Show CASTRO NEEDS SPANKING There are strong possibilities of trou trouble trouble trouble ble in the situa situation situation tion The sundering of diplomatic re relations relations relations lations between countries Is very often the signal for an outbreak of active hostilities Whether or not this will be bethe bethe bethe the case caDe In the present instance re remains remains mains to be seen The trouble grows groWS out of the attempts by President Castro to forfeit the fran franchises franchises franchises and interfere with the operation of the French Cable company Castro alleges that the company has failed to comply with certain conditions and the courts being baIng his creatures have sus sue sustained sustained tamed his view of the matter matt r A dis dispatch dispatch dispatch patch says the Venezuelan government had taken possession of several of the I offices when France Franc inter intervened intervened It is not possible at this distance to say whether France of Venezuela has the right of It If IC the French company secured cable franchises on specified conditions and failed to live up to them if as Castro claims the company gave active assistance to the Matos rebel rebellion rebellion rebellion lion then its franchises should be for forfeited or felted Castro however has been wrong so often that we are reluctant to believe he is right now The little fellow has been strutting around with a chip on his shoulder for fox several years More than once he has been saved from serious disaster by the intervention of the United States NOW Na it Is greatly to be b hoped that Mr vIr Roosevelt will keep his hands off Cas Car Castro Castro Cartro tro meeds needs a whipping as badly as a spoiled child that th t cries for candy Hell be better off and Venezuela will be bet better better better ter off ot for a small trouncing In the event ev nt of hostilities between the republics there need be no fear of a vio violation violation yb lation of the Monroe doctrine France could be given to understand at the outset that she would not be permitted to acquire any Venezuelan territory and that is about as far as the United L States would have any recognized au authority authorIty authority to go This country is to some extent re responsible responsible responsible for f r the present situation Mr r attitude has encouraged I Castro and the other South American L republics to believe that they can do dc exactly ex as they please about their for foreign foreign eign ign obligations A wholesome lesson lessor L to Castro the dead beat would furnish L La a splendid example to other nations Though we are re opposed to violent measures they are necessary In some cases cases and this seems to be one of them theme e |