Show pres dent castro a conceit many stories have been told of cipriano castro president ot of la a and of his monumental conceit during the russo japanese war the fall of port arthur was being ex to him pshaw he exclaimed with venezuelans I 1 could have taken it in four days with a thousand in one day your excellency said the diplomatic rep of a european power castro was so pleased at what was wag intended to be sarcasm that it Is said the diplomat succeeded next dai in securing satisfaction of a claim that his government had been vainly pressing for fox yeara years |