New-York tribune., 1909-01-10
MORE EXILES RETURN
Fezo VeneaueIans Left in Ne1o York
DR.. Leon for Minister.

Several more expatriated Venezuelsns sailed yes
terday from this port for Caracas The returning
sons OF Venezuela who have long Deeh III eAio
make up the second instalment or Bolivar 5 coll-
patriots VINO have gone home from mere since '4e
downfall or "throw-down" OF President Cipr1ano
Castro. The VeneZuelans now lett IN Ne" ioiA
are few and some OF these. little more skept'cai
about the policies and attitude OF General Juan
Vicente Gomez the new Chief Executive. are await
ing developments before returning
The expatriates who sailed yesterday on tne
steamer Zulia Cesar zuneta. Gutlerrno Egea-
Mier and Hycinto Lopez. Senior Zumeta, one OF lie
best known writers political subjects IN south
America was formerly vice-consul OF venezuela III
this CITY and consul In Liverpool. He goes back
10 the "Decastroized" country to work In his pro
ression.
Sefior Egea- -Mier has had exciting career since
he left home But he used 20 1t, because ne
had some excitement before leaving Nenezuia ne
ia fighter So In the natural course or human
IL not h1rnane-events, he became mixed up IN lhe
insurrection Of Sefior Manuel A Matos asainst
President Castro He had charge of landing tie
expeditions which difficult work he performed Weil-
When the movement failed Sehor Egea-Mier mi
grated to santo Domingo where he established
newspaper This went 10 smash. or at least soine
Of the Dominican popuace smashed the property.
Then the still intrepid young man went TO Ha-
vana where he founded little weekly publication
that he called .Agora," nearly analogous In Or
biography to a species of goat ANY way, the
things that this publication said about Presloeht
Castro got his goat" as they say IL the YER
nacular and he complained TO the Cuban govern
,,ant aslin1 tha s,1ppregsfon of "Agora,' which
effort however was successful 1t is possible
that on his return Senior Egea-Mier will be placed
in charge OF the Venezuelan navy which Duteh
yarships recently toEed to CURACAO
Sehor Lopez, the third or the returning eAles'
Is q writer and poet
Another passenger on the Zulia yesterday was
Due de RicheIieu Of the family OF Cardnal
RicheIieu and nephew of the Prince Of Monaco
The Young man Is a scion of the house OF Chapeile
OF Jumilhac However he appeared on the passen-
eer list as John Chapele Richelieu- His passage
was originally booked in the name OF John
Chapelle behind which incognito one would hardly
seek the Due de Richeeu. He had been staying
in this city also incognto- His mission TO Venezuela
Is not known.
According to private advices from Caracas. Presi-
dent Gomez is about to make what local ven
ez1elans regard as his first serious mistake Ihese
advtces say that he will appoint DR.. Carlos Leon
as Minister to Washington. thus establishing rela-
tions between the two countries DR.. Leon was at
one time counsel in Caracas for the New York and
Bernudez Company. Later he became legal ao-
wiser 10 the persons interested in conhscat1ng the
property OF the American company, and suose-
QuentIy President Castro appointed him judge OF
rha Federal Hign Court, before which the case
was being argued He did not. however sit on
the
Dr Leon was in this city for about a year be-
fore Castro left Venezuela, returning Immediately
tbaresfter While here he openly gave expression
to anti-American sentiments. This fact IS known
in washington, and IL President Gomez should ap-
point Dr. Leon Minister IL Is limited that the latteT
might not prove persona extra grata- PEDRO Men
doza who lives here. is mentioned as possible
appointee to the office OF secretary Of legation
The one hundred cases OF ammunition and TWEEN
ty-nve cases OF arms reported by cable as landed
at Curacao from the steamer Prins WiLem H.
tron, Nav York were, II is learned. part Of the
supplies bought here by General Nicolas Rolando
for an uprising agains. Castro. The latter had
rnsde elaborate preparations for the insurrection
when the coup detat came, and GeneraI RoiandO
vvas invited to return home and join in the reform
rnovement which invitation he accepted So the
war supplies will lie unused.