The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-07-17
Uncle Sam Trying to Make
Children be Good
CABRERA FIGHTS ON BORDER
He Is Leaving Salvador Alone Be-
cause He Expects Revolution
There Within the Next
Few Days.

ffo9iiiiS toil y uiy he navy Depart
ment was informed this afternoon by
cable from Commander Mulligan of the
arrival of his ship, the Marblehead. at
La Liberated from Panama, which port
he left last Friday night.
Before sailing, Commander Mu1ligan
was instructed by the navy department
to report to the American minister, Mr.
Combs, al Salvador In the absence of
Minister Combs, who is detained at Cham
perieo awaiting next Fridays steamer.
Mr.. Brown, the American secretary and
charge in Salvador. will communicate
with Commander Mulligan, and that Off
Ger will place his vessel at the disposal
of the American legation. so that Mr..
Brown will be in position to carry out
the instructions which were cabled him
today from Washington to proffer to the
governments of Salvador and Guatemala
the use of this American warship as
place of meeting of the peace commits
sioners.
Americans VIII Answer Questions.
Acting Secretary of State Adee has not
attempted at this great distance from
the scene of trouble to arrange all the
details of the meeting Of the peace COM
missloners, but will leave that task to
the American legations. 1t is stated
that neither Minister Merry nor Messrs.
Combs and Brown will act in the ca
pacity of a peace commissioner to either
country; they are charged simply as good
friends to both parties to endeavor to
bring the hostile nations into friendly
relations without further loss of blood
To that end they will interest themselves
in the selection of peace commissioners
by the governments to which they are
respectively accredited, and will probably
eonduce these commissioners to the Mar
blehead, and go with them beyond the
three-mile limit to sea. and If called upon
will advise them in a friendly way.
Not the First Time.
This is not the first time the deck of
a United States man-of-war has been the
scene of a peace conference. The peace
between Costa Rica and Salvador; the
Philadelphia played a similar part at
Panama during a revolution there about
ten years ago, and more recently Com
mander Dillingham; brought the Monte
Christi insurgents and the Dominican
government agents together off Monti
Christi and secured peace on the deck
of the Detroit.
1t Is believed the Marblehead will take
on the Salvadorean commissioners at La
Libertad, and then proceed to the nearest
Guatemalan port, San Jose, where the
agents of that government will board the
ship, which will then go to sea beyond
the three-mile limit until the conferences
are over.
Both Agree to Be Good.
The important development of the day,
aside from the offer OF the Marblehead,
was an assurance to the state department
from President Cabrera that Guatemala
would refrain from further hostilties If
Salvador would undertake to do the
same, which news was promptly COM
municated to Minister Merry at San Sal
vador. in order that he might transmit
a proposition to the government at that
place
Another point developed was that Sal
vador and Honduras had entered into an
alliance. the nature of which is not def1n-
itely known, but 1t is believed by the
officials here that the purpose is to agree
upon terms of peace that shall be pro-
posed by the two countries to Guatemala.
This news came to the state department
from Charge Brown at Guatemala City.
Still another cablegram, this one from
Minister Merry. informed the state de-
partment that the government of Hon
duras insisted upon being considered along
with Salvador in the peace negotiations
with Guatemala.
Altogether the prospect of the peaceful
termination of the present difficulty Is
believed to have frightened considerably
during the day.