Show REBELLION IN VENEZUELA the elections resulted in an open engagement ga NEW starch march 18 A cablegram from caracas venezuela to the herald announces that the opposition to president palacio Ia lacio resulted in an open war and a bloody en engagement was fought between a body of revolutionists and the tile government troops so far aa as learned the ad advantage cantale rents rests with the government covern ment but the tile fear is 9 generally ex expressed that this is but the beginning I 1 n g 0 01 a long and desperate tn right t for r C control 0 of the country which ill may may result in the losa loss of many lives an and d again plunge the republic into chaos irom from w which ich it is iagust just be beginning Inning to emerge the particulars of the cattle attle are meagre and it is impossible to tell the number engaged or the it has been an open secret that a fight would follow the elections and both parties have been preparing arest prest palacio used wied every possible means to retain the power ana anu strengthen Pien his position while the opponents e also were busily engaged la in recruiting and arming themselves in anticipation of the final struggle the national elections have been V postponed ost by palacio from time to time this boned said to be because the government forces are not yet quite alto prepared ex president blanco tet as aard d to be back of the revolutionary movement his ills followers for several years have been plotting for the overthrow of thoresent thy the present resent g government ent and the restoration 0 of ji the 1 I 1 e d dictator C ator T they hey are well sop sap plied t 1 k arms arm and money the correspondent re I 1 de n teays davs tie the situation ia is critical ilan A N valparaiso alp araism cable says the chilean bark reina a M a ogerita arrived there bringing three sailors from front the tile british ship crown of italy from liverpool to san kran francisco cisco wa which 1 ich was wrecked off case cape san IN diego december captain a tain greenbank reen bank it ins t s family and the rema remainder arnder of tho the crew ara are on 0 11 staten islaub with argentine lighthouse keepers they have no food except seals and hill ish the captain writes the british consul asking for help as the argentine relief steamer has not been there since december it Is feared she is lost also |