The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-07-23
WAR IN SALVADOR.
Tairest Portion Of the Globe
Trampled by Soldiers.
GENERALS GREEDY FOR GLORY.
xne Central Americas statss-Thsir In
hsbstanss and Products-Causs OF
the Present Trouble.

Der killed ct over ~. "a
Vllau. Salvador traitor, saoNs s
Gan salvador IN force July IS, the next oay' anu
was defeated. Guatemala has hec'aleu va
etsco for tha salvador government have neeh
seixed aboard Pacific Mall steamship py she
CuatemaIan government Is Il oehesea 'na1
fycnar.l Toffo Moran. who was aDoera sne
etsamstip. acted rs informer to duasemhia-
Cry On MEXICO, July IA special rom
Guatemala says: The ministers OF Oos.a hiea
ana Nicaragua yesterday signed with 1usVe
mala : tresy Of alliance. They aemanuea ~
General Exets. OF San Salvador: First, that ne
Iaave the supreme command in San salvacor'
second. that the legal regime Be established IN
accordsuce with the San Salvador constitution
a. before June q the date Of the assassination OF
presIdent Menendez, and third, that general
amnesty b granted TO al participants IN the
revolution.
Honduras bound herself 70 this alliance by q
previous treasy with Guatemala duatemaia is
daily increasing her forces on me ssissaoi
frontier. The commanders are ordered 10 re-
main on the defensive. One general disobeyed
this order ana has been subjected to court
martial.
aen saIysdorfans is declared untrue 1t was
only adefeat OF salvadorian insurgents. special
from chiapas, near the Guatemalan frontier,
rays the evolutionary movements against Presi-
Dent Barrillas, Of Guatemala. has obtained con-
siderable headway. The representative Q, san
salvador here has showed TO the Associated
Press reporter kilograms from General Ezets,
claiming that the report OF tbs battle sent out
saturday was accurate.
NEW ORLEANS, July 22--Senor Martinez. con-
oul general Of Guatemala in this city, tonight re-
oefved message from the Guatemalan minis
ter In the City Of Mexico, saying he had re-
ceived advices from the home government to
fbe effect that Representatives OF the five Gen.
erel American states asked Exeta TO vacate con-
troll Of can Salvador. The dispatch also says
fhers has been no battle between Guatemalans
and San Ealvadorians.
Cry OF MEXICO, July 22-Cipher dispatches
from Guntemsla state that General Taio Moran,
while On route from San Francisco for San SAL
vndor, where he intended to take part in
tho revolt, has been arrested and
thrown into prison This report, however,
q believed to be an invention on the part OF the
0uatemalan government It is also learned
that three Guatemalan agents who threatened
- revolt were disarmed and discharged from
service.
A special from chihuahua, on the Guatema-
Ian frontier, says: A revolution in Guatemala
Il imminent There are different factions
headed by Generals caldoman and NJ. SAM
dorals Renobsrriss, who has left the United
powerful leaders.
Geronimo Pona, special agent from San
Salvador. has been received here with open
arms By the public and the government
SAN JosA, COSTA RIGA, July 22.-Congress has
decided TO defer until September final consider.
ation Of the protocol OF the union of Central
American republics, which was signed by San
Salvador In October. 1889.
BAN JOAN DE COSTA RIGA, July l0-The noto-
L. l. rtL~ o..
dor, who for the past Eve years has made travel
dangerous on the roads leading into La Liber-
tad. has been arrested. tried, convicted and shot
He was tracked 10 his lair by boy OF H. whose
mother he had maltreated robbed and killed.
and discovered 10 government troops by whom
he was surrounded, with two Of his companions,
md captured
IKE fair and beautiful republics Of Central
America are again in chaotic condition, and
the war-cry fesounds from north to SOUTH from
the slender summits of the volcanoes Del Aqua
and Del Fuego to the gloomy slopes OF the
gigantic frsxa and TuriAlba The war, the most
cruel Of Ill the wars. Il going TO devastate the
richest and the most beautiful portion of the
globe.
