The chronicle=news., 1914-06-25
ANOTHER REVOLUTION ON IN VENEZUELA

Caracas, June 25.-The long-pre-
dicted revolution, headed by General
Jose Manuel Hernandez. has started.
ut least on paper. The proclamation
calling the Venezuelans to arms is
dated in Trinidad on May 22. and was
published In the principal newspa-
pers OF Caracas on this same date by
order Of the government. Never be-
fore has the government taken upon
itself the task Of distributing revo-
lutionary literature. DR.. Marquex
Bustillos. provisional president 81
Venezuela. has evidently done this to
show that the government IL not
afraid of General Hernandez and
that everybody should know what
the revolutionists have to say against
the present regime. The proclama-
tion closes with these words:
Companions: Victory will be
with us. due to the Justice of our
cause. our bravery. decision and en-
ergy. Gsd will bless our army be-
cause It will mean the salvation of
noble and innocent people who have
been sacrificed by the ferocity Of in
iquitous oppressors. Now or never.
am sure that all Of you will rise to
the height Of honor and duty as good
patriots. worthy citizens and discip-
lined soldiers. The fate of the faith
erland is in your hands; remember
that you will have to give an account
ing to God, to the world and to his
tory"
General Hernandez has been the
leader of several unsuccessful revolts
in the past. He has expatriated dur
ing the latter years of the presidency
of General Cipriano Castro. but re-
turned when General Gomez became
president five years ago and served
the Gomez government for several
years as member Of the federal
council. Feigning illness he went to
Europe two years ago and shortly
afterwards announced his intention
of leading a revolution to overthrow
the Gomez regime. The principal ex-
patriated Venezuelan generals who
are supposed to be in league with
General Hernandez are: General
Cipriano Castro. whose revolution Of
last August failed from the very
start; General Leopoldo Baptisa. a
late member OF the federal council
who vanished secretly from -Fene-
suela year ago. and General Regulo
Olivares. recently governor of the
state, of Tachira. az
The call to arms is based on the
alleged usurpation of g2Ter by Cen
eral Gomez on the expiration of the
presidential period On April 9. when
his minister of war was elected pro-
visional president and he himself
commander -in-chief of the army, as
the constitution prohibited two sue
dessive terms as president. General
Hernandez says: r.,
THE nation has been supporting.
with heroic patience. the yoke of ex-
tortions and scandalous thieving. to
which it has been subjected by this
man General Gomez) because 1t ex-
pected that the last remains of de-
cency or Of hypocritical circumspec-
tion on the part of the tyrants would
have put an end to its long suffering,
without the necessity of taking up
arms-but Gomez and his advisors
mfstook patience for cowardice; pru-
depce of weakness; offers of ad-
hesion obtained by threats of torture
and dungeons, for loyalty; love of
peace for implicit approval of his
despotic regime; and the servile ap-
plause Of few spectators for the
free vote of the people. They began
to believe themselves the absolute
owners of Venezuela. and in the blind
fury of an ambition and avarice
without bounds they decided to con-
summate the most scandalous stroke,
ferocious and absolute crime: the
oieaNihS uoWA VI lHe lhSLiIutioAo
and the execution of the fatherland
without even the pretense of trial.
In Venezuelan history. with all the
unhappiness which darkens its pages.
there never has been anything quite
so grotesque. so open-faced and au-
dacious, as this shameful plan by
which Gomez and his hangers-on
have attempted to continue the most
barbarous despotism that has been
seen on the whole American conti-
nent from the day of its discovery.
The proclamation then goes on to
enumerate the successive steps which,
beginning with the Castro revolution
of last year. led up to the suspension