The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1908-12-23
Vice President of Venezuela
Appoints New Cabinet.
FOES OF NCTATOR m POWER
Every One Friendly to Absent Ruler
Il Hurled From His Place,
and His Enemies Are
Put In Ofice.


Vice President J. Vicente Gomez. to
whom General CipriaDo Castro handed
over the presidency on his departure
for Europe. has thrown of the mask |
and has established an anti-CastrO
government in Venezuela.
He has hurled from power the old
ministry. the leader of which was DIR.
Jose de Jesus Paul. the minister Of
foreign affairs. who aided Castro in
the negotiations that eliminated i'm
the ousting of Minister de Reus and
the severance of diplomatic relations
with Holland. and has installed a new
body of men who are bitterly opposed
to Castro.
Not only has DIR. Paul disappeared
from the counsels of the nation. but
DIR. Baldo. who is now travelling in
Castro's suit abroad. also has been re-
moved from his official position as
minister of education.
General Diego Ferren. the minister
of war. who also was war minister in
the cabinet of Acting President Gomez
i'm 1906. has been superseded by Gen
eral Regulo Olivares who took prom
inent part I'm crushing the revolution
lists six years ago.
Agrulas Sturbe. a bitter foe of Cas-
trO. has been appointed by Gomez gov
ernor of Caracas
The new cabinet is composed as fol-
lows: Minister of interior. Linares
Alcantara; minister of foreign affairs.
Gonzales Guinaud: minister Of
finances. MunOZ Tebar: minister of
war. General ReEulO Olivares: minis
ter of patronage. Rafael Carabano
bertO Vargas; minister of public in
struction, DIR. MaldOnado.
Secret advices received here from
Caracas. where the strictest censor
ship is being observed. indicate that
Venezuela has been in a ferment ever
since President Castro sailed and that
the crisis was reached when it be-
came necessary for Acting President
Gomez to take decisive steps. which
he did by eliminating from his cabinet
those who were closely affiliated with
the Castro rule and under the Castro
domination.
The revolutionary factions. which
gained strength with every hour of
Castro's absence. played a prominent
part in the demonstrations against the
absent president. which took the form
of rioting and incendiarism.
These were temporarily checked by
a show of force. and later the revoIu-
tiOnary influence that threatened to
sweep the country was overcome in a
measure by promises that could not be
held long in allegiance.
Insurgents went to Gomez and told
, him that he must either withdraw
from office or cast aside those of Cas-
trO's ministers who still were trying
to force the Castro rule upon the peO-
pie. He chose the latter course. He
! first declared the country in a state of
] defense. thereby securing control Of
the army. and then appointed a new
: cabinet.
On several other occasions when
Castro has turned over >the govern
ment to Vice President GOmez it was
I freely predicted that Gomez would
Z succeed Castro as president of the re-
I public. He had many supporters in
the anti-Castro camp. chief among
those in favor of his candidacy being
General Arrange. the former minister
of war. who worked earnestly to place
Gomez In power.
: While seemingly Gomez has been an
ardent supporter of Castro. he has
4 maintained time and again that he did
5 not favor the foreign policy OF the
+ government. declaring that the treat
, ment accorded the United States and
France was III advised and that he
! was not in sympathy with the conduct
) of internal affairs.
!. He even has expressed the opinion
. that he was not trusted by President
Castro. although the latter gave denia
: to this by appointing him TO I'LL the
o office Of president while he himself
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