The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-01-23
FOR WAR.
Guatemalan Agents are in the
United States
PURCHASING MILITARY SUPPLIES;
Hostilities with Salvador Will Probably Break
out in Mareh-The Figure the Bar
rundia Affair Cuts.

special to THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Disnatcb. !
New York, Jan. 22.-Two officers of the
Guatemalan army are now in New York
city, purchasing quantities of arms and
ammunition and third representative of
the Guatemalan government is here buviug
horses that, from the standard fixed. will
be Just suited for cavalry and artillery SER
vice. The officers mission appears omore
than threaten that the peace 50 recently es-
0aOllsned between Guatemala and Salvador.
is to be broken.
March is the time fixed bv neonle 90
quainted with the peculiarities of the two
countries Tor the beginning of hostihties.
4 letter received here dated December ).
confirms the rumors OF war II am sorry
peace In this unfortunate country will be-
disturbed IN the near future and that war
VIII WIN salvador Will be renewed. The gov
fnntienI is endeayoring to prepare itself
Ior struggle, which on some pretext M.
oOher, Will be begun in March next. as soon
as tne harvesting Of the coffee crop is
ended" Twp -
C0nnrmatory evidence of Guatemala,s
Warkllke intention was given wnen Colonel
Agullar, one of the best officers of artillery
Ia Tue Guatemalan service, and General
51eyha barrlos, nephew of the late presi-
cent or Dictator of Guatemala. arrived in
New York as the acKnowledoed agents of
tnelr government and as quickly as possi-
Ole oegan the actual purchase Of rifles. side
arms and ammunition. Within a few dave
SENIOR MeIgarejO, another agent of the
government, arrived. OstensibIv his Dur
pose IS TO buy horses for government bns
me DuI ne wants slngularly good animals
lof Tue work and those up to his reouire
10 bor
chargers. One more Guatemalan has ar
rived out there is more mystery about his
mission than about the Directs of the
others. He IS Senior Jose MaZamayo and is
connected with the diplomatic service of
his country. 1t has been said ne was sent
there to assist in the adjustment of the Diff
terence between the United States and
Guatemala resulting from the murder of
General Barrundla on an American vessel
by Guatemalan officers.
Inc TACT t0at, so far as is known. the
agents OF Guatemala have not purchased
any artillery in the United States lie ar-
copied as evidence that ordnance is being
purchased in some other country. THE
SenGral American states use cannon of
German make IN preference to American
guns. IN Guatemala preparations for war
are going on quietly, but steadily. The
army, which was reOrganized after the last
peace Win salvador, Is being recruitediand
from reports in Central American news
papers, IS better disciplined than ever be-
tore In addition to purchases OF arms and
munitions OF war, Guatemala has recently
contracted for 20, 600 uniforms and evidently
intends to put man in every one of them.
FROM all that is said about President
Barllla's preparations, he will be able to
put from twenty five to thirty Thousand
men in the field. Whether Salvador is
asleep IN fancied security and confident
that the peace drawn and accepted bv
Presidents Ezeta and BarilIas and their
cabinets will be kept is a question
President Barillas thinks that the Saliva
dorlans will not be ready to make an eff
1ectual resistance when the season for war
In Central America, which is the early
spring, comes. Then the coffee crop will
have been converted into money and with
the slnews of war available and absolutely
nothing for the people to do, fighting viii
begin. Barillas is jealous of Ezeta. and
nls extravagant and impoverished govern
ment needs the revenue which Guatemala
formerly drew in tribute from Salvador.
The relations Of Honduras and Guate
mala just now are of such nature that
they will almost certainly be allies when
war is declared. The crushing Of Salvador
will greatly advance the political desires of
both countries. Then, too. they will be
much nearer the pet scheme of at least two
Central American republics-a union of all.