Show CIVIL WAR IN VENEZUELA dispatches say that a civil war has bag broken out is ia Venezuela one of the latin american republics this is one of the countries which has refused to enter into trade reciprocity with the united states it has an area of square miles an extent of territory equal to about texas new mexico arizona colorado and utah its population Is ia about of which less thun than half a million are pure indians the country lies entirely within the torrid zone its southern boundary extends about two degrees south of the equator it Is ia rich in pastoral and mineral lands it is traversed by 1059 rivers the largest of which h Js is the orinoco the source of this river has never yet been explored by any civilized person venezuela exports annually about worth of coffee worth of cocoa and of bides the estimated number of cattle is put at head on the coast the climate to is hot and more or less sick sickly LI 1 l but on the high table lands it is co cool 0 1 and delightful the temperature never 71 degrees F the present trouble is said to have originated over a conflict between state and federal authority the government is modelled modeller model led bAL after ours but with greater powers vested in the various state legislature several of these states contend tat they can withdraw altogether from the federation if they so desire the history of the country shows shown that it has been a turbulent one during the sixty two years of its independence it has been ruled by three dictators it has had three successful revolutions and innumerable revolts and factional wars ware there are other authorities who claim that england has something to do with the present struggle venezuela is bounded on the southeast by british guiana some very rich gold mines have been discovered in the territory contiguous to guiana and the british claim it as theirs about a year ago trouble seemed imminent between both countries it Is thought now that england will be called on to arbitrate in the present domestic misunderstanding and that she will then settle the boundary question the presidents name is palacio he is in seeking a reelection election re he succeeded guzman blanco who held the presidency for three dermat it is said that blanco la Is aiding the insurgents and looking to a resumption of power he is worth while president he built a railroad from la guyra to Carac casa distance of twenty miles mile the natives would not give up their mules and burros and the road was about to become a failure blanco issued a proclamation prohibiting transportation por tation by mule power then his road got trade the natives began to wreck trains iraln blanco again issued a proclamation ordering the arrest of any person found within half a mile of the spot where an attempt at wrecking had been made and also imprisonment for one mouth month sixty sixt y persons were made victims of this order it stopped the wrecking and the railroad to is now a success |