General Juan Vicente Gomez, for 20 years dictator of Venezuela, who recently refused to serve as President for another term, but moved by the earnest pleadings of the entire Venezuelan Congress, accepted the position of Commander-in-Chief of the Venezuelan Army, last week found active use for his new title.
Foolhardy General José Rafael Gabaldon raised the flag of revolt against blue-spectacled General Gomez in the distant provinces of Lara, Trujillo, and Portuguesa with an army variously estimated at 50 and 500 men. Venezuela's old Commander-in-Chief moved quickly. Against the 50 (or 500)...
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