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Show ARMY OF REVOLUTION AT GATES OF CARACAS Preparations Being Made by Castro's Governiiient to " Repel Expected Attack. defensive measures are being pushed. I The blockaders have notified the La Guayra authorities that If they see Venezuelan soldiers in town they will shell the fort. This notification is inexplicable inex-plicable to the La Guayra authorities, as Venezuelan soldiers occasionally pass in the streets on their way to fight the revolutionists. La Guayra residents look upon the notification as a new tack of the Germans to assist the Ma-tos Ma-tos revolution and are asking, "Where is the peaceful blockade?" CARACAS, Feb. 4. An army of revolutionists rev-olutionists is now almost at the gates of Caracas, and everywhere in the city preparations are being made . to repel an attack. Trenches are being dug and citizens are being drafted into the military ranks. Animals - are being seized for the Government service. President Castro is as cool as the proverbial cucumber, and is displaying a. tireless energy. He Is on horseback day and night directing the defensive operations. Despite the dark outlook, many persons per-sons believe that the Government will triumph over the divided revolutionary leadership and the unsoldierly crowds of the Insurrection. The Matos revolution revo-lution has at last reached a point where some decisive action must take place within a Very few days. Bulletins . of victory and defeat are now being circulated in Caracas as a result of the .fighting just south of the capital. These-bulletins are not trustworthy. trust-worthy. The -significant feature Is that |