Salt Lake Tribune | 1913-08-03 | Page 2 | State Department is Sorely Puzzled

j : ' STATE DEPARTMENT Ml v! IS SORELY PUZZLED ) WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. Cipriauo H , Castro's return to Veuczuela: followed HtfU , by today's dispatches of his seizure H, of officials of the government at Coro, ' present to the state department another H'ij. t Latin-American puzzle, anything but a I ' ' welcome addition to those already pend- While Secretary Bryan today de-dined de-dined absolutely to outline the altitude : . of the United States toward Castro, the d:iyi developments made it evident lr( j Hiat the United-States was getting t:yj into touch with the situation, ''i.t Henry F. Tcnnant of New York was HB !. 4 I'omiDa'ied for !ecretar3' of the lega- H.jr1 t'on at Caracas and will hurry to Hi ' jj Venezuela on the protected cruiser Dos 1 ! I Moines, sailing from Brunswick, G-a., for La Guaira Monda3. Tho legation now is in charge of a clerk. Secretary Bryan, after a conference with W. V. Russell, late ministor to the Dominican republic, 'and once ministor min-istor to Venezuela during Castro's regime, announced that he expected soon to announce the appointment of a new American minister to Venezuela, succeeding Elliott Northcutt, resigned. Many believed Mr. Russell would bo the man. The state department received practically no official information of Castro's activities late today. The Benatc later confirmed the appointment ap-pointment of Henry F. Tcnnant, giving ; immediato legality to his designation as secretary and chargo do affaires at I Caracas.