"La pserrd en- America Centric"
Not everyone knows-not de jnre but de fncto--
what these words moan. TIE war In Central
America Ii different from the struggles among
Che Northern nations. II ID "to be or not to be-"
and there Il no question Of asking for pardon or
giving one. Brother kills his brother and father
his con. They fight because they have to do
% though the majority Of them do not know
Tor whom and why
Tho latest news from Central America states
that the war II practically declared. and that
sven battle was fought and won BY the SAWS.
dorianA In reality Guatemala has several
thousand men under arms On the Sslvadorian
frontier, and Salvador Is naming "a corps of
observation" near Santa Ana to watch
the movements Of its neighber. Hon.
duras-the poor-rich Honduras combines
with Guatemala, while Nicaragua and
Costa RIGA hesitate and do not know
with whom to cast their fate, though they side
with Salvador. ''1'
In the last two months published MANY
articles on Central America In the Posr.INrrr.
LaENcks Now, when the beautiful republics
o. tae ANDES assume certain Importance, /
propose 70 give general description. honing
shat II may help the readers to understand the
situation and shed certain ray Of light anon
me 30 Tar little-known countries
Central America. as It Is known, ia composea
Of the following Eve republics: Guatemals
Salvador, Honduras. Nicaragua and Costa Rica
Of these Guatemala is the largest aud Salvador
The smallest
There are no fairer countries under the SIM
= - S ssFeussSs. NO lanus either In the old
Or the new world. can compare with them Tha
mountainous grandeur OF Switzerland q 49,
equal TO That OF Guatemala, ana the as,onno,rr
wilderness OF Costa Rica, with its unexnloraS
soresf, 10 never to be forgotten by those IN,
dwet amidst its luxuriant woods Thoush ,hs
coast Is very hot the interior. that "a the btah
plateau OF the Andes. gloriies In A wonserinI
CIams.e, sou and saluorious. mid and inyigorat-
Ane ae.fa caheafe Is different from the
ttffT0 fcesz,f{<,1a and "A ~ - ~--~
Mt who has seen only the dat SANDY bsach -
Champerieo or San Jose de Guatemala. hss M
idea OF the beauty OF the country In ,ha in,arieS
Inc ave repaoncs contain population ~
over S,oooooo The inhabitsn,s are sIwos, -
the same descent; that 10, they are mix.nra ~
the onginai indians with the Spanish cononer.
oIs. INC Inuians are numerous, the most inter
Usumacista, the Guatusos on the San c., % sns
The Talamancas In the southern ns,t 81 60.
kica ihe CARDS, once very numerous ON tha
Anuiies and IN Central America ara ro,y H.
ited 10 the unknown parts OF Honduras GA -,
the eastern shores OF Nicaraaspa ,harn s..s,,s -
curious tribe OF people. the mixture ~ he IN.
oisns ana negroes the so-caiiesi Zamhos. Mo..
0ui'oS sman colony, Belize, which forms.
or rather ought to form. part OF can,rsi 49,,
ics. belongs TO England ami is cam
under the name OF British Honduras Meyseo
forms the boundary Of Central ar,a,,.. g., 49,
north and the United States Of co.,, 80. -
Eueva Granada, in the south. N0oOia' VI
Strange TO say. the most impor,a,. c,t,a. =,
Central America are situated nesrar ~, "a.
than tho Atlantic coast Salvador has NO shn,ss
on the Atlantic at ALI Guatemala tse ,,-,,,o,-
pol cities. onessltenango and ,,,nSas AZ
guatemala, are not far frou, e.
Pacific The lively haroor OF Honduras. Amaosia
Y aiso on this coast Pnntasenas. the iarges.
mariume town not only IN Costa Rica hnt in
the largest and richest cities Of Nieo,ss, 80
also situated between the fresh wstcr 49,. ga
the Pacific The most principal hsrhors ~, ,h.
Atlantic side are Limon and Costa RE- "a So,
Juan del Nnrfe or Grertnnr.. a. -. -