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Newspaper
Kansas City Star
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1908
Page
6
A strong editorial attacks Castro of Venezuela, labeling him a boastful conqueror turned dictator. It accuses him of confiscating American concessions, robbing the nation, and amassing wealth while industry and taxes suffer. It discusses possible fates, including exile, revolution, or assassination.
Cipriano Castro dominates Venezuelan politics with a bold, self styled leadership. His long struggle against foreign creditors led Britain Germany and Italy to siege ports in 1902 before he appealed to the United States for relief under the Monroe Doctrine, guiding Venezuela through a perilous diplomatic standoff.
A profile of an Andino leader in Caracas highlights a rise from humble farming and shopkeeping to prominence, amid accusations of deceit toward creditors and the United States. The piece notes his clashes with aristocrats, calls him a fighter and rider, and discusses arbitration and the Hague decision as pivotal in his career.
A Benton boulevard property owner asks Linwood where the proposed speedway would be located if the Democratic candidate wins. The letter argues for public disclosure of the exact site along Benton or any boulevard, urging the people to know the location.
The text suggests future events may be judged by history in Venezuela as elsewhere and argues Castro's fate hinges on two remaining possibilities.
The Rev William F Curtis will resign as pastor of St Pauls Reformed Church effective June 1 to become president of Allentown College for Young Women in Pennsylvania. The church has grown from 25 to 81 members, a new church is planned at Thirty Sixth Street and Wabash Avenue, and the current church at Fifteenth and Penn Streets is sold to the Norwegian Lutheran church. An edifice costing $20000 is to be erected. Curtis will stay in the pulpit until June 1.
A reader named Benton urges a direct vote on a proposed race track. He calls for information on the site to vote more intelligently and questions how a driveways site would affect the proposal.
The trade extension committee of the Commercial club will meet tomorrow afternoon to decide the annual trade trip. Plans outline a five to seven day tour starting around May 3 visiting railroad lines in Northern Kansas as far west as Oakley.
William Jennings Bryan arrived in Des Moines to attend the Jefferson day banquet where he was the principal speaker. The Nebraskan delivered several short addresses at local schools and colleges.
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