Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-07-31

: EIJT
on the part OF these countries aRains
Guatemala 10 sti1e hor pretensions rnal
LEAD TO long aud bloody war In Contra
America.
Yesterday the Salvadoran General, Ezeta
brother OF President Ezeta, defeated tn
q iatsmaians agaia at Atezastenpo Chingo
| IN HuAtemala, ~ leagues from ths trontter
| obiiRinR the GuatemHlanR TO abandon thei
Qualifications az Coco. The SaiVadorian.
captured an immense amount OF booty In
| Guiding correspondence bet edn Guatema
Ian generals aud Salvadoran traitors.
General EzetA mas sent u personal chal
| lenge to President narTillss OF Guatainals
| A strong revolutionary movement !,
| aloot In Guatemala aud the constitutional
rsgima has been practically suspandsd
| throughout the republic rhs national
palace here as well as President BArlllas =
Residence has been placed under strict mil.
itary guard and martial Jaw prevail.
throughout the republic.
Tho Guatemalan army is demorallEsd
and disorRaniZei. MODS are in com ett
possession OF tins suburbs OF the capital,
and tue foreign colonies are organizing d
police force for the protection Of the city.
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LA IIBgRrAD, SALyAD R. July 27.-Tt
Ia reported ners from unofficial SOURCES
that the Salvaaorian TROOPS had made an
advances from Atescatempo on Ju.iapa
and again met the Guatsualan army
With the usual disastrous resultB to tue
latter, which had been again badly do
featad and was in full retreat on Juiiapa,
followed by the victorious SilvadOrisns.
Tbs Gustemnlan authorities have in
terdioted sill war news passing over their
land wires via mexico whether favorable or
not to GuRtemalsn interests. The Next
in mi ff. l.. L.na J
against the interruption OF International
kilograms as a violation OF tine Mexico
Guatemala telegraph convention OF 1888
waen the first kilograms were Forwarded
through TO the CITY Of Mexico from Qua
tamala over the land lines,
he Mexican consul general In Gnate.
maia, senior DGz do Bnnilla, has laii
complaint .hefore this Mexio9n govern
meht, charging the Guatemalan govern
meat With supervising the kilograms OF
merchants aud others; even those which
contain no war news. S0nor BonillB, who
Is also the general agent Of the Mexican
national telegraph syatem, has to send his
telegfams by mail to this port, and there
have Them transmitted by submarine
cable to their destinations at much
greater cost than by the land lines.
Two glorious victories for the Saliva
dorians have been fully confirmed, one ut
Chingo in te dnatemalAu department of
Santa Rosa, aud the other at Atescatempo
in the department of Jutiaps.
General 0ayetapo Sanchez, who had
been recalled to the Guatsmalan capital
to take charge OF the artillery, was re-
placed by General Andres Teliez This
WAS at ChinRo. Teller thought TO sur
prise the Salvador troops by making a
night sally under the cover of bowling
rain and wind storm, but he was sur
prised himself when he found the SALIVA
dor troops prepared TO receive him, while
the latter themselves wero on thair march
toward the place whore Teller and his
troops had Just lsft.
From an ambush the Salvadorans.
under General Guirola, opened a sudden
and destructive fro upon tue uasuspact.
ing daatemRlaps, who beat q preoipitate
retreat without even returning are.
The Salvador troops purbus u their
enemies, who ratified somewhat and Gu
deavored to keen mp running fire, but
without much effect.
The Guate0a'ans sndeavored to hold
Ohinga but to 40 SYail, as they were com
pslled to evAeuate the town with heavy
toss Of men Snd munitions OF war.
The Guatesalans lost over 600 men.
nine Geld piesaa tive brass cannon and a
LOT OF ammunition.
The commander OF the Guatsmalan
forces was slightly wounded, and had to
reliDquish his ocm@snd.
The Saivadoran loss was two officers
and "a mon, killed or wounded.
At AtescsteInpo Generals Naroiss
Aviles, Manuel, Monterrosa and Pedro
Barillas (cousin to President Barillas)
commanded about 1900 Guotemalan
troops. These were attacked by General
Martinez with about 900 Salyadorans
aud compelled 10 evacuate their strong
hold, leaving the Salvador troops victori-
GUS and in possession OF the town.
The loss on both sides has been heavy
and will number over 1000 men. The
army ia now in full possession
OF two of Guatemala's strongest frontier
outposts.
Great CONSERVATION prevails in Qua.
temals over the news of these two disas-
tiers to her army. A fresh revolutionary
has been initiated in San
Msrcas, on the Mexican frontier, led by
General Daniel Marroquin, VINO had been
declared traitor by Barillas two years
ago and Who 10 said 10 be working in the
interest of the exi;sd General Martin
barundia aud the latter himself 10 quite
CLOSE to the Mexico. Guatemala boundary
with arms and troops
Honduras is afraid to Join Guatemala,
as President Bogran has just received an
intimatiun that If he attempts to aid
Guatemala 1gainst Salvador revolution
will be set atuot in Honduras to depose
Bogran and place Marco Aurelio Soto ia
the presidency.
From all news at present obthinabIe it
aipsars that Guatemala will have to fieht
her battles with Salyad II unaided by any
other power.
Word has been received by Gen. Este
that Mexico will come to her aid il the
occasion demands it.