The San Francisco call., 1905-06-12
BAR|L[AS
WILL LEAD
REVOLUTION
Believes People Of
Guatemala Are
With Him.
Manuel Dieguez, Ills
Ally, Fastening to
This City.
Escapes From Prison and Will
Join Uprising That Is
Being Planned.

Manuel Dieguez. one of Guatemala $
most brilliant lawyers and revolutionary
candidate put forward by General Ba-il-
las for the Presidency of the Central
American republic, is hurrying to San
Francisco from Southern Mexico to join
Barillas and party at the Palace Hotel.
Dieguez's head is wanted as badly by
President Cabrera of Guatemala as that
OF General Barillas whose unexpected
arrival here Saturday from Mexico has
caused a big sensation in the Central
American colony.
When Barillas' vast estate was taken
in charge by the generals creditors sew
eral years ago Disguez was chosen as his
friends legal adviser and continued TO
represent the soldier until the latter
crossed over into Mexico -ard proceeded
to organize a revolution against Cabrera.
Then Cabrera turned his wrath ON all OF
Barillas well-known friends and threw a
number of them including Dieguez. in
prison The latter finally escaped and
made his way southwark TO Salvador and
later Joined Bariiias IN salina Cruz,
Mexico, whence the pair sjsurneyed with
their military followers to Tapachula.
Naturally President Cabrera regards DIE
political foes, and would pay handsome
price for his return to Guatemalan terri
tory.
BARILLAS Is HOPEFUL.
Recently Dieguez has made another trip
to Salvador to confer with followers of
Barillas who are menacing Cabrera on
the southern border of Guatemala. On
this trip he is said to have secretly tra-
versed the entire breadth of Guatemala
under the very eyes Of the spies of the
President. He was returE.ng to Mexico
! .l<<x s.,
this city and it is now planned that he
shall meet the general here.
That the presence in San Francisco of
Cabrera's bitterest enemies indicates fur
ther trouble for the turbulent little re-
public is no longer doubted by local Cen
trail Americans. When General Barillas
arrived here Saturday there were many
who construed his sudden visit as an in
dication that his plans for revolution
had been abandoned, but the general is
authority for the statement that he has
net given up the idea of attempting to
depose Cabrera. He announced yesterday
to several friends that he will lead a rev.
oiutionary party, and that he has simply
delayed action until he can recuperate
his failing health, which, he says, IS one
of his reasons for coming to San Fran
cisco Attending him on his visit are his
son, Juan Barillas, who was here num-
Der of years ago; the generaIs private
physician and political sympathizer and
two servants, who have been with Cen
eral Barillas for many years
Yesterday number OF friends OF
General Barillas called upon him at the
Palace, but there were many more who
refrained from going there for the rea-
son that they know if the fact thatsthey
are on friendly relations with the enemy
of Cabrera is known the latter would
wreak vengeance upon them should
they be compelled to return to Guate-
mala on any mission In discussing MS
position yesterday, General Barillas
said that his cause is the common
cause of the people of Guatemala.
FIGHTING FOR THE PEOPLE.
'I am not intriguing with the hope
of regaining the Presidency held dur
ing the prosperous periods Of Guate-
mala," said he, but am endeavoring to
lead my countrymen in cause that
they secretly hope to win. Cabrera has
not kept his promises with the Guate-
malans. Instead of liberal Govern
ment he has attempted to enforce
tyrannical measures that have aroused
the hatred of the better classes of the
republic. Foreign residents of the
larger cities and those who own large
interests In the interior will bear me
out in my statements, and my country
men would do likewise were 1t not for
the fact that they know that any ex-
preston of resentment from them
would be followed by punishment, not
only to themselves, but to their famt-
lies
Some of the leading men of Guate-
mala, among them number of states
men. who have with the best ntea-
tions. reminded President Cabrera that
he was not following out the policy
that he had announced when he was
frst heralded as a Presidential candi-
date. have been subjected to all man
ner of abuse. Not few of them have
been thrown. in prison, for what the
President has been pleased to term
traitorous acts. After / have rested a
while here / expect to return to the
south and eventually hope to see Guate-
mala free of a burdensome and most
trying administration.
General Barillas further declares
that Cabrera is slowly drawing Guate-
mala into trouble with its foreign
creditors, especially England AS an
instance OF Cabrera's methods OF ad-
ministration he cites an act of the re-
cent Congress. when the Minister of
Finance submitted report to the ef-
feet that the revenues of the expiring
fiscal year amounted to $4,000, 900
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