The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-01-26
OTE2TURES.
Our Government May Prevent the
Mexico-Guatemala War.
H0STILITIEs MAY BE AVERTED.

A Message from Secretary Gresham TO
Mexico Results in That Government De-
laying Her Intended warlilxe Answer to
Guatemala's Latest Diplomatic Note.
CITY OF MEXICO, Jan 26.-The United
States has undertaken to play the part of
peacemalzer between Mexico and Guate
mala, to prevent war if possible. A tele
gram has been received here from Secry~
tary Gresham expressing the hope that
Guatemala and Mexico would agree be
tween themselves upon some method of
settling the dispute over the boundary,
but if this should not be possible the
United States trusted the two countries
would agree to submit this difference to
arbitration of some friendly nation.
This communication, from q nation
with which Mexico enjoys such intimate
and friendly relations, has caused pro
found impression upon the governmeBt,
and undoubtedly accounts in part at least
for the decision of the minister of foreign
affairs to withhold for five or six days at
least the ultimatum which ne was about
to dispatch in much less time in answer to
the note from the Guatemalan govern
ment received yesterday. 1t is learned
that the president of the United States
made sure that his appeal would be re-
ceiyed in good spirit before sending it
by first communicating in an unofficial
manner with Minister Romero at Wash
ington
That the situation had been regarded as
critical is evidenced by the fact that in the
Mexican arsenal at the citadel there are
being manufactured weekly from 10000 to
$4,000 Remington cartridges. They are
| also engaged night and day upon other
| work in order that all the artillery shall
be completely ready at a moments no
tice.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26-While the state
department officials positively refuse to
discuss the matter there is ground for the
belief that it is exerting its good offices to
settle the dispute between Mexico and
| Guatemala over the boundary without re-
course TO war. Senior Romero the Mexi-
can minister, has been almost daily in CON
| sultation with Secretary Gresham and
while he declines to tell what his purpose
| is, it is significant that he steadily main
/ tains that the trouble will be adjusted
| without harsh measures
| Minister Arraga, of Guatemala, is also
hopeful of peaceable adjustment of the
dispute. He said today that he had not
| heard from his government within the
| past four days, and had no information as
to the course Of events in Guatemala fur
ther than that contained in the press dis
| patches. He was in consultation yesterday
with Senor Mendonoa, the Brazilian min
lister, touching the situation. 1t is as
| serted here that the Guatemalan govern
mept has all along been ready to submit
the issues between Mexico and Guatemala
to arbitration, and it is believed that in
case the Mexican government should look
with favor upon this proposition Guate-
mala would like Brazil to act as arbitra-
tor. 1t might be noted in this connection
that Guatemala is party to the cOnyen-
tion of South and Central American ma
tiOns, providing for the submission of all
disputes to arbitration, but that Mexico
has never joined in the treaty.
Isaac p. Gray, United States minister to
Mexico, arrived in Washington yesterday.
For the past six weeks he has been In
diana ON account of the illness of his son,
but undoubtedly the unsettled condition Of
affairs in the country which he represents
influenced Mr.. Gray to report here for the
purpose of comforting with the secretary
of state to learn the desires of the admin
istration as to the course he should pur-
sue in the trouble which seems on the point
Of precipitating Mexico and Guatemala
into war, and whether it was wished that
he should return to his post A local
paper quotes Minister Gray as saying that
he does not think that there will be any
war between Mexico and Guatemala, be-
lieving that their differences will be set
tied by peaceful negotiations. Further
than this he declined to talk.
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