THE FALLEN DICTATOR.
CASTRO RETURNS TO PARIS.
SHUT • OUT OF AMERICA.
By Telegraph.— Association.—Copyright.
Paris, April 27. Ex-President Castro, of Venezuela, has returned to Paris. He is virtually excluded from the Western Hemisphere, having been refused a landing on British, French, United States, and Venezuelan territory.
j Caracas, April 27. President Gomez, the successor of ex-President Castro, has liberated all those arrested when Castro was deposed, including those connected with the plot against President Gomez's life. .
Castro, the dethroned dictator of Venezuela, made a dramatic but. unavailing effort to recover his power. When he left Venezuela for Europe as President, Castro took the precaution of depositing enormous sums to his credit in European banks. He was deposed in his absence, and the numerous quarrels in which he had involved Venezuela with several Powers were adjusted. Castro, however, who had gained his earliest success by heading revolutionists in a march on the capital, set to work to plan another revolution in his favour. A movement was started among his old adherents in the Orinoco district, Castro promising them one-half of his fortune in the event of the revolution succeeding. Four steamers were fitted out at Antwerp for an expedition to the Venezuela coast, and were laden with arms and ammunition. Their arrival was secretly awaited at a spot which was decided upon,; and Castro himself hastened to Venezuela to place himself at the head of his followers. Misfortune, however, was in store for him. The authorities at Trinidad refused to allow him to land, and he was compelled to proceed to the French settlement of Martinique. . Even there he was not allowed to remain, but was ordered at once to go aboard : a French steamer at Fort de Franoe, bound for Teneriffc. Castro sought to obtain'a respite by pretending to be ill. The authorities, howover, were obdurate, whereupon the exPresidcnt refused to leave his bed, declaring that ho was suffering from intolerable pain in the abdomen and kidneys. He was then placed on a stretcher, and was . carried on board the steamer clothed only in his underwear, and protesting loudly against his removal. With his departure from the "West Indies all danger of revolution was for the present at an end, though it is unlikely that the last has been heard of this remarkable man. In going to Paris to enjoy his stolen millions, ho is following the example of one of his notorious predecessors (Senor Blanco).
THE FALLEN DICTATOR.
New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14047, 29 April 1909, Page 5
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