Garland Globe | 1906-12-29 | Page 2 | Castro of Venezuela Has Not Long to Live

CASTRO OF VENEZUELA HAS NOT LONG TO LIKE Aspiring Politicians Are Waiting for the Little Dictator to Die to Start Another Revolution, Port of Spain. Latest Caracas advices ad-vices Indicate that President Castro is much worse nnd it is oven claimed that ho cannot live moro thau a week longer. Should ho dlo First Vico President Gomez will Immediately as-sumo as-sumo tho presidency, nnd will bo supported sup-ported by a lorge section of tho army. A very Inrgo element of tho country, including tho Andlnos, mountaineer supporters of Castro, however, will bo opposed to Gomez. Efforts to settlo tho difficulties of Gomez's party and tho party headed by General Alcan tara, president of tho state of Aragua, have railed. Alcantara has accumulated accumu-lated a largo army and considerable war material, and Is determined not to rccognlzo Gomez, but to rniso a revolution to obtain tho presidency.' Meanwhile tho rebel forces headed by General Rafael Montllla aro dally increasing In strength. Tho condition of Venezuela Is deplorable. Outrages by bandits nre Increasing dally and tho country is threatened with anarchy.