Castro Not Bidden; Says So Himself.

New York Times 100 years ago today, March 1, 1913:
Goes to Inauguration of His Own Motion — Eulogizes President-Elect.
FOR 'UNION AND FRATERNITY'
Looks to Wilson for "Justice and Mutual Respect" — To Return to Teneriffe.
    HAVANA, Feb. 28.— Cipriano Castro, when approached on the subject of his visit to Washington for the Presidential inauguration, said to-day:
    "I have not been invited to the inauguration by President-elect Wilson, but am going of my own accord. You may absolutely and without qualification deny all stories to the contrary. Several Cuban newspapers have published stories for which they alone are accountable. I accept no responsibility whatever for them."
    Gen. Castro expressed his admiration for Mr. Wilson in the following formal statement:
    "My opinion is that the magnificent future of the American continent was saved with the triumph of the candidacy of Woodrow Wilson. I understand that the policy of Mr. Wilson, judging from his political documents that have been circulated up to the present, is one of equity, justice, and mutual respect, which is precisely what the Latin-American republics have claimed from their sister republic of the north.
    "If this is so, as we should expect it to be, coming as it does from such a prominent authority, the die is cast, and it would be a crime not only to go backward, but even to impede the triumphant march of the American continent, which is destined to perform such important duties in the future fortunes of humanity.
    "This is the grand ideal which I have followed and to which with much pleasure I have sacrificed my life interests and the tranquillity of my family. But I shall be satisfied if we reach the end of our journey with the standard of American rights and our integrity saved. In a word, my motto to-day is 'Union and Continental Fraternity.' "
    Gen. Castro will leave here for Key West to-morrow morning, and will arrive in Washington on March From the capital he will proceed to Now York on March 6. After that date his plans have not been arranged, but it is probable he will sail in a few days to rejoin his wife and sisters, who are at Teneriffe, Canary Islands.
    The ex-dictator spent the day quietly. He took breakfast and dined this evening with a coterie of Venezuelan and Cuban veterans and attended the theatre tonight.
    Gen. Acosta, formerly of Castro's army, said to-day that Castro considered the moment not ripe for his return to Venezuela. He said the ex-President hoped eventually to return to his native land, but that he would not go there until the people called him.
    No banquet has been given Gen. Castro here. The only recognition he received at the hands of the Cuban Government was an audience by President Gomez and the loan of the municipal band for his procession of welcome.
    Rumors that Castro came to Cuba in connection with a filibustering expedition against Venezuela still lack confirmation. Former President Zelaya or Nicaragua has not arrived here, and Gen. Reyes. ex-President of Colombia, had had no conferences with the Venezuelan. It is said that Castro had offers of two boats here for filibustering purposes, but said he did not want them.
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    President-elect Wilson yesterday afternoon branded as untrue the report from Havana that he had invited Cipriano Castro to attend the inauguration ceremonies. "It is unqualifiedly false," he said.
    As his train was approaching New York from Philadelphia some one showed him a dispatch from Washington saying that Castro had announced in Havana to Mr. Beaupré, the American Minister, that the President-elect had extended him such an invitation. Beyond the brief statement that it was "unqualifiedly false" ex-Gov. Wilson had no statement to make. It is understood, however, that Castro will be decidedly persona non grata with the incoming Administration, and if he comes to the inauguration it will be on his own initiative and not at the invitation of Mr. Wilson or any of his associates.
    Not long ago the President-elect repudiated an announcement made in New York that he would grant Gen. Castro an audience at Princeton. Following this, Castro's counsel issued a statement that the General had never sought an audience, and that he had been put in an embarbrassing position through a misunderstanding.

Special to The New York Times.
    WASHINGTON, Feb. 28. — Color was given to-day to the report that Cipriano Castro, ex-President of Venezuela, was to attend the inauguration of President Wilson in the capacity of an invited guest by a dispatch received at the State Department from Minister Beaupré at Havana. This statement was given out by the State Department:
    "Minister Beaupré telegraphs from Havana that Castro announces that, as he has been invited by the President-elect to attend the inauguration, he will leave on Saturday for Washington and that he win return to Havana within a few days."
    William Corcoran Eustis, Chairman of the Inaugural Committee, said that this was the first time the former President of Venezuela had entered his mind in connection with the inauguration ceremonies. He said that no letter, telegram, or request of any kind had been received by him or any member of the committee in connection with Castro. Mr. Eustis's interpretation of the matter was that some one had played a joke on the Venezuelan and sent him an invitation in the name of the President-elect, or that Castro himself had facetiously made the statement attributed to him by Minister Beaupré.
    Mr. Beaupré has been instructed by the Secretary of State to keep the State Department advised as fully as practicable of what Castro says and does.
    Major Gen. Leonard Wood, the Grand Marshal of the inaugural parade, when asked if Gen. Castro was to be permitted to have a place in the line, said that the matter had not come before him in any way. He had no knowledge of how Castro's name had come up in connection with the parade, he said, but he considered the ex-dictator's presence very objectionable, and if he attempted to take part in the parade he (Gen. Wood) would he impelled to use his authority as Grand Marshal to have Castro arrested, should that course be necessary to remove him from the column.