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. The Jwaggertng buccaneers of old have, , . ,Jor .M."" ."o his t predecessors, the tlunredin the din-kesi detths' of slaver and
or, as ata their ,more heroic tore .dentally quite a-number of corporations, bs with which he endowe
, to f inveigle: alien 'governments- into - the- throat and is choking .it, arid them into -' bulk of their descendants have
their depredatory schemes by force something approaching order land decency; efort to fit themselves for self
n , , . , Meanwhile he has restored internal I, despotism is the only alternative to
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I Xk Ii ' i He is today the riddle of American , gree with those that support his cause; but should
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This greed for ol J has been the most -
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rw ctfrwwj; o conspiracy; revolution and
;fivi7 w. hThe bravery and political ignor -
'present - President ofVeneuelAyCipriano CaS- a
peace,f thrown r the -mantle- of- ob -
livion as well as may be over a fro-
tricidalc.past, and upheld, -single r.
. handed against the great Powers of patriotic despot, who can maintain the peace .
the world, a flag that at one time ' so essential Jojhwelj 'art tof their country -
. . ' floated' over the greater :pdrtion of "is preferable -to government by a horde of
- 7 American continent. ' I corrupt and greedy , officials. .The' following
Indeed,rCastr6isoneoftheisa;sketch of the life, aims and idiosyncrasies--
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the tropical regions of 7 the new upon their choice 'iLyli'-'i
By Henry N. Hall 3
J ' VTTl IPKIANO CASTRO w ft little
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,Vt hose power is not to be meas-
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how he fought his way up from a lone "
, . pulperia on the slopes of the Andes to-.
.. the Presidenoy of Veneeuela reads more .
line a irgena on nge oi' cuitbuj
character is tucn tnat.oniy by a close-
range study of hfil acts, and ambitionk
can his curiously warped mentality-be
properly understood. V i ' .i V - '. z"3, '
' It would not be difficult to draw a
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world have produced) and though political s
of: administration; statemen -acknowledge his
diplomatic skill, and even hlf bitterest ene- .
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ignorance,- They neither, understood nor
d them. And as the
made little
government,
political
anarchy. w, . -v
The best class of Venezuelans recognize,
therefore, that the iron hand of a sincere and
; pafallel between Castro and Napoleon. v.Tbe Ven- A
iowly He ia alike ignorant o fear and)
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restraint,' equally Biuooorn ana inrewa. ''inrougo'
out hie career he haa been Berrod by fate to an ;
exient mat aunosc warrants nis oit-repeaiea aaser- -
tion that; he is a man of Destiny. Ilia attitude to-
wtrd the press and toward the fair sex are exactly
those of the Oorsican adTenturer, whom, curiously. ,
enoufrn, ne . resembles, even in sise. .
..laudation, he unrelentingly suppresses them. " 1
; In his' retreats at Los Teques and JIaracay. the
diversions of , Castro from the caret of state are
.nt "och as would appeal . to Mrs. Grundy; , and
'though he never abuses the gifts of Bacchus, he is
" aroent devotee of lerpsichore, and worships at
! . the. shrine of Venus with untiring fervor.
Castro combines the cunning of a savage
with the. sjrorlici ty ofachi Id . t.he.dli:on:
c,, . quering enthusiasm- of a Christian martyr ,
, with the sensuality of a Roman Emperor; the
; ' Unspeakable bravery of a Samurai with . , ;
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