The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-04-09

french government has suspended Its
decree of expulsion against him.
Washington, April 9-Gradually the
diplomatic net which Secretary of
State Knox has woven about Cipriano
Castro is being frightened. Dispatches
from Paris yesterday announce the de-
termination of France to expel the
Venezuelan from Fort de France, Mar
Unique, so that now the former dicta-
tor of Venezuela seems to be confront
ed with these alternatives. to wit: To
land at La Guaira, where officers of
the Venezuelan Government are wait
ing for him with warrants charging
him with completely in murder in
trigue against President Gomez, or to
return to France and idle away the
rest of his life in the cafes on the bou-
levards.
Refused Haven.
It had been the intention of the ex-
President Of Venezuela on leaving
France to take up his residence at
Willemstad, in the island Of Curacao,
a Dutch port within hailing distance of
his country, or at Port Of Spain, in
Trinidad, British West Indian sea-
port, and upon being refused a haven
at these places to remain in Martin
ique, French possession.
AS his itinerary became known the
State Department at Washington got
busy and arranged with the foreign
governments having jurisdiction over
his proposed stopping places that he
should not be allowed residence there.
II is announced that in the belief of
the American officials there is no
Government in the West Indies which
will offer him refuge.
Knox circumvented Castro.
Secretary Knox. is being commended
for the skill with which Castro has
been circumvented at all points. His
method was to indicate formally to the
other governments that it would be
detrimental to their own interests to
have Castro a resident under their
flag and plotting rebellion against the
existing government of Venezuela.
And yet, with the aforesaid alterna-
tive facing him, Venezuelans in Wash
ington are far from feeling that the
matter is concluded and Castro elimi-
mated from the Caribbean situation
of which he has so long been the dis
turbing factor.
They hesitate to believe the willy
little fellow can be trapped into po-
sition of which he has no way of es-
cape, and apprehended. from former
experiences, that his resourcefulness
will flnd an opening.
From Martinique Castro can get
passage on three steamship lines. He
can return to France direct. He can
take Caribbean steamer which will
carry him into the harbor of two Ven.
ezuelan ports under foreign flag. and
continue to Cartagena in Colombia, to
Costa RIGA.
The latter port is one of the few
which has not been sealed against
him by Secretary Knox's diplomacy
A third route would carry him to
Santiago de Cuba. His presence in
Cuba. where there is a large element
of the liberal party now in power who
were affiliated with Venezuelan inter
ests during the Castro regime, Nigh,
cause complications which woulG
prove dangerous in the present state
| OF Cuban affairs.
Still Fear the Old Fox.
Latin Americans in Washington
| who. il they do not like him, have re
spect and fear Of the ability and cour
age of Cipriano Castro. incline to thu
| opinion that of the few ways out o
his difficulty still left him he has
planned either to land in Cuba ant
seek the protection Of the member.
OF the Cuban government, who hav,
been his allies In the past, or possibl,
to take a chance on Cartagena in Co
lumbia, where there is known to be ;
nucleus OF discomfort which is apt t.
foment into a miniature revolution
against the Colombian government a
any time.
It would not be the first time an as
pirant for the Presidency of venezue
Ia has made use of the ma1contents II
the adjoining Republic. The Colon
bian Minister In Washington. howeve
Is bravely assuring Secretary Kno,
that Castro would not dare land In hi
country.
In the meantime three Unite,
States warships and the Cabinets Q
Europe are being used by the Score
tary OF State to see that q little ma
with dyed black whiskers does no
light within q thousand miles OF tn
country OF which he is now . fugitive
but over which he once ruled with
rod Of iron and challenged the might
lest governments OF the world.
i The fog banks Of the north Atlantis
- rule, arc about thirty miles 4