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II Is Said 10 bear Some Resemblance
10 the Iarruudla
Affair.
CAPTAIN WHITE roon A BRAVE
srsND.
How Brennan Incurred President Eze.
ta's Bispleasure.--The Four
salradorians.
by Telegraph to The Snwai
TuE IA LInIRrAD INCIDENT.
An American Captai. Asserts MS
Authority oa tti. snip.

SAN JOSE DE GUATEMALA, August
3l.-Tho incident which occurred at
La bibcrtad, In thu republic Of Saliva
dor, ten days ago. bors some resem.
blanco 10 the Barfundia affair which
happened on the steamer Acapulco"
In ban Jose do Guatemala during the
late war between Salvador and Guate.
mala. One OF the parties concerned In
this case, however, was nm American.
Tho Pacific Mall Steamship company's
steamer "City OF Pan,mav stopped at
Corinto. Nicaragua, August 9th, on
her regular north bound trip, and
among the passengers ON board were
Patrick brennan, nm American citizen
residing In Salvador, and four native
Salvadorians, all former officers Of that
government. These mon had incurred
the displeasurc Of President Ezeis and
were regarded by him rs revolution.
lists.
The steamer reached Ia Liber,Ad
August Sth, and Eketa'a officers de-
manded the surrender Of Brennan aud
his companions. Captain White re-.
fused 10 comply, and the commandant
OF the port went 10 the steamer with a
boatload Of armed men aud informed
Captain White that the latter could
consider himself under his orlcrr, "a
he had come 10 take possession Of the
steamer aud arrest the mon. Captain
Whites Indignation was aroused ut
once, and, without waiting 10 discuss
the matter ut all, he told the command.
ant that n he did not leave the steamer
Immediately he would throw him over.
board. The commandint evidently
perceived that Captain White was dis.
posed 10 carry out his threat, for hs
Withdrew from tho steamer without
further discussion.
A short time before tho steamer
sailed, Captain White was informed
that presi1ent EEeta had been notified
OF the occurrence, aud hal gone with
large armed force 10 AcJutla, tho
next port In Salvador, Unloading ~
take OIL the refugees at all hazards.
Captain White accordingly determined
not 10 go 10 AcaIutla, aud on arrival Mt
san jose de Guatemala laid Ore facts
before ". ;. Minister Iacheco.
Tho mon whom Ezcta desired 10
capture are now In Guatemala terri.
tory, and E1nta has requested Guate.
mala TO surrender them. The exact
details OF tho charges made against tic
men are not known here. Brennan
has resided In Salvador Tor some time,
aud II railroad contractor. lie IL
said TO be man Of means aud some
prominence In the country. During
the late war with Guatemala his husi-
meas operations wero interrupted, and
II IA said Mt President Ezota's reques;
he accepted a commission In the army
Of Salvador, enlisted his railroad en-.
pl0ycs Ia the service aud was instru.
mental IN winning one or mora battles
la which he was engaged. At the
close Of the war he retired from the
military service aud WHOM n revolution
was threatened In Salvador some time
later, u il said that ELeta again de.
sired Brennan 10 enter his service and
enlist his railroad employees. Brennan
declined TO do so, and II is supposed
that In this way he incurred Elota's
dlspleasurc.
The four Salvadorlans whom E1ela
wished 10 have seized were General
Ayola, who claims ~ have been legal
~ elected President OF Salvador, but
who had been deprived Of the office;
General LetOnia, commander-in.ch loi
Of tho SalvadOrian army In 1855, but
who has been Ia exile for the past i've
years; General Bsrnandc1, u wealthy
exile, and Colonel ltivas. n nephew OF
General Rlvas, who was executed at
Ezeta's orders for tho part he took In
the late civil Instruction.