The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-07-22
SEDITIOUS RIOTS.
San Salvador Has Been the Scene
of an Uprising.
General Barrios, Commander-in.Chief Of the
Guatemalan Forces, Discredits the
Late Rumors Of War.

Like all first rumors of disasters and acct
dents, the recently published dispatches
from the City of Mexico to the effect that
war had been declared between the Guate-
malans and San Salvadorians and that one
bloody engagement had taken place, are
greatly exaggerated, if not wholly untrue.
That there had been blood shed is true.
but later dispatches fail to connect the
Guatemalans with it, and interviews with
citizens of each country. who are now in
this city, tend to show that it is no more
than local Instruction.
General Barrios. Commander-ln-Chief of
the Gualemalan army, who is now on a
leave of absence. was seen last evening al
the Occidental Hotel, where he is stopping.
In an interview, he said:
don't put the least credit in there hav-
ing been battle between the troops of San
Salvador and Guatemala General Villa
vieeneio is stated as being the leader of the
onslaughting Guatemalan troops, when the
fact is he was the Chief of the rural police,
under the Menendez regime, and is a citi-
zen of San Salvador.
LEADERS BECOME FRACTIONAL.
The Menendez government was, as was
announced, brought to an end by the I'M
timely death of General Menendez He fell
a victim to his political enemies, and died
by poison. The Vice-P President General
kzeta, was therefore sworn in as Provision
al President.
Immediately the people disunited. The
leaders of the city became fractional, and
General Villavicencio, being the Chief of
the rural police, who have ever been antag-
oniStic to the city authorities, but a friend
of the dead ruler, was made the object Of
their factional feeling
AT last the General made an open fight
for the fast expiring government he had
loved so well, and the result was an in
surrection Oh the I'D ult., at night. Gen.
eral Macial and fourteen of his followers,
all OF whom, l believe, were policemen,
were killed.
lavicencio was not in the instruction, but
was in the Department of Chalatcmango on
the night it took place. So not only was he
not the leader OF Guatem alans, but of nc
one else"
NO TELLING WHAT WILL HAPPEN.
is war likely to happen between Guate-
mela and San Salvador, Generals"
"Ol course, l do not know what may
happen. We have policy, and that is the
confederation Of the southern govern
ments. San Salvador objects to it, but
what the result may be am not able to
say. The report that President Barrillas
lnlnKS Oh reSlBnlHB, continued the Gen-
eral, SIS absurd. He is too well contented
with his position 10 do that. The head of
the San Salyadorlan army is General EZeta.
''But that country could not make a sue
cessful invasion into ours. We can raise
10000 men, well armed, to their 5000. Be-
sides not fearing the results of a possible
war. do not fear that it will be brought
about"
Among the arrivals by the Acapulco last
Sunday was Albert Baruch of the firm of
Bloom, Baruch d Co., coffee dealers of San
Salvador. Mr.. Baruch is a brother of Vice
Consul Frederick Baruch of San Salvador.
THERE HAS BEEN AN ENCOUNTER.
When approached for an interview, Mr..
Baruch declined to say much for fear, as he
expressed it, he might inconvenience the
firm in their business in San Salvador" or
do his brother an injury politically. He
did say, however, that an encounter had
taken place in the city of San Salvador
while he was at q ball.
1.-The affair was" he said, "wholly insur-
rectiona, and was a protest against the
Government | do not know of an attack
upon the Government from without. but 1
did not stay until the matter was fully de-
yeloped."
Dispatches arrive almost daily to several
citizens of both countries interested by re-
port in the matter, and it is thought that
couple of days will not only clear Guate-
mala's skirts of any participation in an at
tempt at subsection, but will show that the
trouble had ended without further blood
shed,