Show MANIFESTO FROM CASTRO I President Venezuela Appeals to His t Countrymen New York Dec 15The following Presidential Ii I Pres-idential S manifesto Is now being profusely I dlotrlbutcd here says a World dispatch l from Caracas Another act of very grave nature on tUo part of the perfidious foreigner han just been effected against the city of Puerto Cabello vhs I the bombardment of that port by tho combined fleets of England I Eng-land and Germany without any previous declaration of war or the fulfillment of any of the formalities cslubllHhod by law for Harrying on an net of force t It la no longer nn act against the I Government aid tho people of Venezuela J but against the general principles of civ ilization and against those nations who I have Valuable nsaela J In that port and who thcreforp have a perfect right to expect tho fulfillment of the necessary formalities In such cases which were utterly ut-terly Ignored aa no limo was given for F tho withdrawal of women and children IL from the anger of tho bombardmcn Thlu not only Is cowardly but it Is an Insult to nil the nations nail 1 denounce t It ns such In tho nunio of the principle I of civilization professed by Venezuela The august shades of our liberators ci arc no doubt rising from their tombs ma Jeotlc and severe to wakun In the Venezuelans Vene-zuelans In the solemn moments the love at their country which Is i onco more un I der painful trIal I I call on you to answer to their oum mono |