The Washington herald., 1909-02-11
AT THE HOTELS.

must bring a judicial prosecution IN =
terminal court against cipriano Castro.
Eself-exiled President Of that country. to
compass his deposition officially was
learned from Count Luigi AldronandI,
who is at the Arlington The Italian no
bleman arrived recently from Caracas.
and for several months has been acting
as Italian charge d'affaires az Caracas
in the temporary absence Of Minister c.
T. Cerra. The count Is here TO pay his
respects to Ambassador Baron Mayor dss
Planehes. He VIII return TO Rome from
here.
The political situation in venezuela
| to-day Is a peculiar one, said Count
President OF that country under the
terms OF the Venezuelan constitution.
which requires that a President must be
inpeacned before he can be deposed- The
of1cial status Of Gen. Gomez az present
is simply that Of Vice President. acting
as executive IN the absence or the actual
head OF the government
In order 70 make Gomez tie consSita-
tionai president Il Win be necessary 90
iimpeaeh Castro on criminal count. and
/ IN order 70 do this a judicial prosecution
viii be brought against him, based on his
alleged action in cabling 10 P II. Carde-
mas, then a departmental governor. en- Or
der for the killing OF Gomez during tia
riots that followed Castro's departure
/ from Carcaras. Pending some such for
nal action as the impeachment OF Castro,
the constitutional position OF the new
government Of Venezuela Is an znoma-
ioCs one. and IS something OF a puzzle
/ TO diplomats.
/ Count Aldronandi expressed the opinion
that the new administration would arrive
lat a satisfactory agreement with the
United States and France IN regard 70
the Bermadez Asphalt, and French Cable
Company's disputes.
u know" he said. that the Venezuelan
government is willing TO arbitrate al
difficulties. To Italy. in particular. the
administration has shown. not BY words.
but hy deeds. that II IS willing 70 extend
every possible international courtesy and
deal fairly with al international cues
tons
One Of its first acts after Il cana into
power was the reopensng OF the ports
which Castro. by q secret order. had
closed &c all Italians not domiciIed IN
Venezuela, because. It was said. he had
beer warned that an italian anarchist
was trying 10 assassinate him Tenezu-
elias recent open-handed treaty OF my
government convlnces me that she VIII
deal fairly and squarely with al other
nations"
Consul General WheatIey. OF the Congo
Free State. who was seen AZ the New
Willard. spoke IN regard to the reported
request made OF Secretary Bacon by a
representative OF the Southern Presby-
terrain Church that an Investigation b
made into tie circumstances Of the trial
OF certain American missionaries 81 the
Congo Free state for libel. IN connection
with their reports OF ire condition OF the
natives. and said:
The trouble seems 10 have arisen from
the fact that certain Protestant mission
aries in the Congo, who apparently have
little sympathy with the language, laws,
OF religion OF the Belgians. have wanted
10 run the country according 70 their own
Ideas. and have used indiscreet language
about Belgian officers who disagreed with
them.
According 20 the accounts which we
have from trustworthy sources in the
Congo. Count Ferdinand de Grunns, who
is young man OF high reputation and
member OF one OF the best families IN
Belgium. found Il his duty, for the main
tenance Of public OTcer. 10 compel Ger
tain natives who we're Icafing about the
american Presbyterian Mission AZ L1ebo
20 return 10 the tribes 70 which thew be-
IOnged-iust as the American govern
ment compels the Indians 20 stay On
their reservations For this action some
OF the American missionaries seem 20
have called him names. and brought
charges for cruelty. and even q slave
raidiBg. against him Il seems that tie
Rev. Mr.. Morrison, Of the American Pres
byteri2n Mission. was the chief person
with whom Count de Grunne hsd dis
putations- Then Count De Grunns brought
suit for libel"
Speaking OF the buffaie IS being almost
extinct, Capt H c. Evans, OF Denver.
Colo. who is a lawyer, and IS ~ the
Raleigh. said last night that there ers
but twenty-five bisons roaming wild n
the United States to-day.
Where twenty-five years ago they
might have been counted by Millions
continued Capt Evans, ''the big herds
running wild have been reduced 20 the
paltry twenty-five, most OF which ara
roaming in Yellowstone Park Yet while
the American bison. or buffalo. bids fair
to become extinct IN its wild state, never
theIeses Il is not as near determination
as might be imagined. since private IN
dividuals and societies, by taking great
pains to cultivate domestic herds. have
caused a considerable increase n the
number Of buffaios which are N capt3v-
ity.
There are now 1.11s captive bUnsios II
the United States and some z7S in Can
ada. this being q decided increase over
the number which we're 10 be found IN
this country few years ago. The Amer
lean Bison Society has been actively az
work for a number Of years IN stimulst-
ing interest in the preservation OF the
buffalo. with the result that q m0vemeat
Is now on foot 20 have set apart q big
natural buffalo range.
The country which the society recon-
menjs as the most favorable is called
The Ravalli Hills and Meadows, IN
near where Pabh. the Indian,
who recently sold his herd to the Cana
dian government. has maintained IL The
section Is in the form OF a rectsngfs,
with the JCckO River as the southern
boundary. Mission Creek on the north,
and on the west IS the Big River the
Pend d'OreiIIe. also called Flathsad The
eastern boundary Is the ravine through
which runs the main road from RevaM
10 the Flathead Lake This draw rises
10 high summit. which forms the crest
OF the divide between the JOclzo River
and Mission Valley, the elevation being
3. l04 feet. The range contains 500 acres"
Prof. F. G. Osborne. Of Philadelphia,
Pa, who is at the Shorehsm, speaking
OF German schools. said last night that
to AH1sricsns the striking characteristics
Of the German schools were their variety
and their thoToughness. A bSy II the
gymnasium may study fewer things than
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