The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1908-09-02

ue1 en0 CobombiA the Fight
ine Men.
Washington. Aus. 2s.--with the
mh sanction Of Secretary Root and
ths State Department and with prom
ne OF effective assistance from Hol-
and. II Is stated that . ell-organized
and sweeping revolution In being plan
ned to overthrow President Cipriano
castro. OF Venezuela. According to
the story the revolutionary movement
now being financed In New York
! an1 elsewhere. and viii become active
dsrectiy after the rainy season In
vsnssusla. which 10 about the middle
OF October. within Q few months Il
- sxpsctsd that . new vsaAsuelan
ruler viii replace Prsadent Castro,
a object which the American state
spartmsnt. Holland. Colombia and
kshs Venezuelan maicontsnts hope to
aeeomplish.
Plans have alsvady begun for In
aagusp<lag the revolution, II ID said.
E,naaesa1 baskiag - not lacking. a.
monsy san - sssursd IN New York
eieS. - vell - from other sources.
TIE amount available to perfect the
rsvolusiosists' plans nAy run into
TIE pllliOusL tf etb
An iassrssit leader hss been busi-
y snsasse IN nappiAs out his cam
peAgn eor weeks. Ais nrst sisp Was
10 eosssis sAs state Department. Il 10
stated and Il y said That ~ lsarnsd
nom both Secretary Root and Mr..
Bacon that while the United states
oevsrnmsnt could not support q rev.
olutionasy movement st the same time
cesditions IN vsnesusls were such
that no intsrfsrsncs by the United
~oeasss need Be anticipated. A. venexus-
Ian snairs waved warm the State de-
partmsnt was again sounded by the
would-bs rsvolutionista II u said now
that SECRETARY Root viii leave Castro to
neht his own battles aad win. In fact.
lend - nuch moral support - pos
IDlb,s 20 shoss who are planning to
0vsrshrov him without in any way In
voivins shs United States Govern
msnG p
Holland hes bssn informed Of the
Inovsnsnt snd = expected to aid BY
: rbIockaAtnG vsnssaslsn ports when the
Dlspd attack bsgins along the Aauca
river. on the Colombia border. No
drsst1e action on the part Of Holland
y szpsctsd sntil the time comes to
sts1he IN october. - - - '' =
Castro probably already knows that
vsnssuslans are involved In the plans
~ ths Insurgents. who state that there
asu many people In vensEusls, and
especially along the Colombia border.
Who are hostile 10 Castro. These peo-
pie say they are held to Castro by
rear. but upon sssursnces OF . power
, fu1 movement they will bs found
rssdy 20 assist In fact. plans for the
campaign and detailed information
which vim bs necessary viii come
from these vsussusiana
Colombia h sxpsctsd To help by
providing men Eho are a. anxious TO
overthrow Castro N are some Of the
vsnssusians Themselves. From vene-
susla and Colombia will DO drawn the
men who are TO DO the nshtins. &C.
cording 10 ths plans. while the Amsri-
cas syndicatss who hold concessions
In vsnssssla- TIE state Department
and several leaders. leaving Holland
10 cary out the naval part OF the pro-
gramms.
a man Who he's been consulted by
the rsvoiutionary leader says ''ths
movement 10 well under way. and
there n no doubt that action viii be
started directly sfssr the rainy season
In svnsausla- The state Department
has consulted with the leader several
times and knows all about the plans.
Holland also has been advised and
VIII. I understand. help by blockading
ths other countries behind IT,
The time In not ripe. however. to
90 into details. which will become
known In due course. There In no
lack Of money In this revolution.
which cannot In any way be compar-
I'd TO recent revolutionary movements
I'm south or Central America. This
revolution will have the moral sup
port of the United states. Holland and
other countries behind II. II will
have tremendous capita, to draw on,
wni be carried out In the most syste-
matte manner and will. I think. un-
doubfedly end I'm President Castro