Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-09-10
CENTRAL AMERICAN UNION.
An Arrangement IN The Interest Of
PsaC, aud Prosperity.
A Direct Ontgrowth Of EnsIsud's Ar.
bisrsry Measures ia the Corinto
Anair.

New YoRK, Sept i0.-Furthor par
tloulars OF the latest movement for
central American Union have been
obtained from Senior Jose de Gomez,
the Nichraauau statesman, who, ~ the
special minister ifOm the president of
Nicaragua to the Central American
states, conducted the other pfelimi.
nary negotiations which led to tue
understanding now sfrivsd ut. Bsnlr
Gomez arrived In New York several
days ago, anu na0 been stoEpiDg with
fflends here. From here he viii 20 TO
Washington In n day OF two TO pay hls
respeois TO tue Niuara Juan miniIier.
He says that he Ia Ia the u. b. solely
on private business. In an lntcfvle W
he said. "fne cOnf,dor stod arrange.
msnt by which Nicaragua, Salvador
and Honduras have Just committed
themselves, and whiub II 10 hoped
Guatemala and Costa Rloa will also
consent TO, Ia primarily IA the interest
OF maintaining peace tnreu ghout
Central America and promoting civil,-
zation la tho nvo republics.
The substantial ami Intelligent
citizeus Ia all these countries arc heati-
lily sick OF revolutions, which nave
been ~ frequent In the past hnd have
retarded developments, wasted cur
resources and discfelitei Us In tue
eyes OF the world. Everybody vino
uas visited Central AmercA or maids
y study u the conditions knows that
ourt T., materially, one OF the riohost
anu fairesI regions OF tho globe, which
ought to compare favoTably with any
other for population, prosperity anu nj.
vAncemsnt. But tue pof ulstlOn Of tho
whole Of Central America IN not much
In excess u lS,OO0,O0J Including ma.
tives and other inferior RACES, and it,
baokwardntsl II lamentaolo A In various
material Ttbpeuiu.
"But what has become OF the agree
msnt for un.on k,nd was PROBABLY
the Determining fact OF In bringiug 4.
10 pass at this time was this Arbitrary
action Of England ia tue Corinso affair
| several months ago. ThN. was stTlk-
ing object less9n OF the weaknsss o.
the Central A .oefican states wJen CON
ir0nte1 by foreign ast reSslol; and the
union or deib9ge vhion We ATE aow
inaugurstlnE IL the direct uuIgrowth
OF II. List year / was sent to the
prceldeut Of NicatagaA As Il special
minister to the Central Ameri.
can republics TO represent
TO their governments piopes!-
tons Ia behalf OF u treaty Of uaioE. /
| received fair encouragement but be-
fore my mission wa completed
there events growing cut Il
| Englands claim 90 Nicaragua
trsnspirtJ, anu IA wtB summoned
home. President solAya thoreupon
decided that the timo saa ripe for i'm.
mvdiate Hc,iou anu without waiting
| for the rstults Of my negotiations ~
| develop In the ordinary o0use he'll
sued nm invitation TO all the Central
| American pfe,idenis to meet NJ Ans.
laps, the capital OF HondufaL General
Bonills, PRECEDENT OF Honuuras, ami
GeneraI Gutierrez, PRECEDENT OF saliva.
dor responded iayorubly and tho three
presidents accordingly met In con-
ierence Mt Amalspa IN July. The re-
,ult OF their deliberations was the
treaty, the details VI which have si.
ready been printed.