Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-22
Bust of Guatemnalam Hero i'm Pam-Am@ricam Gallery
ARCHIBALD HOPKINS.

Barrios. himself of the 'ladinos.'' or
middle class, as have been his three sue
cessors Barillas, Reina Barrios and Ca
brera the last named now ruler of the
country. brought this portion. of the
population. the common people, 10
from the lowly position which they had
occupied. When he was a young man, q
poor country lawyer, 1t was the custom
for the ''!adinos to step down on the
narrow sidewalks into the street. when
ever an aristocrat approac hed.
One day while going along the street
Young Barrios, instead of getting of the
sidewalk at the approach of an aristo-
crat, stopped and stood himself up along
the side of house. Whereupon the arts
toctat one Senior Batres, took Barr1os
bodily and sent him sprawling out into
the street.
Time passed on and Barrios became
president of the country. Whereupon he
sent one OF his officials to administer zoo
lashes to Senior Batres. AS a peace offer
ing and to show that he was ready to
bow to the powers that be, Senior Batres
sent back to President Barrfos fine
bull from his herd. Laughingly Barrios
said: Il guess we'll have to go back
and give Senior Batres 200 more lashes to
get the cow
President Barrios during his rule se-
cured order and prosperity in the couu-
try. initiated railways. telegraphs and
other improvements, and secured reli-
Sious freedom. He made visit to the
United States in 1SS2-S3
AS to the two other Central American
heroes now in the Pan American galaxy
Of leaders. Morazan of Honduras and
Mora OF Costa RIGA, the former actually
succeeded in bringing about Central
American federation, Of which he was
elected president, while Mora was the
man who proposed the first constitutional
Central American assembly, to be COM
posed Of five representatives from each
state.
Revolutions, in other states caused
,Mora's proposed. plan to fail. This was
back IN the first half of the nineteenth
century. The federation brought togeth-
er by MoraZan was in 1880. more than
four score years ago. 1t did not last
many years. however, although he gov
erned wisely and was reelected .,resi-
dent OF. the union in 1894. But opposition
arose and this led to revolts. On the eN-
piration of his second term he tried to
keep the union together by force, al
though there had been no reelection ow-
ing to the confused conditions. In his
efforts to maintain the Central American
fedora ton MoraZan was supported BIZ
Salvador. but in the following, year. 1870.
he was defeated in Guatemala and fled to
Peru. He returned later to Central
America to try to re-establsh his union,
but was not successful.
= The placing of the bust of Barrios in
the Pan American gallery means that
eleven of the twenty-one American re-
pubiics, a majority. are now represented
there, while two other countries have Sc
lected their heroes. although the marbles
will not be here for some time to come.
Eight countries remain to, be heard from.
The white marble busts, all of uniform
size, stand on pedestats OF beautifully
grained red marble, In the upper hall over
looking the patio of tile Pan American
building. in which are growing tropical
trees from the various countries whence
come the heroes of the nations.