The herald., 1895-01-28
BULLETS OR DIPLOMACY, Which !?
Talk Of Arbitration in the
Guatemalan Affair.
Little Chance for a Central Ameri-
can Union.
In the Event of War Mexico WIN Settle
Not Oniy the Boundary Qaes-
tion but Other Matters.

CITY OF MEXICO Jan. 27.-1he city is quiet
| tonight, although in the Hobbies of the hotels,
and wherever groups are gathered, the topic
discussed is the Guatemalan question. Yet
the excitement has to large extent abated
| The president and his officers of the cabinet
have been considering Guatemala's last docu.
ment for several days. 1t is believed that 1t is
not nearly satisfactory to Mexico. though had
| it been very radical the public would undoubt-
| eddy have learned of it by now.
| Preparations for war are being made by both
| countries, but tonight there seems to be an
undercurrent of opinion that trouble may be
automatically avoided. 1t is now eemi-offi-
cally announced that the report OF war ship
having been sent TO Guatemala is incorrect
and that she sailed for another port
Minister De Leon has leased residence here
for three years, closing thu deal Saturday,
which looks as though he would not receive
passports to return to Guatemala for awhile.
If Mexico is pushed into the fight over the
International boundary her policy will be as
outlined by President Diaz and his cabinet, to
effect that this dispute and other little matters
will be settled once and forever and that the
necessary means will be used to that end It
Is prophesied in some quarters that Mexico
will settle the boundary line by quietly APP
propriating the whole Guatemalan republic as
part of the Uni ed States of Mexico with the
executive of this republic as its ruler.
A sALvADoRANs OPINION.
The Mexican authorities refuse to discuss
this matter, and it is exceedingly probable
That such proposition has not been seriously
considered, except as last resort and after all
other plans for reconciliation have fai ed. In
in an interview with the Salvadoran minister,
Don Jacinto Castellanos, he said that he con-
sidered the final declaration of war against
Guatemala as a calamity which ought to be
averted ii possible, and which, he thinks, will
he averted by the final recognition of justice.
1t will be remembered that Salvador is in the
position of a friendly neighbor to Guatemala,
and so will use all its influence to preserve the
peace. The hope of Guatemala for forming a
Central American union against Mexico in the
coming fight seems to be growing less and less
every day since the arrival of the minister of
Salvador in the city. He has kept
his home government well informed
of the high spirit of the whole Mexican
republic over the Guatemslan episode and OF
activity OF this government in pushing forward |
preparations for war to finish This sort of
thing is not to the taste of Salvador of the
other Central American republics. President
Barrios of Guatemala is feared by some OF the
other republics on account of his vaultng am
bition to be ruler OF all Central America, and |
SO his demands carry some weight with them, |
when leveled at his weaker neighbors.
G. A. R. MEN LOYAL TO MEXICO.
The official daily of the Mexican government |
states the late attempt of the attaches OF the
Guatemala legation to visit the government
arms factory was not made in company with
an Italian minister, but with Carlos Loai
former secretary OF the Mexican legation in
Guatemala and later in Italy The position of
the government is that If Guatemala or any
other nation q SO a pra IA ra