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Show ENVOY TO VENEZUELA I William I. Uuchanan, who has gone to Vone- H ?? zucla on tho United Stntcs cruiser North Caro- H rfg&pJF3 linn, Is carrying In his Insldo pocket credentials MffiZS? 'rom t'1'8 government as n special commissioner. wBglg Ho Is, according to the announcement officially jEjvf r!3 given out In Washington, to look Into conditions H wiffi f? in Cnstro'B doorynrd and report. But there Is a W r wcll-doflncd suspicion In tho minds of many H "sa I nowspnper readors that ho Is likely to go furthor 'jfSl tnnn lllnt' Tll temper of Uncle Sam's present jAx. ' administration toward Castro has been ot a sort H vjfvf lately to Justify tho suggestion that Vlco-Presl- H fJfejijrfCftw dont Gomez, acting president of Vonozuola dur- H fMWi lng Castro's absence, would find It very easily W'WSmjS arranged to sccuro tho strongest Bort of support lywwSwSy VVW fr0ni tho United States ln cnao ho should decide to defy tho absent executive, grab tho throno, H turn out tho remaining few of Castro's ministers, lieutenants, Judges and frlonds, and enter Into tho right sort of a trado and reciprocal agreement with this country. Buchnnnn's diplomatic ability has been polished and finished by his con- ncctlon with sovcral world's fairs. In fact, this especial form of amusemont 1 has becomo almost a passion with htm. Ho first contracted tho habit ln 1890, when ho was named by Iowa as Its membor of tho World's Columbian H commission which had charga of tho Chicago fair. Ho was at tho head of V sovcral allied departments of that exposition. Ho was director general of tho Pan-American exposition at Buffalo ln 1901, and has been connected in some H capacity or other, actual or honornry, with most of tho other big fairs held H hero. Incidentally, ho was our first minister to Panama. fl |