Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-01-06
TBY THE MORNING JOUR

TBY THE MORNING JOuRN-
Caracas. saturday Dee 26.-Gen-
eraI castros power in Venezuela
crumbled in a day like mouse built
of cards and not pillar has remained
standing Even his own brother. Ce-
lestino, after turning over his guns
and ammunition to the appontee Of
President Gomez, fed into Colombia
Not one member Of Castro's family
has raised up his voice for him for
If was his custom to treat them more
or less as he did the foreign diplomats
and his ministers Castro inspired
fear. If nothing else in Venezuela.
With his absence the fear disap-
peared and the reaction against his
rnlp which began on Sunday. the 18th
was consummated on the following
Saturday X was not only the most
complete political upheaval in the
history Of Venezuela. but the most
popular and the most bloOdless one.
Not for a moment did General Co
mez and his friends imagine that they
could bow TO the wishes of the masses
ana save the nation from its present
Industrial ruin. brought about by Cas-
tros disastrous domestic and foreign
policies
There were dark clouds over the
horizon in the shape of several bar
racks in Caracas filed with soldiers
antagonistc to the new government.
led by a CLIQUE OF Castro followers
with Governor Cardenas al their head.
These made it necessary for DR. Jose
De Jesus Paul, the foreign minister
to go to the Brazilian. British and
Italian ministers on December 4 and
tell them it would be well TO cable
for warshlps, as conditions ght arise
at any moment which would make it
Impossible for the government to pro-
tect the lives and property of foreign
crs Each of these ministers cabled
their request to his government. but
none responded except the United
states. and its vessel, the Dolphin
arrived just six days after the danger
was over and eleven days after the
cable was sent.
If on Saturday. the 10Th. the plot
to assassinatc Gomez had been sue
cessful, had not telegraph employo
rushed to the president with a copy
Of the fatal message from Berlin,
which is said to have authorized the
conspirators to take extreme meas
ures. then the triumph of the Castro
party would surely have -esulted in
the pillage Of Caracas ana especially
Of the hated foreigners. There was
not warship in La Guairia, as the
Dutch vessels were entirely beyond
call
The failure Of the plot and the nat
ural overthrow of the entire Castro
regime resulted in a cry of thanks
giving throughout Venezuela.
President Gomez has rised TO the
occasion ana not only are the foreign
disputes of Castro being settled. but
all the restrictions against trade and
the monopoies are being abolished.
The hundreds of political prisoners
have AN been released and been re-
turned to their destitute families
Many of these had becn in dungeons
for eight and nine years without trial
Net only has the minister of the in
terror q West Point graduate, Gen
eral f l.. Alcantara by name, called
on all the Venezuelan eXpatriatcs to
return to their fatherland. but Presi
dent Gomez has written many per
sonal letters and cablcgrams urging
them to return and collaborate with
him i'm building Venozucla up again
out of its ruins.
The revolution has been con plctely
diSarmcd MS all motive has diSap-