The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-24

combed with graft. This is 50 OF most
Of the Central American countries.
Nearly every official is a CRATER. and
every one knows it. The salaries are
exceedingly low. The president here
nominally receives a salary Of 5000
a year. a sum that wo.!a not probably
pay his expenses for single
month. Subordinate officials are pro-
portionately poorly paid. The situa-
tion Is very like that OF China. where
the squeeze is q fixed affair and where
every one expects to pay for any Of
fetal service rendered. President
Cabrera knows just about how much
each ofncial is getting, and the ON
Gals have to be on their guard as to
how much they take.
The KILLING Of . Hunchbaek.
I. must be remembered. however.
that Guatemala II backward as to It's
communications. and that any one In
power can Cypress those beneath him
without danger of being discovered.
have heard Of many instances and
here give you one which was told me
by a German merchant. 1t happened
at Antigua a year or so ago. 1t was
shortly. after one of the attempts to
fsrred to. The mayor Of Antigua.
who is closely allied with the presi-
dent, wanted to buy certain coffee
plantation which belonged to hunch-
back The hunchback refused to sell
or otherwise dispose Of It, He had
however. already loaned the mayor
IS, 300 in gold but could not get his
interest nor any satisfaction OF the
debt and he feared that his property
would go the same way. He trans
ferred it to his children. who were still
minors. and then said the property did
no: belong to him. A little later he
asked the mayor 70 pay his loan.
which request the latter considered An
insult and threatened him.
After the attempted assassination
OF the president the mayor sent IN a
report that the hunchback was in
. plot. and he thereupon ordered his
soldiers TO take him to Guatemala
, City TheS started out over the hills
and when they got into the mountains
the story Is that they told the hunch-
back that they had orders TO shoot
him. which they did. The report was
then sent in to tt. president that
.here was 10 doub: Of the treason Of
the hunchback. and n" one dared say
anything in reply
bloody GuasemaIs.
Tn, government Of this country has
always been more or less corrupt
, Th, republic was born in the blood
of tn. Indians and !t IL the outcome
of the ,yrrnuy O. til. SpaniardA Al
yarado. VIII. took ErsE. ssicn % Guate-
-pa!a for spain. tortured and ensiAvcd
IN. natives. 80 c.e time he wrote TO
Corfez:
Il have killed and cap;lred many
reorl.- many q. them captains and
persons OF rank and ~ another
time:
~ determined 90 burn Tho lords ana
-bcI- cites. e order sNss I might
bring ;se:.s ~ the s.rvicr % his ma
,csir :hs -iTG"
AIvaraa" had pleasant way Of
.r,.s.rg E.S rra.rr prisoners on the
cs,si.S s-d thighs and then s~Iiins
,h.-., - slaves a: p-SIi. auction. y,
vas rag. n. s1a7c with ~. SUCCESSORS
,.u.sr= . yrriod ~f several hundred
y.s:z. a:=s,<; al ot the oSc.sis beins
- S:.zassh ..r:h
Shr-fi. after :rr republic was Gre
a.~d r.yoIst.ons at! ass ssinstions ec-
.gs,. MouS about seventy years ago
caTrc-a young ZIG driver. became
president au1 fo- mary y~ars he VS.
n. absolute -ui.r % ~. COUNTRY. VIC
wa. q fogz.r 90 -.s1 srd wonrn. ard
whEe pr,sias nj he tsi ass enemies
taken out .rs" th. public square and
,hot to terribly the people.
kSugssg ~ Gasr~ra's Tve6ecessoss.
d. gttI~ later IN c,me Rahr. Barrics
.-so vas sbso!s;e ruler % the covn;ry.
for 3 dozen or more years. ard who.
although cruel ard interruptions. Old
Much 90 develop 10. pe built rail-
roads and wagon roads and sri~s TO
introduce compulsory education Bar
rise narrowly escsped ASSASSINATION
several times. and ~ oue time . bome
was thrown as HE See& whiSe Ne woak-