Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-28
TIT. PLAZA AT R,oUcIeApR
 TEE CAPITAL OF SPANISH HCR1pORAS.

from justice to Spanish Honduras when there was no extradition treaty be- States But no faithful record of pres ent day conditions in Spanish Honduras can be written without some Of the romantic details in regard to them. for they are bound up in it's history and in it's present day life.
 The first Anglo-Saxon white man on at Puerto Cortez was Gen. Lee Christ mas, in a white undress uniform, with an automatic revolver peeping rom under his blouse. The last time l hao seen him was when he was in Wash ington having hard luck in getting built number of aeroplanes the Guate- purchase. Just before leaving the United States that Central American rumor factory-of which no human being ever knew the headquarters, but which always has some very dull axe to grind-was reporting Gen. Christ mas presence and alleged activities on the MeXican-Guat eInalan border. well, he wasn't there and he isn't there. lie is in Puerto Cortez raising pineapples and standing on the dock on ship dayS to get the latest news from home, ana to De of service to visitors all day long in the broiling sun.
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 The second Anglo Saxon white man I laid eyes on as our ship docked at Puerto Cortez was the man alluded to in the first paragraph of this article the Burke who was known to our fathers and grandfathers as being a fugitive from justice in the United States. and who, when the spanish Honduranean authorities signed an ex- tradition treaty with the United States was expressly stipulated by them as being exempted from it's provisions.
 He too, comes down to meet the ships from home at the dock, formally salut- ing the passengers, and being highly and respectfully regarded throughout the length and breadth od ,aI this +. iaho w,,ita 4 haired and white whiskered, he seats him self on a hand upon which has been placed a cane upholstered bench, and from the heart of Puerto Cortez is pro pelled by two native servants standing at his rear down the railroad tracks which run a long way out on the dock, there to say 'How-do" to the people from home.
 Grave, unsmiling and dignifed, in the white linen dress which is the white mans gfbe 4be white m eg travefgrs eHeS have ing nothing to say. Lonely? Perhaps!
 What stories could be written of the exploits of these people! Of others, too. familiar in the streets Of this port, one of the finest natural deep water ports in the world, among them three smugglers who smile in a complimented manner when they are congratulated upon the speed of their boats, and who have made half a million dollars each.
 
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 For Spanish Honduras is filled with men to whom big adventures are as the little things of everyday life, none more so than the young engineers who come from the United States to superintend the electrical plants and machinery of a New York and Honduras mining company, a concern which is building up the country so far as it can be built up without rail roads in a mountainous region.
 There is a prospect of the extension of the railroad from Puerto Cortez to La Pimiento, and on heyfhd this are great rich plateaus suitable for grazing lands where fortunes can be made in cattle Household and agricultural implements are wanted in Spanish Honduras, and so are electrical appliances for cooking in view of the frightfully high cost of wood but railroads are wanted more than any thing else.
 When communication throughout the