The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-04-01
CENTRAL A1IEnlcAN TROUBLES.
An Er-President of Honduras Tells Tale
n A Of the Present War.

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An EI-President OF Honduras Tells n Tai
| ofthe Present War.
NEW YoRK, March 3l.-Ex.Presiden
Marco Aureis Soto, OF the Republic 0
Honduras, lives in an elegant home at No
sEast Eighty.fourth street, this city. H,
is still, young, having been Minister Q
Foreign Affairs Of Guatemala t25 an,
President Of Honduras at % years Of age
Apparently he is not over 40 now, and hi
only desire, outside Of his own large ant
interesting family, seems TO lie in the ad
yancement Of the happiness and civiliza
ton Of his native countrymen. He re
ceived the reporters very cordially thii
evening, and when shown the Washing
ton dispatch with the allegation that he
was engaged in q movement to overthrow
the Government Of Honduras and 10 form
an alliance Of the people Of that country
with San Salvador Nicaragua and Costs
Rica against Gen. Barfios, MIR. Soto said
mo, ii is not true that l am in any way
connected with the revolution which Gen
Barrios has instituted in Central America
New York is rather adistant point from
which to conduct movement OF that kind
in Central America. have received tele.
grams from. my friends, however, who,
knowing my sympathics with the people
ofmy native land, have asked me to 20
there and assist them. Its impossible to
say now what will do. i am waiting for
fuller advices by mail. It will depend
upon them whether go or stay. They
are enough inaccuracies II the dispatch
you have shown me to warrant something
OF Q statemento OF the case from myself.
!"Gen. Barrios, as you know, hasissued
a decree declaring himself as head OF the
United Republics, but Nicaragua, Costa
Rica and San Salvador have declared
against the decree and drawn up an
alliance to oppose him. The only govern.
ment which has accepted it Is Honduras,
bntthe feeling OF the people even there Is
against him; their hearts are with their
sister republics. His strength with the
government Of that republic rests in his
influence over Gen. Lewis Bagran."
"Will Gen. Barrios' revolution be sue
cess? 2" f,iiEl : 80
"No. He will ruin Guatemala in his
foolish enterprise, and probably finish up
by being oyerthrown himself. He Is said
to have an army OF IL, 900 TO 10000 men,
but San Salvador, Of which DR.. salyiyior Is
President, can raise that many itself. VI
the countries of Central America
will undoubtedly be united, ,ibut It cannot
be done with the sword, aud, Gen. Barrios
will discover when 1t is too late how great
q amistake he has made"
DO youexpect 10 take the field II you
go to Central American Fs4's 7
VI cannot say. OF course, 1t Is my own
country, and I feel very warmly toward
the people who are suffering for the sake
OF the ambition OF this one soldier. Bar.
rios was never popular man, however,
even with the army. He aided Gen. Gar.
cia to.oyerthrow the conservative govern.
ment in 1871, and this has been remem.
bered against him eversince."
us it true that you were chosen Presi!
dent OF Honduras through the influence Of
Barrios?n ! 5i{5 / fifl /
"No. l was Minister of Foreign Afiairs
at the age Of rs, before Barrios came To
the Presidency. OF Guatemala, and when
be was elected he confirmed my nomina.
nation. There was at that time, alrequest
from the people Of Honduras, where I
had been educated, asking me to 90 back
there and assume control Of the Govern
ment. AT the joint requests Of the Gov
ernments Of the other republics, all of
whom had confidence in my ability To-
preserve the general peace among them, I
accepted this Office. That was all Barrios
had to do with 1t. OF course am anxious
TO see these young republics assisted, and
] believe that the Government OF the
United States has an equal interest in de.
Tending her weaker sisters against the am.
bition Of the present usurper."
r THE CENTRAL AMERICAN WAR.