A PROCLAMATION BY CASTRO.

Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 12177, 29 January 1903, Page 2

A PROCLAMATION BY CASTRO.

SACRED SOIL. In" ic'- special^ ' tetegram^ %&&~ : &b Guayra, Mthe "New York ' Herald"* 1 , re cenlrJl gSvg ithl teTl of a maaollpito issttcd by President Castro :— y . J 1 "Theiinsblerij-'feet^of fo^eign^|iaye profatied'the sacred c "soiF 6$ "Venezuela. j It is, a remarkable act in the history of .civilised' x&titiris; and without! prfi^ 1 cedent and possible justification.' It is a barbarous' ac'{,/an kttempt against the ; ratost rudimentary principles of nations. -It is an ignoble, act/ because it, is the fVuit.of an "immoral'^and bow" : ardjy coalition ,of; force „ an 4, g"erfiay.'i' Such is the a"et' HKat has been realisecl| •^n the anchoring . ground in La^Guayra" harbour,^ W %w rf^,M , && German and English* s4 uadr ? ns stlr " prised, ,and t£ok . simtijtaneb\iflly and« conjointly "three ■ ; $efcwpfflJ^tf* l W«lffflHpßP f of our navy, whlcV wSfe - in^o-'ck^ and undergoing repairs'. '"* ' ; ' '.' * '"The Venezuelans* . contest 'is ;unequal, because these outrages have' * been perpetrated by two v of tho lhdst powerful nations upon tlvis counllry of * ours, which has sclarcaly roVoV eretff from long an 4 painful .struggles; and' why has it been done in fcuch a treaIcherous 1 ' manner? ' Surely Venezuela cannot stand, such an. insolent ailock,. since these nations have not proceeded according* to the rules in similar cases. But justice is on our Wide. The God jof nations, who inspired Bolivar and the' heroes who were associated with him in the great work of giving us at tne'cosjb of ..great .sacrifices, liberty, and independence; will •be; with tvs in the decisive irioments: "He. will inspire us, and help us .in strong' sacrifice, and in the great work of assuring the national independence/* > . -s.