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Show CASTRO EXPELLED I French Government Will Have IH None of "The Common Enemy of Peace." DEFIANCE AND PROTESTS H AVAIL NOTHING AT ALL Former President of Venezuela Carried to Boat on Stretcher; Will Not Walk. FORT DE' FRANCE, April'lO. Ci- priano Castro, ox-president of Vene- 1, r.ucln, was expelled tonight from tho " island of Martinique by tho French government. Ho protested lo the last against his expulsion, but his protests were in vain. Ho is now on board tho Frouch liner Versailles, bound for Sl. IH Nazai re. -pflicial notice was served on Castro ' this morning of tho decision of the jH ' French government that he must leave IH the island within nine hours froui the IH receipt of such notice and that the com-missary com-missary of police at Fort dc France. had been charged with the execution (if jH the order. The ex-president was fu- jH rious, and strove throughout the day U nH find some excuse that would bo satisfac- lory io the colonial government where- jH by he would uot be compelled to obe.y jH the order, and to this end late today he summoned a lawyer and physician t jH to verity that he was unable to leave the co mi try. No Mercy Shown. JH The governor of Martinique and tin, jH public prosecutor, however, refused an IH extension of time, and about 5 o'clock IH the commissary of police, accompanied IH by a largo force of gendarmes, pro- jH reeded to the hotel where Castro way IH stopping to removo him, forcibly if IH necessary, io tho stcamor. Tho affair created a groat sensation, and long before tho police made their H appearance at the hotel crowds had v H gathered which later were' joined by IH the consuls representing the variou3 H foreign powers, who showed great in- H terest in tho expulsion of what one of '1 tli out termed "the common oiicmy of Jl Castro, who during his few days at , H Fort de France has had very Uttle com- H uiunication with anybody, locked him IH self 111 his room in company with his brother, Cnrmclio, and his secretary, H and for a time refused to reply to tho '1 summons of tho police official. The po- ' H lice hesitated to break in the door anil lf finally decided to submit the matter NB again to Governor Fourneau, but the . IH governor absolutely refused to permit H any delay, and he ordered Castro re- H moved by force of arms. Ho also gave H orders that the Versailles romain iu port H until Castro would be put aboard. H It becamo necessary for the police H and gendarmes to take rigid measures H to hold in check the crowds that had H by 'this time becomo riotous outsido o H tho hotel. Dofiancc Is in Vain. H The ex-president railed against the H French government and the local an- iH thorities, denouncing them for forcing H upon him the alternative of deportation IH or imprisonment for six months. Ho IH declared that he would not budge and IH that it would be necessary to take him H ou board of the steamer on a stretcher. H This tho commissarv of police, who fin- jH ally entered Castro's room, with an cs- JH cort of gendarmes, prepared to do. but IH Castro's lawyer took steps to find tlio H chief justice, and at the very last mo- H ir.ent the governor and public prosccu- H tor decided to havo another medical jH examination made. . IH Accordingly a .medical commission composed of Drs. Bouvier, Costct and IH Darbe .proceeded with the examination IH in order to establish definitely if Cas- jH tro's health were such that he could IH make tho voyage. The consultation of H tho physicians lnsted more than half an H hour, and thoy agreed that the life of H the ex-president would not bo cudan- gored by his romoval lo the steamer H and the return voyage across tho jH Rosult of Examination. IH Prof. R:cci. however, who was a pas-seuger pas-seuger with Castro on the Guadaloupn H on the trip from Bordeaux to this port., iH was the original authority for the state- 1 ment that during the voyage the wound H resulting from the operation on Castro 1 in Germany had shown signs of suppu- H ration, but the final examination of Ilia H physicians this evening seemed to in- H dicatc that the former president is in H quite as henlthv condition as when h-j B left France on March 2G. At half past S o'clock a force of gen- dnrmes went to Castro's room and ha was placed on a mattress, he refusing to JBBVI put on his clothes, and was carried on a BBVH stretcher to the steamer, a distance of more than a mile. A large number of BBVB the population hnd assembled by this VH time, and a roat (ic;li 0f sympathy was BpBVH expressed for the former president. Tho BVBVJ latter complained of great suffering and VH everv movement of tho stretcher seemed ttVBVH io give him further pain. Ho has pre- BKVKVJ pared a protost which will be sont to the French government tomorrow. VH Tho Versailles left here at 9 o'clock, BBBH and measures have been taken to keep a careful watch 011 Castro during tho vov-age. vov-age. The colonial government intends lo put down anv sympathetic demonstra- BftJftV lion that may be made on shoro. BVBVJ Castro's brother will remain here for BVhVJ the present, but it is thought ho will BVBVH join Seuora Castro at La Guaira if sho BVBVJ is permitted to land at that port, BVBa The United States cruiser North Car- mBVBVI olina arrived hero at -1 o'clock this aft- BVBVBV crnoou, and is still in the roadstead. BBpHB ' THREE WOFmLD POWERS I HH I IN CONCERTED ACTION H I Tho governments of the United States, Great Britain and France rc- . . , BVBVBV eently united to tako concerted action , H against ex-Prusidcnt Cnstro, who had H declared his intention of returning to 1 ,1 CASTRO EXPELLED FROM MARTINIQUE Continued From Page One. Venezuela with designs on the presi-denc3'. presi-denc3'. Castro left Venezuela last November. Uo appointed Juan Viccnto Gomez, the first vice president, to take his placo as president. Within a month after the departure- of Castro, the Venezuelan government was .overturned, Gomez becoming be-coming the new president. Charges were made against Castro and ho was indicted, lie announced that ho would return to Venezuela, but tho Venezuelan government denied him the right to land. Eventually, however, it withdrew this prohibition, according him permission permis-sion to land, but at his own peril. Castro left Bordeaux March 2G on tho steamer Guadelopc, His intention was to take up a temporary residence at Trinidad, but tho British government refused to permit him to land at Point of Spain and ho was forced to leave tho ship at Fort do France. It is understood under-stood tho United States government communicated with the French authorities author-ities relntivo to tho deportation of the former president, and France, in ro-sponse, ro-sponse, issued an order to tho colonial authorities that Castro bo put. aboard the first steamer returning to France. Tho position of Castro is greatly complicated com-plicated b his expulsion from Martinique. Mar-tinique. LTad he been permitted to remain there he might havo made his way to some other region nor. far from Venezuela, Vene-zuela, where ho could have put his plansi for a movement against tho present government gov-ernment into execution. Ho could have reached any of tho Central American republics, of tho Danish Tndios, Hayti or Santo Domingo, but his deportation to Franco will put him in tho predicament predica-ment of a "cast-adrift" among the European countries. |