The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-12
CASTRO FILES
 HIS PROTEST Denounces His Expulsion
 By France. HE MAY PROCEED TO SPAIN Carried From Hotel to Ship on a Stretcher. rslIy I've TheusaHA Persons Fellewel sAs Prees..ssn TArersA the
 stsssts to the steanship 2
 Cempany's Pier.
HE MAY PROCEED TO SPAIN

Fort de France, Martinique. April il. --Prior to being taken aboard the steamer Versailles for deportation to France. ex-President Castro prepared . written protest against the action of been submitted to the authorities here. It reads as follows:
 T hereby protest against the action of the French authorities of Mar tfnique in having me put by force on boardran outgoing vessel First. be- cause was i'll at the time, and be- cause the act imperiied my life: sec- ond, because T have committed no of- fense against the Government of France and the authorities of Mar unique during the time that I was permitted fo remain on that island; and. finally. because the decree of ex- puision which orders my deportation out of French territory. compeIs me to take passage aboard vessel which will again land me on French terri tory.
 Moreover. these conditions aside, the case constitutes breach of in- ternational law and a denial of the rights of individuals. That such q thing should have come to pass in the land which saw the birth of Josephine. and from which came the inspiration and presage of liberty. and at the hands Of people who shed their blood by torrents hardly century ago, to maintain uninpaired the rights and prerogatives of man, Is inconceivable." 1"
 The ex-Presfdent said just before the sailing of the Versailles that if he was at liberty when he arrived at St. Nazaire. he would Immediately pro- -ceed to Spain In order to take pas sage for Santa Cruz. Teneriffe. General Castro said he was leaving his brother Carmelo here for the purpose of res ceivfng mail which he expects to be forwarded from Trinidad and vene- zuela.
 The Versailles will stop at Basse Terre and Point-a- -Pitre. Guadcloupe. Hardly had the steamer left port las. night when party of Castro's friends arrived on the steamer Goeiette from Saint Lucia They were very much sufpflsed that the former Presiaanf shad been expelled from the island, and had long consultation with castro's brother.
 ' The removal of the former President of Venezuela from the hotel to the steamer was not without it's pitiful aspects. Immediately upon the an- nornceTnent by the medical commits
 
 examination of Castro, that he was entirely capable of making the voyage, the commissary of police. with an es- cort of gendarmes Invaded the hotel and proceeded to his chamber. They found the ex-Presidcnt lying in bed and although he still protested that he could not move. they carried him down stairs on a mattress. the patient all the while moaning dismally. and placed him on a stretcher. Officers Carolina, in civilian dress. helped to make him as comfortable as possible. and then the stretcher was picked up by four negroes and taken to the steamer dock. Gendarmes guarded l. on either side and crowd of persons. numbering fully 2.000. followed the procession through the streets.
 The entrance to the French line piers was guarded by police and no one was permitted to enter except those who were lirectly connected with the trans ference of tie ox- President. Some dif- ficulty was experienced in hoisting the litter aboard. and for a moment Gas tro was in peril of falling out. The gtretcher was set down in one of the cabins. and Castro at once declared that the room was too small, and de- other cabin. He was promised that a age. In saying farewell to his brother, he waved his hand and exclaimed:
 ssGood-bye for the moment"
 The Versailles immediately slipped her cables and started on the voyage.