| gerouS maneuvre successfully
| He went to the Yellow House. the
| Executive mansion, where he had a
| brief interview With Torres Cardcnas
| The chief of the conspirators main
| tainod a defiant attitude and denied
the existence of any plot. Gomez woul
not be deceived. He seized Torres Car
denas by the shoulders and shakiae.
him roughly said: Il have discovere
your plot to assassinate me. You A.
my prisoner
Torres Cardenas tried to use his re-
volver, but Gomez was too quick for
him. He rinioned the mans arms and
callel the GUARD Torres Cardenas was
seized and disarmcd and hurried away
to Jail.
These two arrests, made single-hand-
ed by Gomez, broke the back of the
plot. Gomez's friends came forward
quickly to his support. orders We're at
oncc isy,'od and carried out rapidly
f"r t,a arrest of Garbias GuZman:
Iopo;. Baralt, minister of the interior
in the cabinet that was forced to re-
sign Dec II; Senor Bermudez, direc-
tor of the national telegraph system;
Commander Casanova. Commander
Angulo and other adherentS of Castro
suspected of completely.
AS sooIl as the news of the sensation
al occurrences became known through
out the city an immense crowd gather
ed in the Plaza Bolivar and gave un
mistakable evidence of it's satisfaction
with the turn affairs had taken.
There is to be a general re-organ-
ization of the government. The fall of
President Castro leaves no obstacle in
the way of settling the various interna-
tional questions confronting the re-
public.
Jose De Jesus Paul. the former min
ister of foreign affairs. who played a
prominent part in all Nenezuela's for
eisn relations for the last six months
has been commissioned to go to Eu-
rope on a diplomatic mission to settle
all outstanding disputes with foreign
powers. lie will leave here Dec. "a
Senor Paul has advised the diplomatic
representatives here that measures to
preserve order and protect the inter-
csts of foreigners will be taken. The
new governor of Caracas Is Aguiles
Ytunge. Acting President Gomez is
sued proclamation yesterday as fol-
lows:
Fellow patriots: | assumed charge
of the Presidency of Venezuela under
the terms of the constitution. / under
took these duties without personal am
h:ton, From the first | endcavorcd to
conciliatc the aspirations of the people
With my high obligations, and to this
end | established in accordance with
our national institutions, an admins
tration that recognized all personal and
public guarantees.
Unfortunately my good intentions
met with ncomprehensible hindrance
on the part of few persons who call
cd themselves intimate friends OF Gen.
block the carrying out by me OF my
legal duties but they stopped to con-
sp;racy and elaborated a diabolical plot
against my life.
This conspiracy was crushed yes
terday when I personally faced the
plotters ard imprisoned them. By so
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