The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-01-24
NO AMERICAN PORK.
The German Reichstag Refuses to
Repeal the Law Against 1t.
THE GgATEMALAN AGENTS
In New York Refuse to Talk Further Concern.
Ing their MLssiOn-Arms and Ammu.
milton Already Shipped.

lSpec1alto THE HERALD-Examiner Dispatch. I
NEW YORK, Jan. 23.-The officers of the
Guatemalan army who have been bu ying
arms and equipments for their government,
ana the agent who has been negotiating for
hours, presumably for artillery and cavalry
that were to soon engage in war with Sal
vador, have become invisible since their
mysterious doings were made public. Cen
eral Barrios and Colonel Aguilar, who pur.
chased the arms and ammunition already
shipped to the government army in Guate-
mala City, are still at the Victoria hotel,
but they would not talk to reporters to-
day. Senior NJ cigarette, whose mission ia
to buy horses, remained at Hotel
Espanola, but he also declined
to De seen. All the evidence declares
that President Barillas means to fight, and
from tne preparations and purchases his
eHllSsafleS mere have made, ne will start
well equipped. In addition to the actual
shipments OF guns, cartridges and trap
pings mentioned yesterday, there are rea-
sons 1or celevlng that shipments of
similar character have gone from other
ports on the Atlantic coast, and also from
san francisco. just how large was the
!ast consignment of arms on board the
racine mall steamer ColOna, which cleared
from this port Tuesday, is not vet known.
No information could be gained from the
Pacific Mail line company and tina
custom house brokers who have the
colonePs papers, declined to show them.
The law gives them four days after the
vessel has sailed in which TO file these
papers IN the custom house ana there is
every probability that the documents will
not be filed until all that time has expired.
Il am satisfied that Guatemala is de-
termlned TO fight again." said a coffee
buyer, who IS well acquainted with the IN
tricacles Of Central America politics .sShe
mas everything to gain, and don't see how
man like Barillas can avoid taking
TINS opportunity, the best he has had,
TO succeed III scheme he has
so long cherished. The Guatemalans
Will be delighted to try conclusions again
with the nation that has so recently
whipped them, and there will be far more
patriotism In this promised war than there
was In the last. Since last year Gautema-
las army has not been less than ten thou
sand and know that since the re-organ-
lzatlon of the military force recruiting mas
been going on all the time. Guatemala can
easily put from thirty to forty thousand
men IN the field. But don't see what she
has been buying more guns for Sac al
ready has improved arms enough
for nearly a hundred Thousand men.
HC plOpVSlJlOH LUZ NTluLSMdld 10 Degln
hostllltleS IN the early spring. if carried
out, will make the war much more serious
than the last one was. The condition of
the country is such at this season that any
army in the field would be decimated in u
very short time. Artillery, then, would be
useless and cavalry could do little or
nothing. That was the condition of the
country during the late war. Guatemala
evidently intends in the promised renewal
of hOstihties to choose a better season for
invading and subiugating Salvador. That
explains why early spring has been selected
for the attack. Barillas' desire to
bring about union of the
Central American republics ia
80 well known that this is regarded as his
chief reason for wishing to conquer Saliva
dor. But there are other reasons, chief
among which is his hatred or jealousy OF
EZeta. 1t has been his desire all along to
depose the ambitious young Salvadorean,
and one of the stipulations of agreement
between the other Central American re-
pubics to suppress Salvador was directed
by BarillaS at EZeta personality