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Show ! COTO IS CONVINCED TIT HE' IS ANOTHER HflPOLEON ' ' Former President of Venezuela Loaves Paris for Country In Which He Has Been Dethroned De-throned and Discredited. Paris. Clprlano Castro, the former president of Venezuela and tho mom-bors mom-bors or his party left this city Thursday Thurs-day morning for Bordeaux. At tho railroad station Senor Castro-confided to a Bmall group of Venezuelan Ven-ezuelan adherents and admirers his intention of ro-cstablishing his power In Vonezuela by a revolution, should this bo noccssary. After entering tho car, where ho donned tho gilt embroidered em-broidered skull cap that has figured In every description or Castro when ho wns an occupant of tho yellow house nt Caracas, tho deposed president presi-dent of Vonezuela leaned from a window win-dow nnd spoke to his countrymen with au enrnestnoss and paBslon which loft no doubt In their minds that ho was convinced that ho, was another Napoleon Na-poleon returning rrom Elba to reconquer recon-quer his country. Castro declared that his trip to Europo had beon misunderstood both at homo and abroad. Ho had come to tho continent not only becauso ho needed medical treatment, but also to sorvo his country by Interesting foreign capital In Venezuelan Industries. Indus-tries. Ho spoko bitterly ot tho treachery or Junn Vicente Gome, nnd predicted that thoso now In control con-trol or tho stato would drlvo tho country coun-try Into bankruptcy. In conclusion, Castro denounced as lies tho stories ot his fabulous wealth nnd said ho wns not oven rich enough to romain in Europe, where, furthermore, further-more, ilfo had no attractions for him. His impassioned nature he oxplalncd, yearned for activity and forced him ngaln Into tho tumult. |