New-York tribune., 1910-06-05
REPLIES TO GEN. H[AYA
|, ,,tsu,aIan Judge Defends His
|'DI PRESIDENT and Sec. Knox.
b. ICY is, DON'T NEEDLE"
Central America Is Pleased
pay Over Downfall OF
Ex-President.


Hector kparicio, Of the Su'
- Of Guatemala. who mas Jus
ens his city. made a warm defence
BE-. - of PresiGent Estrada Cabrera o.
ssfs'0s5 e76 also of Secretary Knox re-
;asie'la'.,s ,ss iulputauons against these Two
lyinE y recent interview given by
;s'ssn'7 Santos Zelsya, the oeposeo
ssneTai -, ,li-ararIa. who Is now II
Btsi8H ..,. without the support oi
Ish,~ g states the insurrection in Nioar'
b. Us ~ not have lasted a month. H'
Eis ..,, President Estrada Cabrera
kscis'e1 .,..,,sr,,- worked 10 discredit nim
sd O. ,hsf Secretary Knox had per
PC l.--.is ,,-osisent Estrada Cabrera to make
;'so -, !, his attitude toward Nicar'
fu' srs. place" said Magistrate
ID .cuetemsla has had not the
srs-llv' .-.sresr n the internal war that
IN Nicaragua. The government
'l',.,'- .',,--sS strictly its policy ~ attend
p iO... our affairs and not mixing in the
.-o,,bles of its neighhors- II the
80 --..,-,-7er- opinion could he ascer-
80 - -sgs-diug the instruction in NioaT'
i''e- =. -robstlv would Re an expression
ESS .be ferment there. The charge
SsIp.- .ls- DE was discredited by any
..tsr against him by President
u u. csb-e-a is, Of course. untrue; Il is
-. zalaya was discredited and con
!, his own country, as well as in
NJ 80 states and Central American
---,,s l,v his own conduct only
-.c,,i-e5 no foreign influence 70 cal
--,,,n 70 the infamy Of mis- administra-
,55 N lis horrors the elimination
80 ,,r,awfs execution or TWO Amer
.y.l.,s saws thai he and President Es-
:. rsbre-a stood for different ideals.
is The one true statement in his in
e The President Of Guatemala al
.rs has stood for the peace Of Central
-. he has stood for the moral. in
E~a,.usI and economic development OF
E-.,en,sla. The result Of his benefcent
Es,sncs tss been felt iu these directions.
81 c,- expandinE railway system, our i'm
.,rs5 financial condition. our prosperous
E,-~s-ce. our fine educational system and
freedom q suffrage and speech.
& zssvs on the other hand, has been
L. the our,1site Under his aduiniStra-
- ard 7 tell exactly what his own coGn-
- said about hiln-the commerce OF
q country remained staEnant. constitu-
s ma -igh-s were unknown, and he ruled
despCtic and cruel hand Ielaya
- cared about treaty obligations anl
b Tie first 10 violate the terms Of the
- made a. the Central American
T. conference al Washington. His
n union Of the Central American
bics was 10 subdue them all and then
enc dictator over them all
II zelavss assertion that President Is
H. Cabrera has made Secretary Knox
d TOOL IS a Era-uitouS insult 70 the emf
J., statesman ar the head of the State
Es,s-tmert al Washington. ]: Is also an
49, 10 The American Minister in Guate-
- whose duties are TO keep his gov
Hrnsrt properly informed. I can safely
thst President Estrada Cabrera has
Il part or direct interest in any &c
b 1 taken l-- Secretary Knox toward
E Zelsya or Nicaragua Mr.. Knox $
b 11 probably has been the result OF
Ers; asnd information from his own
ID rCss sld Of his own knowledge Of the
azaol- The idea OF his being President
8st.tGs Csbreras tool Is truly Zelaya1.
y osr-d America Is better off for the
n.rsaoa q Zelaya Only he deplores