New-York tribune., 1911-10-16
Had Spent Five Months Here
Planning the Overthrow Of
President Gomez.
DODGES THE DETECTIVES
Former Diplomat Says DR.. Rivas
Vazquez, Who Opposes Both
Present Regime and Castro,
viii Be Heard From Soon.

whereabouts of General ttprlano 'aS-
tro, the elusive former President OF
Venezuela, the local Venezuelan colony,
and particularly the consul general Of
/ that republic I'm New York. is trying to
! ascertain what has become Of DR.. Ale
iandro Rivas Vazquez, who has been IN
New York since last May organizing an
| insurrection against President Juan
Vicente Gomez.
Within the last few days he has mys-
teriously disappeared and the only in
formation that could be CLEANED yester-
day about his movements was that he
had placed in motion the necessary revo-
lutionary machinery, and, pinning TO his
inside pocket at least one draft for $40.
O0o. had slipped out quietly about his
business.
Or. Rivas Nazquez. member Of the
Venezuelan Congress from the state OF
Apure. and former president Of the State
OF Zula. is the leader Of the progressive
element Of Venezuela. and has been rec
ognized by other leaders Of the move
ment as the supreme chief of the armed
movement for The political and CONNER
cial rehabilitation Of the country.
Refusing to sanction some OF the acts
Of President Gomez, Dr. Rivas Vazquez
left Venezuela with his family and Wen:
to Cuba. where he began getting in
touch with the opposition to the govern
ment I'm Caracas. He received sufficient
encouragement TO make his plans for
the armed conflict and then set out for
New York to complete them.
When the report Of his mission here
followed him from Havana Or Rivas
Vazquez readily acknowledged that his
visit North was Of revolutionary charac-
ter. ono OF his first acts was TO organ
izc "a iunta composed of leading Vencz-
uelaus here Or. Rivas Vazqucz said AZ
the time that majority Of his compa-
-riots were determined To end the in
sufferabIe political conditions under
President Come" And with his pur-
pose and reasons made clear the rcvo-
I mtionarv chief began gathering the
/ elements and mapping ont his invasion
/ of Venezuela. i'm which work he received
ready assistance from his own country
men and Americans. Some II this aid
was I'M the shape If cash.
Stays Inside the Law.
/ During his stay i'm New York Dr. Rivas
/ Vaz1uez lived I'm an apartment on Man
haitian avenue. which detectives in the
employ Of the Venezuelan consulate soon
found. inquiry a his former home yes
terday ELECTED only the informa ton that
/ DR.. Rivas Vazquez had "gone'-whence
or when could not he learned. However,
as DR.. Rivac Vazquez. himself a lawyer,
refrained while here from doing any
thing that might be construed as vio-
lation of the neutrality laws. it is not be-
lieved that he left on flibustering ex-
petition.
lie was seen here a Few days ago. but
I'm going away ne was as secretive about
his plans as DE had been about the
preparations no was making while he
was i'm New York.
( Members of the tunta who will direct
from this city the affairs Of the insur-
~-..tiou were rcticent Yesterday on the
subject of the disappearance Of the rec
ognized "iefe" of the contemplated up
rising. They voG.- only say that he
was on his way TO take mp arms His
agents Mt several points in the West
Indies and central America. it was said.
had advised Linn that the time was pro-
pitious for his undertaking.
The detectives who have been on the
trail Of the .insurrecto" will learn only
this morning that he h-1 evaded their
,ioflarce of five months which is the
rnc that Dr. Rivas spent here on lis
mission. II was said that the recent re-
rort acain fixing the presence Of former
President Castro in Colombia determined
Dr Rivas Vazauez 20 hurry his move
mont To- checkmate any possible move
that General Castro might have under
way as the two men have nothing IN
common. Or. Rivas Nazquez being as
much opposed to General Castro as ne Is
10 President Gomez, Castro's former
business partner.
Saws Venezuela Is in Ferment.
Nicanor Bolet. former secretary OF the
Nicaraguan Legation AT Washington.
who managed two instructions against
former President Castro, announced yes
tordav that he had joined the Rivas
yazouez movement, declaring that he
had every reason to- believe in its early
triumph. About the whereabouts OF Or.
Rivas Vazquez he added nothing 10 the
indednite information already obtained.
se6or Rolct said. Venezuela is in "A
f,rment and there exists strong desire
to get rid Of Gomez who as pupil Of
] Castro has caused a state of political and
commercial chaos.
The Gomez government has been
guilty Of many unconstitutional acts,
against which my compatriots have been
HELPLESS. only the other day the Presi-
dent of the State of Sucre was impris-
onod because he appealed for liberal re-
| forms In his state. The President of the
state of Bolivar has had To leave Veuez-
uela and take refuge i'm Trinidad be-
| cause he had the tcmerity 10 protest
against the establishment of monopolies
/ of the countrys industries in the inter
est of President Gomez and his friends -
Se6Or BOlet added. II speak win au-
/ thurity when 1 say that Or. Rivas NaZ-
queZ has been acclaimed by the whole
country as the logical leader of the
movement OF the progressive and intelli-
/ cent element Of Venezuela. He has sac
rifced his property interests and official
position 10 lead the movement 20 rid the
! country Of Gomez whose continuance in
Office will do more than anything else 10
/ holm Castro 10 get back into power. Or.