The age-herald., 1898-11-23
TROUBLE ALREADY IN SIGHT
ReVOlutiOniStS Are Said to be Active and
 Plotting for ASGendenGy.
CONSTITUTION OF GOVERNMENT
Was Not Submitted to the People, and the Presidents of the States Claimed to be Conspiring
 to Retain Power.

Managua, Nicaragua, November 22.-The ceremony incident to the organization of November of the United States of Gen. tral America, formed by the union of Nica- ragua, Salvador and Honduras, was brief and simple President Reyes. of the ex- pirng diet of the greater republic of Gen. tral America, created on June 20, 1895, when the three presidents formed the treaty of Amapala, delivered the three commission CTS. one from each state, of all power pos sessed heretofore by the diet. Each of the commissioners then made formal declara- ton and public declaration to support the constitution of the United States of Central America and all laws made in accordance herewith.
 There was an armed force of about 800 soldiers on Tiger Island, on which Anna pala, the temporary capital, is located. when the new government was organized. They were called guards of honor," but were kept on the lookout to prevent the landing on the island of suspicious parties. This precaution was taken in view of the fact that assertions were made in certain quarters that the constitution of the fed eration had not been submitted to the peo- pie, and that the presidents of the states had conspired to keep themselves in auto cratic power. It Is said the power held by the diet and transferred to the government committee vas in the greater part fictitious and mythical, and that the members of the diet had no means of enforcing their decrees.
 To Ignore the Constitlt on The government by virtue of the consti- tuition is to command the armies, navies, custom houses, postoffices, revenues, etc., of the three states, and is to have fed eral district of several thousand square miles of territory, embracing the Gulf of Fonseca and four large civil departments of landing which are to surround Nicara- qua and Yauon, Salvador over which they will have special charge. It now appears that the commissioners and the governors of the three states (the former president having given way to the governors), have tacitly agreed to ignore the constitution and to have the governors retain jurlsdic- tion over a large part of the armies, as necessary to keep themselves in position and power, only a small portion of the armies to be under the actual control of the central government, although all the armies are to be considered nominally at least as under the command of the central government. The people generally appear to look at the new organization with fear and trembling as an additional heavy bur- den o be supported by extra import duties, taxes, forced loans, etc.
 The commissioners are Angel Aguardo, of Honduras; M. c. Matus, of Nicaragua, and Salvador Callegis, of Salvador
 Santiago Callejos, of Nicaragua has charge of the federal district and the in terior department.
 The inaccessibility of Amapala by other means than small boats will enable the government to remove the capital to Nica- ragua, in the federal district The plans may be objectionable owing to the report that there are several cases of leprosy in town.
 The new government of Nicaragua Is im- pressing men rapidly into the army, al- though no outward appearance of a revo- lution has been observed recently. The people appear anxious to be at peace.