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Show VENEZUELAN MINISTER HAS HIS PAY CUT OFF i fsi)taf s g HERNANDEZ HAS BEEN1 TAKEN FEOM POST. . - . PORT OP SPAIN. Trinidad, 0 March 2. Gen. Hernandes ("El Mo- 0 cho"). Venesuelan Minister to the 0 United Statea, has been recalled, for political reasons. President Castro Takes Snap Judgment on His Representative at the ! , National Capital. ' NEW YORK, March t It is Uted ber. that the Venezuelan legation in Washington will be closed because President Castro has stopped the salary of Minister Hernandez, who, howeyej, has not been recalled. . . This la said to have' been brought about through a letter to the fiscal agents here of the Venezuelan Government Govern-ment instructing them not to pay the General's salary, aa heretofore, on the first of each month. Augusto F. Puildo, who has been secretary sec-retary of the legation for several years, suffers only half as much' as hl chief, for he is to continue in his present office of-fice at $230 a month Instead of $160. Nicholas Hernandez. . a son . of the General, who is an under-secretary, has already secured other employment in Philadelphia. . Up to last summer Venezuela had been without" a Minister at Washington during four year PuUdo reported the Interests of the republic as secretary, with headquarters n a. Washington boarding-house.' . , "' |