The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-10-12
AMERICAN
STATES MAY FORM A
UNION. PREDICTION


ANHNs
New York. oct. 1.-Two inches OF
type. with headlines 50 diminutiVe ~
,u appear self-e,facing. told the read
ers Of the American newspapers "A few
duvs ago that the Central American
republics were taking steps to unite
II was stated IN a briei caDlegrAm
from salvador that the movement 20
form a substantial federation of Cen
trail American states was well under
way. that the president of Honduras
had oriRinated the plan uf uniting
that all Of the four repuhlics-SalNa-
dor. Costa Rica. Guatemala. and MICA
ragua-had signified their Willingness
To attend q conference looking to this
union. and that demonstrations OF de-
light had attended the favorable re-
! nponses to the proposition.
Had such news come To the Aiuerl'
can newspapers four years ago, when
all the nations Of the earth were M
! peace and drinking delight In a fcors
I paradise AT The Hague. the headline
/ writer's hand would not have itchet
I from idIenes-. HAD II beea iniimatei
TO rs OF the United states tina q r"-
public was forming close to ~ Fir'-
! ma Canal. with a total population JUS;
I aHNNNsWNN EtlNAA VI ~ ~ "fHH ~
seacoast a thousand miles on the Pa
cific. n with u standing army OF
more than 500. OO0. nt least we would
have looked At one another and re-
marked. important, II true
The truth Of the matter j. that
should the movement now wen unser
way In Central America prove suce"Hs-
fui. Cand there now seems little doubt
g.. IL. --.NH. m.HN -. -agu. Na-
tween the United states and the Pan
anna Canal more than one.third ~
large ~ Mexico. II Will he q politicIi
union OF states which, with the power
OF making treaties with all the first
class nations OF the earth. might one
of these DAYS CONT to figure IN a sig
nificant way in the affairs OF al The
Americas.
For nearly a hundred years these
tiny republics of the Caribbean lIar-
ter have not bcvn getting along well
together. Rcbellions would arise
among them. or within them. and they
were not potential factors In the shdp-
ing OF the eprth's history. Their own
development Was retarded by these
continual quarrels and while they were
rich In natural u this wealth
was "a little worth To them. ships
from thp powerful nations of the earth
would pass their ports. lake away
whatever they had to SCH, and that
wa ahoutall they could boast IN the
making OF world history
When the Houduran consulate al
81 broadway was asked for lnformo-
tion concerning the causes that let
to this movement tor unity 81 The
Central American republics at q time
when the worlds map was being
changed in other ways abroad Senior
Andres Soriano, the consul, smiled
and said with q shrug Of his shoulders
My dear sir. is /, not time for some
countries to DE building up instead ~
tearing down
1T Is very pleasant to discuss this
matter for an American newspaper,
for, should this republic he formed,
we OF Central America viii have more
ability Ia develop m friendships with
our powerful ueighbor, the United
states 81 curse the hulk 81 our
trading is now, and shall continue 20
he, with the United States.
As 20 the beginning ~ this move
meut let me say that u appears q
have come up all of = sudden II .
the outcome of another movement AL
together. You see. these nv" republics
| of Central America Honduras Guat".
malu, Nicaragua. Costa Rira Iud Sal.
Nador--iluCr 1907 haN" hecu dvaliui
with one another through what wa
known a. the central American court
~ justice. This WAS established ~
conference held at Washington 100 laoi
and It has worked we'll Before that
time the republics oi central AmNric.
were always p%uarreliug with one an
other. Sow. the court OF Justice wa
to hold for ten wears, ana the time al
ia existence viii expire next year
Some time last August the president %
Salvador, through his secretary NJ fot
eigu affairs. wrote Il letter 90 an IN,
other republics asking that q couyeu
ton he hold tor the purpose NJ re-
ucwinE the court ct Justice.
Ell wi- 300 replying to this lotte
that The president OF my country. Hon
duras expressed not onlv a desire O.
extend the power 81 the court pf Jus
tice. bat u willingness To- send dele
gates to q conference making for a,
soluto union OF AN the Central Ameri
ca urcuubl.Cs. The suggestion hu- bee
Il ,iftflNfu UiNNl fNlNltllAt dtfhiullE =
my unofficial adviccs from Honduras
by all the republics. ana hest Of al
the peoples Of the various states ar
deeply interested in the movement.
have not yet received any copN ut IN
official communication the prcsider
Of Honduras sent 90 the other rcpuA
lies asking for union. 80 thai I cam.
quote any particular reasons he CAV
for such q federation only kno'
that II win he FAR better t0I thes
small nations to get together on
basis Of peace ana harmony and po,
interests for our share of trade an
our part IN the worlds growth
There Is, indeed. strength in unioI
while here Is positive danger In pull
ng apart. when We think uf the fut
NJ the small nations 81 Europe are "
. not led To feel that they nave cNiste
. In vain when they be dealt Dc
struction lbs the larger powers Wei
while the people ~ Central Americ
iare not ambitious over to figure
war OF any kind, We AN do feel a kee
desire 20 huild M and make more ur