Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1908 — GOMEZ NAMES NEW MINISTERS [ARTICLE]

GOMEZ NAMES NEW MINISTERS

Removes All of Castro’s lea • From Cabinet COUNTRY IS IN FERMENT Venezuelan President’s Proclamation Now Is Regarded as Hie Farewell Message to Hl* Country—Letters Received at Port of Bpaln Tell es Plot to Assassinate General Bello and of the Execution of the Conspl* ra*>rs. Port of Bpa!n, Trinidad. Dec. 22. — Vice President J. Vicente Gomez, to whom General Ciprlano Castro handed over the presidency on his departure for Europe, has established a new government in Venezuela. He has replaced tbe old ministry, tbe leader of which was Dr. Jose de Jesus Paul, the minister of foreign affairs, who has been the one figure outside of Castro bimself in the negotiations that culminated in the ousting of Minister de Reus and the severance of diplomatic relations with Holland, with new men. Not only has Dr. Paul disappeared from the counsels of the nation, but Dr. Baldo. who is now traveling tn Castro's suite abroad, also has been removed from his official position as minister of educaton. Secret advices received from Car* cas indicate that th'e whole of Venezuela has been in a ferment ever since President Castro sailed, and that the crisis was reached when it became necessary for Acting President Gomez to eliminate from his cabinet those who were closely affiliated with the Castro rule. Before leaving Castro gave utterance to what might be taken as a farewell message: “The Venezuelan nation is already on the road to true prosperity and greatness because of the strict fulfillment of obligations and the sound conditions of the revenues, and because of the state of peace which we enjoy and which it is your duty to maintain, that my work may endure." Letters tell of the discovery of a plot to assassinate General Bello, commander of Fort San Carlos at Marm caibo. The conspirators were captured and shot.