The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-17
CASTRO'S RULE DOVERTHROWN People of Caracas Rise Against Him. HIS FRIENDS ARE INSULTED Statues of Venezuelan President
 Wrecked. Esormous Cfowds sfske Hostile De- mosstrasion ans New order of Government is Expect-
 ea at Any Time.
 

Caracas, Monday, Dec. 14. via Wtl- lemstad. Dec. 1e.-The people of Car Castro. An infuriated mob. unhind- cred by the police. swept through the city. wrecking the property of his henehmen and hia closest friends.
 The people rounded up all the sta- tues and pictures of President Castro from the clubs and other semi-public buildings and burned them with re- joieing on the Plaza Bolivar. castro's rule in Venezuela ia probably ended
 Tn spite of Hollands warlike activ- fly on the coast. there have been no denominations against the Nether- lands; they all have been directed against President Castro and Acting President Gomez.
 Further dangerous demonstrations arc anticipated. No ofiicial act depos- ing Castro from the Presidency of venezuela has been takens but such a step is expected at any moment.
 An enormous crowd of the inhabtt- ants of the capital. swelled by people from the outlying country. gathered in the streets soon after daybreak. The people began marching up and down the main th6foughfares and 1t was easy Co see that their III temper would soon result in violence. The police stood by and made no attempt what
 
 Nmsfneee Houses L00ted.
 The first building to be attacked and footed was that of the lottery mos nopoiy. The officers of the State en- terprise that has enriched itself at the expense of the people were ransacked and piIiaRed. Furniture was broken and thrown into tine streets and thous. ailda of lottery tickets were destroyed.
 The crowd then moved to the print ing ofEace of Congtitutional, the or- gan of President Castro. of which Gu- mnrsindo Rfvas. fn editor, and ptilaged If completely. A steam laundry be- longing to senoF Rtvas, also. was wiEeeked
 Tfe crowd then turned it's Httentfcn genor Thielen. a soli-tn-iaw of Gen. TalIo 1fendoza and turned them inside
 General Msndn1a was at one time Minister of Public Credit He was also the Presldent.s private secretary for years, and has heen regarded as one of his staunehsst supporters tie is universally hated5 oy the enemies of Castro and his unpopuiarity and his close connection with the President acc counted for the anger of the populacs against the property of his son-in-
 The statues, and pictures of Presi- dent Castro were made into a huge bonfire on the Plaza Bolivar The crowd cheered as the flames completed the destruction of these efilgies of the
 Numerous Inscriptions setting forth Che virtues of Castro and extolling his powers next attracted the retaliation of the mob. and every Inscription bearing CastKoss name was hacked out and erased. Some of these legends were carved on the public buildings of
 if was after 1 o'clock by the time the crowd had gotten far in It's dep. It lacked leadership and uausod in doiault of other fields Tor it's destructive energies. It was then that a detachment of troops was called out for duty on the city streets and Acting President Gomez issued man ifesto prohibiting further manifesto tiona These measures had the desir- ed effect for the mob ouieted down and then dispersed.
 The attack yesterday on the offices of Fl Constitutional, when the crowd van curbed by a detachment of sol- diers. who iired into the demonstrants, resulted in several fatalities.
 A criminal action has been begun against Editor Riyas and other em pioyes of the paper in which they are charged with responsibility Tor theas deaths. It is declared that Ri- vas and his men fired first on the peo- ole, making use of their revolvers,
 Fl Constitutienal has suspended pub- lication, and Caracas is practically without a newspaper.
 The funeral of Marcano Roles. one of the men killed in. the fight of yes- terday, has been fixed for tomorrow. A vast crowd will turn out and further disorders and rioting are expected.
 Castro Doubts News.
 Berlin, Dec. I6-President Castro. of maintains his compoSure in he face of alarming reports which nave been published here regarding tho in Venezuela.
 When despatches were shown him to- fay that the people of Caracas had lrisen against him, burned the pictures md statufaes of the President in the public squares and had made an attack mon a number of buildings, including he stores Of several of his warmest ldhsrents. and that several persons lad been killed. Castro. after having ,ne of the members of his party make } translation of these into Spanish. said luietly:
 T don't believe 1t. had despatches rom Caracas this morning, but they mentioned nothing of the kind
 President Castro was asked for an ex- ,ression of his views regarding HoI- And's seizure of Venezuelan ships, but le answered:
 T am in Germany in private ca 1aclty."
 He referred the correspondent to Se- nor velez Goiticoa. the Venezuelan Charge d'AffaiFes. whom he authorized 10 talk for him. The Charge then made the following statement
 "In reply to your question, I doubt what has been published with regard to Hollands aggression, because no declar- alton of war has been made. nor has ]. blockade been established There lore, the seizure of small Venezuelan vessels by sheer force cannot be described other than as an act of pi- racy, unworthy of any enlightened and civilized country.
 "On the other hand. such a course would jeoPardize the plans which Ven szuela has proposed to Holland. through agents, and could even have worse effect inasmuch as Venezuela Is meeting payments due to Holland for that purpose. a portion of the prescrib-