The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-04-11
Ex- : SIDENT CASTRO ExPELL.
: ON MARTINIQUE BY
aENcH OFFICIALS.
is BOUND FOR ST. NAzAIRE
Venezuelan Creates Fuss When Order
Is Conveyed to Him-RaiIs at Gov
ernment and Refuses to Budqe-
Medical Examination Made and Pa
tient Is Placed on Steamship.


prano Castro, ex-president of Venezu-
ela was expelled tonight from the is
land Of Martinique by the French gov
ernment. He protested to >the last
against his expulsion, but his protests
were in vain. He is now on board
the French line steamship Versailles.
bound for st. Nazaire.
official notice was served on Castro
this morning of the secision of the
French government that he must leave
the island within nine hours from the
receipt of such notice, and that the
commissary of police at Fort De
France had been charged with the
execution of the order The eX-presi-
dent was furious, and strove through
out the day to find some excuse that
would be satisfactory to the colonial
government whereby he would not be
compelled to obey the order and to
this end late today he summoned a
lawyer and physician to verify that
he was unable to leave the country.
Time Extension.
The governor of Martinique and the
public prosecutor, however, refused an
extension of time, and about o'clock
the commissary of police, accompanied
by large force of gendarmes, pro-
ceeded to the hotel where Castro was
stopping, to remove him, forcibly if
necessary. to the steamer.
The affair created a great sensation,
and long before the police made their
appearance at the hotel crowds had
gathered which later were joined by
the consuls representing the various
foreign powers, who showed great in
terest III the expulsion of what one
of them termed the common enemy
of peace"
Locks Self in Room.
Castro, who during his few days at
Fort De France has held very little
communication with anybody, locked
himself in his room in company with
his brother Carmelio and his secre-
tary and FOR a time refused to reply
to the summons of the police official.
The police hesitated to break in the
door, and finally decided to submit
the matter again to Governor Four
neau, but the governor absolutely re-
fused to permit any delay, and he or
dered Castro removed by force of
arms. He also gave orders that the
Versailles remain in port until Castro
could be put aboard.
Rigid Measures Required.
1t became necessary for the police
and gendarmes to take rigid measures
to hold in check the crowds that had
by this time become riotous outside
the hotel.
ha
French government and the local au-
thorities, denouncing them for forcing
upon him the alternative of deporta-
ton or Imprisonment for six months.
He declared that he would not bulge.
and that it would be necessary to
take him on board the steamer on
Stretcher. This the commissary OF
police, who finally entered Castro's
room with an escort of gendarmes,
prepared to do, but Castro's lawyer
took steps TO find the chief justice.
and at the very last moment the gov
ernor and public prosecutor decided
to have another medical examination
made.
Removal Is Possible"
Accordingly, a medical commission
Earbe proceeded with the examination
IN order to establish definitely if Cas-
ro's health was such that he could
make the voyage. The consultation of
the physicians lasted more than half
an hour, and they agreed that the ex-
president would not be jeopardized by
MS removal to the steamer and the re-
NuTn voyage across the ocean.
Carried on Mattress.
Al half past eight o'clock a force
VI gendarmes went to Castro's room
ana he was placed on a mattress, he
'eluslng 70 put on his clothes, and was
carried on a stretcher to the steamer,
distance of more than a mile. A
thousand or more Of the population
"@d assembled by this time, and much
y 'Smpathy was expressed for the form
y president. The latter complained of
seat suffering and every movement
VI me stretcher seemed to give him
-U' ''er pain. He has prepared a pro-
.eS" which will be sent to the French
e0>efhment tomorrow.