Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-12-07
THE SOUTHERN REPUBLICS.
A Section of Mexico Devastated bv Famine
State Aid Refused-Rio Grande Dis
turbance Ended-Fighting in Honduras
Waiting for Our War Ships


State Aid Refused-Rio Grande Dis
turbance Ended-Fighting in Honduras
Waiting for Our War Ships.
NEW YoRK, Dec. 6-[SpecioL 1.-The Mexi-
can and Central American mails reached
THE DISPATCH Bureau here tonight and
their contents are thus summarized:
The latest accounts from the famine
stricken region of Southern Mexico are of
the most lamentable kind. and there is
every probability that the ravages of the
famine will continue through the winter.
In the States of Durango and Chicopas there
have been hundreds of deaths from starva-
tion, and o traveller who recently passed
through these States sayS that the people
are in despair. The fields had been blighted
by the drought and the corn and black
bean crops, upon which the COM
mon people depend for food, had
been utterly lost. From many of the towns
the inhabitants had fed to the mountains,
where they devoured cactus and wild ber-
ries, in which there is hardly any nourish-
ment. The State authorities have done little
or nothing to relieve the distress. and the
Mexican Congress. which is in session at the
Capital, has failed to adopt any measure of
relief. on the ground that the treasury can
not afford extraordinary disbursements.
The bill adopted by Congress providing
ported from foreign countries will be of but
little advantage to the sufferers by famine,
as they have not the means to purchase
grain at any price. Several bull fights are
to be got up to raise money for them, but
the amount thus raised will be trifling in
comparison with the amount that is needed.
Appeals have been made to the church
authorities and it is possible that a fund
may thus be obtained.
Ppps1npNr DJAz hos baan reIieved from
another trouble that had recently kept in a
state of apprehension. He has received
dispa tches from Washington containing as
surances that the American Government
had adopted decisive measures to prevent
the Cara raiders from using the soil of
Texas as a basis of hostile operations against
Mexico. The prospect that the disturb
ances on the Rio Grande will thus be brought
to an end, has given satisfaction to the
Mexican administration and to Congress-.
President Diaz denies that his government
has any intention of taking forcible posses
sion of any of the northern provinces of
Guatemala, or of interfering in any way
with GuatemaliaE independence, or of AS
suming hostile attitude toward the neigh
boring Republic. Mexico has all the bus
mess she can attend to without inviting war
with Guatemala.
FROM Honduras it is reported that the
Government troops have had several fights
WIFI Gne TeDelS unQer feOreVa, VINO were
defeated dispersed and chased out of the
country.
1t was but recently that the Government
of Honduras gave to the Peabody Museum
in Cambridge, Mass, the exclusive charge
of Honduras antiquities for the term of ten
years, including the right of exploration
and the half of all collections.
An extra session of the Congress of Costa
Rica is to be held for the transaction of bust
ness relative to the construction of new
railroads.
In the Republic of Columbia the agitation
over the Presidential election has imperiled
the public peace, and there is yet danger of
the outbreak of hostlities between the
rival factions There is no abatement of the
antagonism between Velez and Nunez.
THERE are advices from Peru that the
Peruvian Government has at last resolved
to accept the arbitration of France in the
Dreyfus question. The claim upon Peru by
the French firm of Dreyfus is for $40 600, 600
expended in the development of guano de-
posits and nitrate beds.
IN at least three of the South American
Republics there is great interest in the
arrival of United States Naval vessels in
South American waters.