The Elbert County tribune., 1912-08-02

at arms ana placed me In his charge,
onoered his launch and dashed of to the
charleston. He returned In half an hour and
Ni.nout another word to me ordered a leuten
ant TO take me aboard the Charleston
VIII not deny that bit easier In my
,nihd when l saw my own flag flying over me-
yet mad / known the treatment | wes to re-
emily.
was easy to pee, from the reception
captain Picking gave me, that he had been
inhuenced by the attitude of Captain Lang
= toid MIN that / was American citizen,
temporarily In the employment of the Bra
1hian government; that / had violated no
law OF the United States or of Brazil. and
l demanded that be set ashore He coldly
INFORMED me that would be confined To the
ship, at least until he had consulted with the
american minister and communicated with
washington. and soon after ! arrived on the
charleston l was confined TO my room es
dangerous character who threatened ,ha
peace OF nations. with this decidedlv M
PHEASANT recollection however II is n Meas
ure to know that the other American naval
omcers, who arrived later took exactly nv
view OF the whole situation and became
champions OF my cause They told pjcLir,
that Mello was a pirate and sho,,,s n
treated as such. and that / was being do
prived OF my liberty without the sIIgbtos,
warrant of law. but they were powerless to
accomplish my release.
Looking forward a little, the matter IN
wnicn .hat old hshter, Rear Admiral Benham.
put an end to the revolution" In the follow.
Ing january. after his arrival =.
Rio. should be well remembered for n wa.
a noble deed and example or the yood
Judgment generally displayed by American
naval ofhcers when they are not hammered
by foolish orders from Washington. In ~.
vain nope OF arousins enthusiasm for his lost
cause. Mello had gone down the co.s,
where he fguratvely and literally took -,
the woods when he saw the folly of bfs MI.
sion. leaving Da Cana In command n, ~,
blockading fleet The captains of ,avaraJ
American merchant ships, who Ind har
prevented for weeks from landing their car.
goes for Rio. appealed to Admiral aenbar,
who took prompt action.
To show his contempt for tho reha,s
whom he properly regarded as nitrate.
Admiral Benham assigned the smallest sh,n
of his squadron. the little Detroit. com.
manded by that great little man com-
mander (now Rear Admiral, retiredl w II
Brownson to escort the merchanfmen mn -.
the dock.
The revolution" ended right there. bpt nm.
fortunately l not present to witness g..
collapse. 80
1t was in vexed Venezuela that was d.s.,,
ed to end my days of deviltry, but not untiI -.
er protracted warfare, none the less bitter ba
cause 1t was conducted at long range with CO
tro the Contemplate. who came into nowar
two years after had finally settled down ~
Santa Catalina as manager for the Orinoco
company. Cipriano Castro had been I'm con.
gress as diputado as member of the bopsa
from one OF the Andean districts while was In
Caracas with President Crespo, and. though he
was regarded good fighter and disturbing
element. he was never considered as a presl
Dental possibility
After getting the development work we'll
started l returned to Caracas and early I'm
1879 resumed my old confidential position with
President Crespo His term expired the fol-
lowing February and found that he had al
ready decided on General Ignacio Andra6e as
his successor. He had planned to continue as
dictator of the country a la Guzman, and spend
much of his idle time and money abroad. and
he wanted who could be relied on to
keep his organization intact and turn the Of
fee back to him at the end OF his term. for
the Venezuelan constitution prohibits presI-
dent from succeeding himself
The poems idolized Crespo, and he had such
a strong grip on the country that he was able
to carry out his plan. but with disastrous results
For a popular election 1t was the weirdest thing
that could be imagined
1t was Immediately followed by mutteripgs OF
discomfort from the better class of citizens and
on the night OF Andrades Inauguration General