The San Francisco call., 1897-10-02

AND INDECENT
The Consul-General of Qua
temala so Character
ICES the Examiner.
Righteous Indignation of the
Representatives of an Out
ragged People.
Gathers It's News From the Slums
and by Underhand Means, Pan
dering to the Sensational.

| The alleged newspaper published on
Mission street has again brought down
upon its lead the contempt OF an out
RACED people by its malicious perversion
! OF fact in order TO achieve notoriety as q
pander to the sensational. Its recent at
| tacks upon the Guatemaian Government
have aroused much indignation among
| the citizens of that country who are visit
ing this city and this sentiment has crys-
tallized in the following statement by
Senior NJ. Carrillo, Consul General of Qua
temala 10 San Francisco:
Positively the Examiner is more revo-
lutionary than the revolutionists of Guat-
emala themselves. The only difference is
that these aspire to place themselves in
power, while the motives of said paper are
OF more penurious nature, and which are
understood by all. To obtain the desired
end this paper does not stop short from
publishing every kind of calumnies
against the country and her Govern ment.
and 1t seems to care very little about the
injuries done by such procedure, which in
itself is incom pre- hensible in any newspa-
per laying claim TO self-respect and to en-
tertainlng considerations for the feelings
of others. Rut nothing is astonishing in
the Examiner. whose principal aim is TO
lnclte the curiosity OF the multitude and
in order to sell few more copies, adorns
lis pages with illustrations which, to say
The least, are obscene, and which would
moi be tolerated anywhere else.
1.-The Examiner has SO long entertained
its readers with many and continuous
triump phs of the rebels and has so often
announced the overthrow of the Govern
ment without this ever being materiaized,
that 1t nov sees lit to change its modCS
operandi and introduces a new system of
defamation and ibels by referring 10 two
individuals, who are said to have lived in
Guatemala, and who relate the horrors to
which the Americans are subjecl ed in that
republic.
The report of these two unknown was
graciously received by the Examiner, and
IN its libelous franticness, it even went so
far as to wreak its wrath upon the Hon.
Consul OF the United States in Guatemala,
whom 1t treats in a manner which GER
tainly has nothing in common with
gentIeness.
at is prohibited in all parts of the world
10 carry concealed weapons, and every
wnere the officers of the law have the
power 10 suppress excesses and scandals
committed by inebriate or dissoluts
Characters, and lock up the disturber.
TO this class OF people, whose respec-
liability is not their strongest point,
A M rica as we'll as any other nation con-
tributes. But there are hundreds OF
Americans in Guatemala (as many gen.
tlemen of respe ctable houses here who
have been living in that country can tes-
tify) who very far from being il treated
are on the contrary highly esteemed and
respected. Trapps and other disorderly
persons who unfortunately also visit the
republic Of course are excepted. If the
Examiner would only address itself to the
respectable and wel-known people who
have been in Guatemala it would get diff
ferent information about that republic
But that is asking too much, as it Is well
known that that paper only likes o gather
news from hotel help or similar sources.
And this Is natural, for newspaper
which prints such pictures cannot be ex-
pected TO have very decent connections
The Examiner advises the Americans
not TO go 10 Guatemala. IF the Examiner
has reference to those persons who only
keep the police busy then it is right, and
Guatemala does not lose anything if they
stay away. Another thing is, which the
Examiner should not overlook, that q
Guatemalan never comes here 10 make
living, but always brings money along,
which he freely spends, while the hmeri-
can goes to Guate emalG to make money.
The Examiner In all Its supposititious
articles glorities IN calling the President
OF Guatemala Dlctator-cowardIy insult
Ing him besides-which insults, however,
can only be despised, and are not worth
answering, but it is Just as we'll to ac-
quaint tie Examiner with the fact that
dictator. II he is in power it is by the
vote of the National Constituent AS
sembly, which represents the ma jority of
the nation. Ii this is dicta orship then
the picture in last Sundays Examiner
must be called decent. NJ. CARRILLo."