The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-03-04
MATTERS IN M

MATTERS IN Nc
Washington March $3.50,
having red sunsets aud oths, pa
impending warfin the North =
Is a row breeding between Fl
Southern neighbors, Nicaras,,s
Rica, which may occur AZ .S!|
Both countries have grievanc.-
Other q few weeks ago ths "a
Nicaragua ordered the AREA 4
Rica consul at Managua en- ~
conspiracy and sent him "a y
twenty days, when he was III,
an English banker Costa RI.
an apology, which has nnts,
Nicaragua claims 10 have .s,5]
the consul WAS furnishing "
formation to the leaders az ~
but 1t has not been produced s.s|
troversy continues. Nicaragua ~
ter charges that Costa Ricn ss.I
asylum TO TIE leaders OF ~ h
which recently occurred n M
country.
1t Is true that Costa RIGA /. p
political exiles from Nicarasn.
a few weeks ago a small ma
crossed the border and attart.S
of-Ssn Juan dsl Sur. whera M.
OF three or four hours auratios \
defeated and dispersed. 1t M
shown, however. that the ro,I.a
Costa RIGA was implicated or m,
aid or encouragement TO thA ~
NeverthelesN Nicaragua finds ~
useful in offsetting the trouRlS
errest or the consul.
II would be a pity to disturb y,
ditions in Costa RIGA by a VI
little country Is now making M
in material development and III
has reached high tide. Railwsw
opened to distant parts of the 81
migrants are going, into the M
thus opened and the nopulstios
creased 90 per cent during than
years. The exports in 1886 reacha
i27, and during the first slxn
1897 were nearly the same au,oup
increase continues during The d
of the twelve months the totiJ
double that of any other year il
tory. This little country furnisRu
Ing illustration Of what the OH
lies of Central America might
way Of material developms mt III
were allowed to live IN peaee
given an honest government.
Nicaragua, on the other hand.
Jul example of misgove-nmeni
been rapidly going backward fuf,
Of years because of the dishoassy
iespotism of it's rulers. Or. "a
president, is man OF good Il,
iristocratic ancestry. He was ID
Paris and has had every opportr
,ould be offered, but he has d &
surround himself with disrepu.
'enturers, mostly foreigners ird@i
iombia and other of the South M
states, has allowed them to plsS5
'ountry and has kept himself ID
establishing military despoiis
'eople of the country are III 4
error and suspicion rests upon II
Who is not an outspoken adhGSs
resident, Although the pecple
'eyohd their resources, the lttu
mpty, and now it is proposed d
overnment railway ninety-thns
1ng. which is the only pi zee cft|
property which the government
nd that is mortgaged for SEASON
IS full value, 10 London s5nax
II is the universal opinion 81 II
,iliar with the situation in Germ
"a that if Zelaya goes to war VI
lea he will invite his own q
ecause it would furnish safs nj
Or the people 10 rise against U
The Greater Republic Of Centnl
"a, which was organized several
Y the presidents of Nicaragua,
nd Honduras for mutual support
'nse. is on the verge of dissoluil
idor, by far the strongest " y
has expressed its fdt
the arrest of the Costa Rica1
Id in case of trouble will take
the latter country. There are
1ancial complications between
The government OF
aned Nicaragua several hundts
Id dollars to meet an emergenll
IS not been repaid, and there y
ct Of its repayment. This has
lance very unpopular among ~
Salvador, who see that they haF!
Ing to lose and nothing to gam
their issues.
President Zeiaya has also brous
nself the hostility of some Of "
RS by furnishing assistance 70 Y
es. He furnished arms, ammunp
pplies to Elroy ,aAlfaro, who
srthrew the government OF Efvs
o furnished munitions of war Y
ionary expedition against ~
mt of Colombia last year, and.
faro was successful and is now
Colombian expedition was ~
government OF that republf
iting an opportunity To retlHi
W. ~
Chnppcll Hill NOteA
happell Hill, Texas, March 81
nding the cry OF hard tims
] Is making great strides nM
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