The Washington herald., 1908-08-22

who speaks Spanish and Wi guarantee
10 initiate one Cipriana Castro into the
Down and out Club viii hear something
70 his advantage by addressing the for
eign office of any nation on earth except
Venezuela- All the nations want castro
overthrowu. Several Of them are willing
20 do IT, but the United States has "a
choice assortment Of doctrines. spelled
with big DIS. which enertuauy prevent
outside Interference Therefore. the only
hope seems 10 be a revolution
The Monroe Doctrine estops any Euro
pean nation from seiziue a foot Of V-ne-
zuelan TERRITORY but the particular doc
trine which protects Castro is the Drago
or Calvo doctrine. This doctrine was
bred IN the Latin countries somewhere
south D. the Rio Graude- II declares tlIt
European nations shall not be permitted
10 collect debts Of private individuals
from any nation by force To this doc
triue Ellhu Root, Secretary of state. gave
the assent and approval Of the United
States when he was swinging around the
circle in South America The Constable"
doctrine. less sharply defined. that the
United States ought 10 collect debts which
il prevents European nations from coll
lecting. has had the friendly support Of
lIr- Roosevelt
Five years ago. when three big Euro
pean nations were bIockadIng the ports
OF Venezuela. tEe United States stepped
n and brought about an agreement 10
submit all questions 10 arbitration. in
that crisis. Castro leaned heavily upon
tie powerful arms OF the C7riugoes- As
soon as the trouble was over. Ee was as
iusolent 20 the United States as 90 any
other country. The United States viii
not abandon its Monroe doctrine. it prob
ably VIII insist upon the D-ag1 doctrine
II has not Yet adopted the ~c0ustabla--
doctrine as a settled policy. but its atti-
tude toward all OF these doctrines gives
edectuaI aid and assistance 90 Castro.
But. my. how the government at Wash
iEgt01 would Ike 20 see some home
grown revolutionary general sul-e This
Castro, hip and thigh. and get him out
% the way without messing Up and sril-
ing any Of our nice doctrines
IN the days before Castro ruled lu
Caracas. a Venezuelan revolution was
kid-g-0ve affair They had fifty full
grown revolutions lD seventy years. and
everybody tE--ved- BEc Castro has not
played the game according 10 EIavla- .
When any aspiring military genius organ
izss a revolution against Castro he has
10 fight, and fight hard Up 90 date Cas-
-rO has put every such movement down F
Castro appeals % the patriotic souls OF
his followers lie calls his regime '-taa
restorative government He ukeus him
self % the great Iba-at1-. simon Bolivar. .
He SAYS that Balvar drove out the span
iarLs and made Velezue-l a free govern .
ueut. but that il later years foreign cor
pora-io-s and business men came To- Ven
ezuela with more men. more money. AID .
stronger force than the SpaularLs had. .
and talt these foreigners imposed a yoke .
upon The Venezuelan people more burden .
some than had TIE Spanish monarchy. .
says Castro II shan drive them out.
and not res- content u1tI the economic
life as vel as the political administration ]
Of the country IS in native hands" How
noble that would sound If a President OF .
the United States said IT, How coarse
and brutal II is i1 The mouth OF a P-esl-
dent Of Venezuela
Castro has a strong following in EIs
own army which believes ia him and bis
patriotism He does not rob the soldiers.
Is Sd many Of his predecessors did. and
while De undoubtedly pays close attention
% fsatEe-inE his Up- nest he does Il
5-cl-iausiE. ana generally a- the expense
o- -Hra.EDerS-bI- not always For in
stance. there was Casrra.s ra--~ reform f
The tariff on wheat Eaz- was so high
that -four sold I'm Ve-azr--a for y-F a bar
rel This was an outrage Therefore.
castro practically prohibited -la irnnu-ra-
ton OF Eg-r, provided for the free aE-
mission ~ wheat from the United
States. built national -four mill gave IL
tEe exclusive monopoly FOR -le whole
country, took most uc IFS capital stock
himself and began 90 Eriud wheat Now
ne sells Hour -1 Neuezuela for SIS bar
rel. which IS true tariff reform ia the In
teres- Of venezuelan industry
Castro first appeared on the scene IN
venezuelan politics in 1855 as "a senator
from the state of Fl Gachira- an Audean
province He made but little impression
as a statesman The fact that DE rre-
-erred going barefoot TO wearing shoes
was remarked IN Caracas. and it is likely
that the Eur0peanized wits Of the cant
raI pOked fun at MIN He returned 20 rIs
native mountains fun OF hatred for rrs
men Of the Partisan school who then
ruled the country For years the re7rTa
Of his A1dean couutry. had been robbed
by corrupt tax Eathere-s. and rh. pe1r1-
themselves attempted 20 evade anv nav
ment OF taxes There was a raid by. the
TAX officials. and Castro raised the stand
ard OF revolt That was in 1889. He start
ed from The mountains with less than 100
men intent upon overthr0vfnE the gov
eminent Of President Andrade. which was
supported by former President Crespo.
he gathered supporters on the march
but even when he met and defeated the
forces at Valencia he had
less than 100 followers From that dav ]
20 this he has ruled the country abeo- q
lutely- Legislatures and courts mean
nothing 20 him except as they are useful d
as tools 10 carry out his wishes. EFe re- 3
organizes a supreme court by appointing D
BARRIERS and mule drivers 70 the TvooIsa-rZ @
They don't know any law. but they do Z
know how 20 ooey orders. and that IS q
what The General expects. There is .,
some sort OF vague legal provision for
elections iu venezuela, but the electoral -
avs are a dead letter. Castro viii con- J
-lCue 10 rule until he dies is Cverrnrov-u c
5y "a revolution. or is dep0sed by a foreign y
force p
Successful as he has been in defending
his pos.u0n and in subduing all internal
opposition, Csstro-s pet scheme for a I =
federation Of South American states IS \
10 uea-c~ realization than when he first $
lreamed lt The great Bolivar held Ven d
szuela and the New Granadan states to
getEer in sort Of fashion from the time ?
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