Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-22
CENTRAL AMERICANS MAY
UNITE THEIR INTERESTS
salvador and Honduras Have Move
ment on Foot for Joining
Hands.
TO BE REPUBLIC OF MORAZAN
Proposal Now Hinges on the Result
OF an Election to Be :-cld Mkt
october-Projcct Was Lost in
1911
BY n. II. DUNN.

~" ORLEANS. La. Jane a.
in the po, .es and dpioasa
a anars o,se Gsn New
day when Salvador Sol. minister MS p'" at
Washington OF the Republic OF Sal
head Of IN" The deDSrt ise a 81 ,r rHrmer
dence in the National University OF
Salvador passed each other in this
Minister Sol. who ia one OF the best
known OF the Latin, American diplo-
matte corps. In Washington. was on
tai OF his, &C untry on the Proposed
the one republic of "Mor a2,an9'a' The ne
minister would neither confirm nor
deny This report. and would not dis
Dr. Castro was more communicative
re MAS on his way from San Salvador
hme rican government The reasons OF
MS government for union with Hon
IN one republic as Salvador sees II.
Depends on lionduran Election.
All depends on the result Of the
hn Ind ,T; :, . elections, which are to be
she celebrated Latin. American jurist
II DR.. Nazario Solano is elected Preyi-
dd eIss. II Is certain that the two coun-
encouragement OF Honduras in New
orleans Is the government candidate
President Francisco Bertrand. on al
fo T M, {wo un oiGeasioHs' has refused to
breno; former IIonduran minister is 'N to
the United states !s elected. il is
Virtually Certain that he viii do every
countries The third candidate. Cen
man man nii9 ;iIe Gm,ierrez Is military
executive. and probably stands a small
cnance Of election. compared TO DR.
seeond to pT WIG ser seems s be running
intensely pro American and pro.aiIv
as presideni Bertrand has been. and II
tho most favored nation in Honduran
SsfEmmtrec while New Orleans will con-
OF the steamship lines TO and from that
county II Will be much better tor the
ana i'G 6si states f II Or; s9riano Is ELECTED
ors .r6 is his iamed President.
or salvador and Honduras in one re-
public goes back for its origin about
ten years. TO the brain of Or Salvador
a m.rGc,,, ,ormer judge OF the Central
for !, was he who hrst proposed and
developed the project.
Republic Rejects Union.
Back in 1911, when pr, Francisco
Bertrand was provisional President OF
Iacoma incident and Or. Manuel En-
rlaue Araujo was President OF III Sal
vador. the latter sent Juan Bustillo Ri
v!era. prominen, Honduran living
In l.! Salvador. to the Houduran gov
eminent 10 propose this union Blu,
Defore anything could DO done about
the matter. Or. Bertrand was elected
constiiut'onal President OF Honduras
Thercaftcr, Manuel Castro Ramirez,
Secretary OF Foreign Relations OF III
Salvador and formerly presiding juds c
or the Central American court at Car
taso. Ecopcned negotiations with Pres
ident Bertrand. The latter. however.
decided that IL would not be right to
form this new republic without the
consent OF Guatemala with which
Honduras always has been very friend
ly. and OF Nicaragua and Costa Rica
the other Central American republics.
Following this, President Araujo, OF
FL sa!ra I'D ., sent Manuel J. Vargas,
Salvador. to President Bertrand. Of
Honduras, seeking TO reopen negotia-
was siill or the same mind and Var
gas not only failed in his mission, but
lost his JOB as well.
dency. and left DR.. Alberto Membrane
--she same who is now candidate for
den. Q. Honduras. Though DR. Mem
breno had long been . personal friend
OF president Estrada Cabrera; OF
gotiations with the government of
Salvador for the union OF the two
countries This the Guatemalan gov,
to IT'S own interests-one Of the rea
sons for which President Bertrand
had never seriously considered the
plan for the new republic.
Says Hryan Was Involved.
''Membrcno. in 1915. then started
plot to retain the presidency for him
self. and In this WAS aided By certain
thc United states and in Central Amer
ioa. some OF whom arc reported TO be
supporting him now. DR.. Memhreno
who had been minister to the United
States from Honduras. had become a
great personal friend of William Jen-
nings Bryan, then head OF the State
Department in Washington. Like
Membreno. Bryan wanted to DO Presi-
dent--and for Mr.. Bryan's relations
with certain Teutonic agents have
only to refer you to Amba ssador Ger
ards charges in his famous book. My
Four Years in Germany
''fn San Salvador we learned that
Membrane had promised to do what he
could to aid Mr.. Bryan if Bryan would
throw such influence as he could COM
nand in the United States to the sup
port of Membreno in his effort to GUST
Bertrand and become President him
self
Fortunately one month later. Mr..
Bryan retired, or was removed from
tho Cabinet at Washington, and il NAV
be we'll for both the United States and
for Honduras that Membreno's Mot
foil to nothing, DR.. Bertrand being
elected President. Membreno how
Ever. in a last effort to save himself
4nd seeing that Bryan's star had set
bought the aid of Salvador, promising