Bisbee daily review., 1909-04-17
ARE FOOTING CASTRO OVER
 THE EARTH
A Skinflint Whom Every Nation Looks Upon As a Foe to Mankind-Keep Him Con- tinually Dodging

NEW IOhh- ApTll ib.-AS cufI- ous reminder of the truth that "his. tory repeats itself" the news that Cipriano Castro had been expelled without ceremony from Martinique by order of the French government, re calls the story of Castros own treat ment of the diplomatic representa- tive of the French republic in Cara cas, M- Taigny. who was sent adrift by the then dictator with much less leo. is Mexico's champion steer rop- regard for his personal convenience than was shown on Saturday by the authorities of Martinique.
 Mir. Taigny. after declining to guar. 7el with Castro, was suddenly set edrift on a French steamship which he boarded one Sunday at the wharf at La Guayra to get his mail. Presi dent Castro refused to let h'm land again, saying that he had left the country and was no longer a diplo- mat or representative.
 Castro thought this was very clev- CT. France thought it was an insult and for a long time her battleships were awaited by the fleet of yachts comprising the Venezuelan navy. M. Taigny was obliged to send back to the French legation in Caracas for his personal effects.
 Expulsion Three Years Ago.
 The strange expulsion of M. Taigny was on Sunday, January 4, 1906. Times had been troublous in Caracas for many months. Castro was in the height of his power and aimed to make himself more than the Diaz of his country. He asnired to become the president of the United States of South America. which federation he believed would come after he had proven 10 all the Latin republics that he could successfully defy the coun- tries of Europe and England and the United States
 He had seized the French cable and driven the French minister away. He had seized the Bermuda Lake asphalt property and others belong ing to Americans. He was annoying the American minister, MT. Russell, Tn the hope of getting rid of him, and embroiling the United States.
 Gold mines of Englishmen were rendered unavoidable. But MT Banks IroEsides, the British minister, and Mir. Russell were diplomatic, and
 
 who outplayed Castro to the end.
 NJ. Taigny. with great skill, avoid ed every pitfall set for him by the willy president
 The efforts of Castro to catch him mapping at first made NJ Taigny an gry. Then they amused him. and fe began to avoid the traps with such open good humor that soon the oth- CT diplomatists were laughing at the game of which Castro was getting the worst.
 Then the president lost his temper, and, failing to vanquish the French in diplomacy, decided to get rid of him by trick.
 Learns Taigny's Habits.
 He learned that NJ. Taigny was in the habit on the Sundays on which | a French liner touched at La Guayra of going 10 that port to get his mailed news from Paris. and perchance to meet a friend from home.
 On the Sunday mentioned, NJ Taigny left Caracas for La Guayra to board the steamship Martinique to breakfast with the captain As soon as it was reported to the palace that the French charge had gone to the port, Castro called up the police there and gave orders that NJ Taigny should not be allowed to go on the steamer.
 The president knew that the charge would make trouble over such acton. as it was a ship flying his own country's flag. And he did.
 He. Insisted on his rights to go on the steamship. He was told that he had no pass. and that the law was that all persons visiting ships in port must be provided with one.
 The fact that NJ Taigny was on the Martinique was telephoned to President Castro by the officer in port.
 Put the ship incomunicado" shout I ed the president from the palace Allow no one on the shore to hold communication with M Taigny Ar rest them if they try it. Tell NJ. Taigny that he is now on French ter ritory and can stay there. He has left Venezuela of his own accord
 T, the president and restaurador of Venezuela. Cipriano Castro, refuse to allow him to enter the country again. Do not allow his foot to touch its soil. Tell the captain he must at once leave the per. but that he can remain in the harbor if he likes
 'ff he should stay long, and a French battleship should come. the transfer of M. Taigny must be made outside of the three-mile limit. l will not permit it in the harbor"
 Ordered From Venezuela.
 The Martinique remained clear of the wharf until NJ. Taigny got his ef- fleets and then steamed with him for Curacoa. whence he went to New York in another boat
 Castro held that NJ Taigny, being on French soil when on the Martini que, was no longer a diplomatic rep resentative. and was not entitled to the privilege of breaking IDIice laws in Venezuela- He should be thankful he was not arrested and punished as a private citizen.
 
 Observations Of q Woman.
 Mrs. c. R. Miller in a recent maga-