The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1906-07-20
HoNDUsAS JOINS SALVADOR
AGAINST GUATEMALA.
TRYING TO DEPOSE CABRERA
President Declared to be Usurplng
Despot-No Mans Life Safe Under
His RuIe-AlI Central America May
Become Embroiled.

Panama, July ia telegram re-
ceived here from San Salvador says
that Honduras declared war against
Guatemala.
According to this same message
the following proclamation has peeh
circulated in Salvador:
General Bonilla, commanding the
Salvadorean army, has repealed the
Guatemalan forces at Matapama, in
Salvador. ten miles east of the Guate-
malan frontier The victorious army
of Salvador retained the positions
captured from the enemy"
The declaration of war by Hondur-
as on Guatemala brings a third state
actively into the Central American
trouble. which has been progressing
with more or less severe fighting ana
blood shed for a month or more. Hon
duras and Salvador are now arrayed
against their neighbor on the west.
Nicaragua and Costa RIGA are the
only two countries still passive, and 1t
has been said the former is about TO
take part IN the HSHtlnS.
Up to recently Honduras has SEEM
ingly taken no part in the difficulties
between her neighbors. Recent re-
ports, however, declared her territory
had been invaded by Guatemalan
troops in pursuit of fugitives from
the army of General Regalado, the
Salvadorean commander who was
killed in the fighting at Jicaro.
The present trouble in Central
America has been brewing for long
time. For the past five years the
revolutionists in that country nave
been planning, intriguing and prepar-
ing for the overthrow of President
Calfera, and in their efforts to this
end they have not failed to appeal Tor
support to certain elements in Hon.
dras and Salvador, working on the
national jealousies for first place
among the several states forming
Central America.
President Cabrera has been harsh
ly criticized by his enemies. they
declare he rules with extreme despot-
ism, that no mans life is safe under
his unwise and all-advised course.
On the other hand President Ca
brera has declared this revolutionary
movement to be inconsequential and
that the government would promptly
put it down.
President Cabrera's term of office
in fact expired in 1905. He has, how
ever, insisted on holding over.
Guatemala is the largest and most
important of the five Central Ameri-
can republics. with nearly half their
collective population and leads them
all in domestic and foreign commerce.
Its area is 4S,3OO square miles and it
has 1,574OO0 people. The regular
army numbers 1000 officers and men.
The effective army is estimated at
$4,000 men and the reserve at 10000.
Manual Estrada Cabrera has been
president since 1899.
Honduras is 10000 square miles in
extent, and has 5S7,5O0 people, eX-
elusive of uncivilized Indians. The
number OF PERSONS VI Eulopeah
descent is proportionately small, most
of the population being civilized In
dams. Military service is obligatory
upon all able bodied males between
the ages CT IS and 40. The active
army is estimated at 5000 men. The
militia numbers over 40 600.
Mountainous, with low coast lands,
Honduras has a water front on both
Atlantic and Pacific, the former be-
ing more extensive. The climate is
healthful and on the whole temperate.
The rainy season is now on, the dry
season extending from November to
May.
Salvador is the smallest and most
densely populated of the banana re-
publics. Its area is S,135 square
miles. The population is 1,OO6,S4S-
an average of 1879 to the square mile.
Salvador has one small cruiser for a
navy. The regular army numbers
1000 men, and there are $4,000 in the
militia.