740 



JEZUKLA. 



said that the widespread impression that the 

 ottoersof the Charon desm i the success of tin* 



Republican part) must have a foundation HI 



.md mail. "f Truths." t |,,. 



fist of which "<: -That a trust is imposed 



upon each citizen in a fnv country to act |.ln- 



own judgment and ibfofatoly 



iii.. n. ecclesiastical or 



, " . 



l',.|.ulists nominated Hrt. 



II. o. 

 f.-r Auditor. T. I., .L.n.-s for Tr .. 



y-General. an. I I. T. 



Alvt.nl fr Superintendent of PuLlic Instrue-- 



! loll. 



arose whether women 



\o|r at III, 



and on the adoption of tin- Constitution, and 

 \\helher they \v. ., , il,, , . I v. 



cided in tip 



The entire IJepuLli.'aii ticket was chosen. The 



\\ . Us, K. pii 

 20.888; Caine. Dem.. mi. IV.P.t; l.av. 



PopoJ 



OM the adoption of tin- prop, is,., | r..nxti- 



tin- rote stood: Yea, 81,805; i 



V 



\ | \ | /I M \. .-. . ral republic in South 

 America, formed in 1880 bv the secession of tin- 

 former Spanish colonv ! nadu from 

 the state found. -d l.y BUBMB Bolivar. Th< - 



: innnU-rs. 3 from each Statr. and a 

 .imposed of 68 mem- 

 bers, elected by direct popular vote for four 

 Tears. The presidential term i^ four years. 

 The President is Gen. Joaquin Crespn. The 

 Coun.-il of Ministers was com POM -,1 in tin- W-iii- 

 f 1805 as follows: Interior. i;.-n. .1. Ua- 

 '1 . . -ijiiial llo- 



ias; \Var and Marine. (J.-n. Manion (, 

 Treasury, Fabrici<> Coiide; Public Instruction, 

 -in : Foinento. (i-n. Augusto 

 Lutowsky;I'uhli<-\V<,rk, David Leon. Tl 



ral was Gen. Jos4 Antonio Velutini. 



Duriiij Dr. .1. F. Castillo became Min- 



f tin- Interior: Dr. Lucio Pulid... Minister 



11 Affairs; M. \. >'aiis. Mini- 

 the Treasury; Dr. A. I'rl.aneia. Minister of 

 Public Instruction; (,,-n. .lac-into Lara. MiniMer 

 of l-'oinento; and .1. M. Mauri-me, Minister of 

 I'al.lio Works; while Dr. .1. U. Nun.-/, was made 

 Secretary General. In Dec.mher the Cabinet 

 was reconstructed again, when K/.cquial Roias 

 r.-t timed to the Ministry of 

 riqne Perei became Finance Mini-t.-r. liru/nal 

 Serrm was appoint. -.1 Mini>t-r of Public Works. 

 Federico Cntrenos Minister of Instruction, and 

 TosU Garcia became Minister of Fomento. 



The estimated area is 598.948 square miles. 

 The population in 1891 was Th. 



numl i^ners was 42396. Th.- native 



Indian population u estimated at 826.000, of 

 ili/ed. Caracas, the cap- 

 ital, had 72.4:31 inhabitants in 1 



Iu.anreti.-The budget for 1895-'96 esti- 

 mates the revenue at 84.179.990 bolivars, or 

 franc*, of which 88388,000 are derived from im- 

 pnrt duties, 182.000 from other custom- duties. 

 &.000.000 from internal-revenue taies. 

 &.1 7VJWO fn.ra incomes. The expenditures of 

 the various departments are estimated as follow : 



ent- ' ;]'*i\ : ] met ion. :;. 



Public Works, M87.108 . Pfnaaoe, 11.- 

 War nd Marino. 4.- iivars: 



l. 34.179^90 bolivars. The public debt in 

 Itjwiinted to 13*371^78 bolivars, of which 

 M74 bolivars represent the consolidated 



^JJIii^L tfr win? 5 ** r f 



; 20.009,080 bolivars, a new internal 6- 



Ellt, loan, i-ur.l .Inly 1C,, l^'.'l ; :,." 

 li van, Cert iflcates paying 1 p.-r i-.-nt. a month; 



' 7.1} ?.::,'") liolival-x, the foffiLTIl delit. pa > 



lit. : an<l 4.!7N.OJMl holivars, del-t cl 

 Spain. 1-Vance. and (Jermany. 



( oiiimerec .mil i imiiiiimications. 



values of the principal e\p,,rts in I^'.H 



HMI; -old. 



imals, 1,1 



There \v.-re :>>*') miles of railroad in oj,. 

 in 1894. The st. ;|,hs had a l.-i 



8,880 miles. The numlier of me-.s ; ,_ 

 >V.ti;.~>; expen-es, 1,080,966 l.oli 



D. Tcnsr.-Uy a decree of An-. I. 18!) 

 strength of the 'army was fl\.-d at is Lai:. 

 each battalion c<,ntaininu r < companie- 



Ilien. The rlTectives in ISIIIJ limn! 



officers and men. Mvcry citi/m Letwr.-n the 

 ages of eighteen and forty-five-is enrolled in the 

 national militia. Of this force, 60,000 m< 



Le.-n moLili/ed at on.- tiin-. The nun/ 

 citix.ens liaLle to >.-rve is estimated ., 



There is a fleet of 4 steamers and '2 >lo.| 

 boats. To each steamer is att a npany 



of marine infantry. 



Ke\oliitionar\ \t1ei, ijit. - An uprisim? 

 iiu'ainst the Government of Presilent CP 

 the interest of I r . K..jas Paul, was started in the 

 autumn. His most prominent opponents would 

 not countenance a nolitical di>turl,am, 

 time when the Loundary dismite with K: 

 was in so critical a state. I'he revoluth 

 planned t<> tak.- place simultaneously in < ';i 

 ami in the States of Bermude/ and'Lara on the 



in. The authorities ha 

 1. and within an hour most of the |< 

 were in custo.ly and their follow. -r- di-; 

 (Jen. Vai:u. : '" tin- military ch 



the revolutionary uprising, was taken to 

 as a prisoner, (ten. Diax. and (ien. M.-I . 



members of the council of WBT. fled t. r. 



rnemLers >f the CaLinet. wh> 

 pected of complicity were dismissed fnn. 

 A few Lands of guerrillas und.-r (Jen. A: 

 and (Jen. Plalero remained unsubdued in the 

 niouir 



hipl jitir Kiij.tnre. - me ,,f th. 



pean diplomat! 



the delay of Venezuela in acting "j.on 



for damages due th.ir nation* 

 out of the revolution of IM(^, .s-n^p-sted to their 

 respective governments the ormi/sitioi. 



