The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-17
Marblehead Arrives at
 Scene of War.
WILL REPORT TO MR. COMBS
Cruiser Will Be Scene of Peace Negotiations.
Guatemala Announces That HostiIities win Be Immediately Suspended if Salvador win Undertake
 to Do the same.

Washington, July 16.-The Navy De- psrtment was informed this afternoon by cable from Commander Mulligan of the arrival of his ship, the Marblehead, at La Libertad from Panama. which port he left last Friday night
 Before sailing Commander Mulliga1 was instructed by the Navy Depart n1ent to report to the American Minis ter, Mir. Combs. at Salvador. In the absence of Minister Combs, who is de- tained at Champerico awaiting next Fridays steamer, Mir. Brown. the -4mer- fcan Secretary and charge in Salvador, will communicate with Commander Muliigan and that officer will place his ship at the disposal of the American legation, so that Mir. Brown will be Il a position to carry out the instructions which were cabled him today from. Washington to proffer to the govern ments of Salvador and Guatemala the use of this American warship as a place of meeting of the peace commits sioners.
 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 commissioners, but will leave that task to the American legations.
 Merry Won't Act.
 It is stated that neither Mini tier Merry nor Messrs. Combs and Brown will act in the capacity of a peace com missioner to either country; they are charged simply as good friends to both parties to endeavor to bring the hos tile nations into friendly relations without further loss of blood. To ,tkat end they will interest themselves in the selection of peace commissioners by the governments to which they are respectively credited and will proba- bly conduct these commissioners to the Marblehead and go with them beycnd ed upon, will advise them in friend ly way.
 This is not the first time the deck of United States naan-of-war has been the scene of a peace conference, the Marietta was thus employed eight years ago in bringing about peace be- tween Costa Rica and Salvador; the Philadelphia played similar part M a' Panama during a revolution there about ten years ago. and more recently Commander Dillingham; brought the Monti Christi insurgents and the Do- yninican government agents together on Monti Christi and secured peace on the deck of the Detroit,
 It is believed that the Marbieheao will take on the Salvadorean commis- eioners at La Liberta and then pro-
 
 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.
 6uaten.aIa Will Refrain.
 The important development of <he dav aside from the offer of the Marble head was an assurance to the state department from President Cabrera mat Csuatemala would refrain from further hostiIities 1T Salvador would undertake to do the same, which news was nromptIy communicated to Minis ter Merry at San Salvador, in toroer that he might transmit proposition 10 the government at that place.
 Another point developed was that Salvador and Honduras had enterea into an alliance, the nature of which is not certainly known, but 1t is pe- iieved by the officials here that the nurpose is to agree upon terms or peace that shall be proposed Dy Lne Two countries to Guatemala This news came to the state department from Charge Brown at Guatemala city, Stiil another cablegram, thia one from Minister Merry, informed the State department that the government of Honduras insisted upon being con sidered along with Salvador in the peace negotiations with Guatemala Altogether the prospect of the peace ful termination of the present difficult tv is believed to have frightened con- siderable during the day.
 Honduras Hasn't Declared War.
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