Show MMES MAIS SERIOUS CHARGES CHARGE AGA DICTATOR CASTRO asphalt company justifies its attempt to overthrow the venezuelan government new 1 ork that high officials in the ven ui lan ian gohei bovein n including eluding In presed nt castro do attempted to extort from the company the suni sum of lut aro are mado fiade lit in a statement glen out sun day by the new york dermedez asphalt company coni pany in ref reference trence to the suit euit brought by the gov eov remont for 11 damages fur dilding tiding in the matos rebellion the moans means used hy by these officials according to tho the allegation included blackmail of the tha corn coin banys property prop eity the manufacture of false testimony and the making ol of decrees without regard to law ilia al legations made in tile the statement are based upon the matteis which it Is declared were mere lec elved from A P carner now nom receiver holding tile the comp company anys a property for the lau ian government but alin ft ho in 1900 was waa the companas comp anys agent at caracas and the bo representative of colonel victor 31 dueling abo was sent to vene 2 zuela tiela in 1900 as an independent ag agent nt by the asphalt company the statement concludes with an exhaustive ro alev ale of what it describes as ai the asphalt company a actual ie lations to the revolution in this conn conned edlon ion it Is explained that vas naps given to general matos by tho officials or of the national asphalt company on the he generals general 8 re quest I 1 urther sums bums aggregating 30 were paid the statement says to guarantee protection of the corn coin panya pi opert at a time ahen bon the territory lit in N which aich the com company a pi op elev is located was la in the control of 0 the revo revolutionists ii on t the statement maintains that the company nt at all times observed absolute abbo luto lute neutrality even going to the extent of paying customs detles to both the he govern ment and when tho the custom houses were controlled by tho the in ili burgents sur genta gentS |