AN OPERA BOUFF REVOLUTION.

Evening Star, Issue 11675, 6 February 1902, Page 6

AN OPERA BOUFF REVOLUTION.

Prau Association—;Bj Tu&fctapb—Cogrigfcl NEW~YORK, FefanJ& (Received February 6, at 1.8 aJ) It is reported that a Venezuelan gtboat sank the Libertador while she was repriog her boiler* at Puerto Columbia. [The above vessel has a history wife jg as serio-comical as the alleged revotabh at which she is taking part—a rebeflkfifchat General Castro, over a month ago, duteVl to be crushed. Originally known asthe Banrigh, the British Government wfwj to clear this vessel, as she was said to kve contraband of war aboard for the Bjrs. This proved to be inaccurate, and the knrigh started on her errand of mercjto Central America, there to aid the cans of liberty as represented by the Revohrtiojry party. Venezuela promptly captured he boat, and rechristened her the Libertair. Germany then made certain claims an Venezuela, which the Government offid to meet by a payment of £2,000 aadje abondcnment of "the, libertador nee Bkrigh. The captain, however, proceededta his own account to clear out of reach, u the Venezuelan gunboats being short J ooal could not catch up with h*™ 1* Libertador lauded a cargo of arms for i hungry patriots of Barcelona, and then a kindly 'captured a Venezuelan gsnbos Now Venezuela returns the complimen and, so it is said, captures the LJbertadoj Meanwhile the "revolution," officially di dared to be crushed, continues to give hirtl to several more or less authentic engage ments by sea and land.] j