"AN INTERNATIONAL NUISANCE."
A leading Home journal, which describes President Castro, of Venezuela, as "an international nuisance," remarks:—"President Castro is a highly interesting personality. Nine years ago he was an obscure politician who sat in the Federal Senate of Venezuela for the remote Andine State of El Tachira. The Senator could not or would not pay his taxes, and his cattle were seized to make good his default. That was the real starting-point in his career. He went into rebellion with a handful of followers, marched against Caracas, seduced the 6,000 well-armed troops of President Andrade, who prudently put to sea in 'the navy,' and installed himself provisionally at the
Yellow Hoube. There he has since remained, ruling Venezuela with a hand of iron, trampling under foot the plainest obligations of international right, and treating with insolence the remonstrances of all Powers who seek redress for the grievances of their subjects."
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9185, 7 September 1908, Page 4
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151"AN INTERNATIONAL NUISANCE." Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9185, 7 September 1908, Page 4
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