HOLLAND AND VENEZUELA.
CABLE NEWS.
(United. Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright.
A BLOCKADE PROBABLE. IP-RESIDENT CASTRO ILL. (Received October 6, 9 a.m. CARACAS, October 5. President Castro, after informing tilhe .Venezuelan Senate that he had refused to receive Holland's second the expulsion of the Dutch Minister, had two attacks of hemorrhage of the lungs. Tie was carried..to his home.in a helpless con■diiiion. It is expected that Holland will blockade,La Guayra and Maracaibo eaaiiy in November next. The dismissal of the Dutch Minister at Caracas was due to an article he wrote for a Dutch paper declaring that (President Castro's dictatorial iregiuie was .leading t') the decadence .of Venezuela. Subsequently the United States, in consequence of a dispute with .President Castro, deputed tii iHolland the .task of blockading the Venezuelan coast. Pi»e3idenJACastro's sudden" illnesss has a historic .parallel in thee&aecaf the gmeat .EarJ of Chatham, whq, when it was proposed to make peace on any .terms with the American colonies, wentito the rHouse of Commons, and by address se ■ cured a aaaagwiity .against the motion. But, exhausted:b.y speaking, he fell back dying (into the arms of his frienda. The .end ..came on May 11th, ; 1778- !
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3011, 7 October 1908, Page 5
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194HOLLAND AND VENEZUELA. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3011, 7 October 1908, Page 5
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