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6CTliUy OCC. COL HS 0duh vi SSu.
ezuela has cabIed its correspondents
at Berlin and Paris canceline the un-
limited letter of credit given to Presi-
dent Castro when no left Venezuela
for Europe.
Caracas. Venezuela. Dec. 23.-The
downfall of President Cipriano Castro
in Venezuela was completed with the
Illustration of a desperate plot to as
sassinate Juan Vincente Gomez, the
acting president of the republic.
Secret cipher cablegrams have
passed between President Castro in
Berlin and his agents here since the
popular anti-Castro demonstration of
December 13 and IA.
A prominent lawyer has filed an &C.
cusation in the high federal court
charging President Castro with com.
plicity in the attempted assassination
and proposing his impeachment.
Plotters Hold Session.
There was meeting OF the plotters
in the residence in Caracas of Garbiras
Guzman, secretary general in the last
Castro cabinet, and who was placed in
charge OF President Castro's personal
business in Venezuela when the presi.
dent left for Germany The conspira,
tors decided upon coup detat. They
determined TO assassinate Acting Pres.
ident Gomez, Jose de Jesus Paul, the
foreign minister; Gen. Leopoldo Bap.
tista, and other prominent men; seize
the administration of the country, and
with the army terrorize and overawe
the population.
castro's Friend Is Leader.
Torres-Cardenas who was at one
time minister OF the interior under
President Castro and later his person.
al secretary. was the active leader Of
the conspiracy He was intrusted
with the carrying out of the plot. He
has as lieutenants the commanders of
three battalions. In spite of the pre-
cautions taken an intimation OF what
was on foot reached the ears of Act.
ing President Gomez. AS soon as he
had satisfied himself OF the truth of
the reports he took immediate steps to
Illustrate the attempt. Early Saturday
morning he went alone on foot to the
barracks in Caracas, where mutinous
regiment under the command of Pres
ident Castro's brother was quartered.
Cabinet Is Deposed.
Caracas, Venezuela, Dec 23.-There
has been no repetition in this city of
the recent anti-Castro demonstrations,
but the enforced resignation of the
Castro cabinet is regarded as sealing
the fate Of President Castro in Ven
ezuela. The fall of the cabinet is
logical outcome of the fact that act
ing President Gomez permitted the
antf-Castro demonstrations in Caracas.
The change OF ministry was effected
and made known only after the ar.
rival in the capital of 1,5OO soldiers
from the interior who are loyal to Co
mez.
There is much military activity
everywhere, and troops are being re-
cruited and armed with energy in the
belief that the men in the interior 10y
al to Castro will fight.
Old Decree Revoked.
The new Venezuelan administration
has revoked the decree prohibiting
the shipment at Willemstad of
goods destined for Venezuelan points.
This measure has been the principal
difficulty In the strained relations be-
tween Holland and Venezuela, and its
revocation is regarded by well-in-
formed persons here as meaning prac-
ticaily the settlement of the dispute
between the two governments.
The deduction from the latest news
received here from Caracas-the en-
forced resignation Of the Castro cabi-
uet--is that the reign of President
Castro in Venezuela is over
They All Spurn Castro.
Willemstad, Curacao, Dec. 23.-Wil-
lemstad is still without direct news
from Venezuela, but reports brought
In here Tuesday by the steamer Zulia
indicate that the political outbreak
against President Castro was followed
by other developments showing the
continued unrest of the country.
1t Is declared that the political pris.
oners at Puerto Cabello have been set
at liberty, and that several of the par
tisans there Of President Castro have
been imprisoned. Furthermore, it is
rumored that two Venezuelan dele
gates have left Caracas for Willem-
stad to open negotiations with the
colonial government looking to an
arrangement OF the existing diff.
culties.
Alleged Foraer Gives Up.