Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-23
REVOLUTIONS AF0OT
IN LATIN AMERICAS
Story of Plot Against Guate-
maIa and Honduras Reaches
Washington.
FRIENDS OF CABRERA
DENY HE WROTE HUERTA
Carranza. at Vera Cruz, Said to Be
Concurring in Intrigue Aimed
at His Neighbors.

Washington today in a personal letter
from DR.. Alberto Membreno. former
minister from Honduras to Washing
ton, and now president-elect of that
country. DIR. Membreno, who recently
returned home to be inaugurated presi-
dent. is now at Tegucigalpa
The charge is made that Jose Leon
Castillo, a Guatemalan, WHO has had
aspirations toward the presidency OF
that country, is now in Vera Cruz,
Mexico, equipping himself with arms
for a movement against Guatemala and
Honduras.
Coinctdentally 1t developed today that
the alleged letters" telegraphed to the
United States yesterday. purporting to
be from Estrada Cabrera to Nictorlano
Huerta, in which Cabrera. the President
of Guatemala. is alleged to offer sym
pathy toward the plans of Huerta and
associates for re-establishins control of
Mexico, are part Of the Castillo intrigue.
according to friends of President Ca
brera here. These letters" published
in La Voc de la Revolution, and tele-
graphed here. are said to be forgeries.
and Cabrera's friends declare that so far
from desiring to aid Huerta, President
Cabrera in fact hates him. politically.
Was Politician in Guatemala.
Castillo was a politician in Guate-
mala, and desired to be president, but
President Cabrera is SO popular with
the masses there that Castillo went to
Mexico and New Orleans and began
campaign against Cabrera in those
places. 1t is said in Washington that
for the past two months Castillo has
been in Vera Cruz, endeavoring to MT
out an armed expedition against the
Guatemalan government, with Interior
designs on Honduras. and that he has
been getting men in Vera Cruz ana
the Mexican states OF Campeche, Ia
basco and Yucatan
The letter Of DR.. Membreno which
reached Washington today is addressed
to a personal friend and says. in part:
flames for Guatemala and Honduras
1 am assured that Jose Leon Castillo
IL ecuipping himself with arms in
Mexico. with the concurrence of Car
rama. said arms having been delivered
to his agent. Mr.. Santos de la Rosa.
Guatemalan; and that the expedition
will start from Vera Cruz or from
some other Mexican port. In these
plots seems to be implicated Maxine
B. Rosales. who left three days ago
for San Francisco. Cal. A letter from
Castillo. in which he called upon Gen.
trail American youth to help Carranza,
has been published here"
lately. Latin American diplomats say
Indicating grounds for revolution in
either Guatemala or Honduras. So far
as Guatemala il concerned. on the con-
ington showing that railroad men, bust
ness men, students and others have
been forming clubs and signing petit
tions to President Cabrera with the
dency again. Whether he will submit
to reelection is still a question. The
date for the presidential elections is to
be fixed by the national assembly the
latter part Of this year.
Cabrera Long President.
Mr.. Cabrera has been President of
Guatemala since February 8, 1898. Be-
fore that he was minister of the in
terror and had been named as first
designate" by the national assembly.
position corresponding to that Of Vice
President Of tho United States
He 10 a pronounced liberal in poll
tics and under his administration the
country has enjoyed peace and prog
ress. In that period the railroad be-
ital-Guatemala City-has been COM
pleted, a work 2l0 miles in length,
after almost insurmountable Difficult
ties OF engineering through mountains
and tunnels.
For the past ten years President Cab
rera has been constructing additional
railroads. notably one leading to the
city of Quezaltenango. the second city
Of the republic. Mr.. Cabrera is said to
be 4 man Of scholarly attachments. He
has been a leading figure in Central
America for the last ten or fifteen
years, and the only criticism of him
ever made in his country 10 that he
pays too much attention to the friend
Department and honors citizens of the
United States.
May Submit to Will Of People.
In q letter just received in Washing.
ton by q personal friend President Ca
brera said:
III fully persuaded finally that the
necessities Of the country require my
continuance in once I am disposed to
lend my energies toward helping the
people, so you will see that there may
remain no other thing for me to do
but submit to the will Of my country
men"
It is understood in Washington that
President Cabrera may consent to serve
again as president for the purpose of
Guatemala 10 funded before he ends
his connection with tho government.
The foreign bondholders of the coun-
try have been paid of regularly at the
rate OF $1,oUVsVVV . tSaEs out tneFc mas
been a depreciation in the currency
because the country has been drained
Of gold.
I'm Honduras there 10 said to be an
equally good situation, devoid of real
ne ssity for revolution. according to
Latin American diplomats here. DR..
Membreno was elected president of
that country while still serving here
as minister to the United States. and
he only recently left Washington to
assume his new duties.
Letter From Minister Mendsz.
The following letter has been re-.
csived
"LEGACIoN DE GUATEMALA.
WASHINGTON. July 80. 1915.
| 10 the Editor Of The Star:
In yesterdays edition Of Tho Even
ing Star l read a telegram from Gal
weston. Tex, In which II is asserted
that President Estrada Cabrera OF
Guatemala, promised to help Gen.
Huerta in revolution In Mexico. which
| Affirmation 10 based only on certain
letters said to have been published in
La Vos de la Revolution. a newspa per
In Merida. Yucatan.
so that the truth may be known, il
| in my duty to state that the letters al
legged to be from President Estrada
Cabrera are apocryphal, and have been
informed were forged by young writ
err who wished to give something OF in
terest to some newspaper. wish to
call attention to the fact that the young
man undoubtedly does not even know
Guatemala as he makes many grave
mistakes when referring to Il, and
which are the best proof that the let
tiers are forgeries.
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