Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1920-06-10

Capitulation of Cabrera followed Intermittent
Sighting which began when Cabrera was holding
the forts of San Jose and Matamoros with an in
rGrenched position at La Palma. All attempts by
the Cabrera forces to invade Guatemala City were
beaten off, lively street fighting occurring in sew
.erai suburbs. The Herrera forces surrounded
Fort San Jose and compelled its capitulation,
then drove a wedge between Matamoros and La
Palma and gradually surrounded the latter place.
The loss of life among combatants was not
heavy considering the amount Of ammunition
used, but there were many casualties among the
civilians during the bombardment of the capital
and in the street fighting.
From San Salvador there are reports that men,
women and children to the number of 800 were
KILLED in the recent fighting in Guatemala City.
Numerous adlerents of Cabrera who remained
faithful to their chief were killed in their own
houses Many Guatemalans who fled from the
country are returning. .s H.
Tabrera's fate, it appears, is yet to be deter
mined. At the time of his surrender his personal
safety was guaranteed, according to one report
Guatemala refugees in San Salvador have asked
President Herrera that Cabrera be tried in a
competent court. He said in reply that his gov
eminent was in favor of trying Cabrera in the
Guatemalan courts. 1t is further reported that
Cabrera has been given the alternative by the ma
rfiOna1 assembly of standing trial for his "crimes"
ror leaving the country forever with his family.
Pending his decision Cabrera is a prisoner.
. President Carlos Herrera is said to be the
next richest Guaten1alan after Cabrera. The for
an1er dictator has amassed an enormous fortune. it
rs said. largely by confiseation of plantations and
other properties in Guatemala. His principal foes
are anOng the Iand-0wning class, many Of whom
I ne has driven from their country in order to con-
fiscate their holdings. Herrera has been Jailed
over sand over again in order that he might be
aperS1nnSed to give a voluntary contribution" to-
ward running the government. Cabrera, it is said.
becoming bored finally at this constant round of
sarreltsgs Herrera, remarked that the only way of
egvttiEg all Herrera's money away from him was
30 1ill him. However, he was afraid that foreign
nations might object to this, because of the sec
md richest mans great prominence. so he reluc-
family allowed him to stay alive, and that is
where Cabrera evidently made a mistake. Ap-
parentty Herrera must have become bored by his
.raaTsy arrests-or else he was afraid that Cabrera
xntgbt change HIS mind.
Grim old Cabrera fought hard to turn the ia
Fbles on his enemies, as ne has so often done be-
Af0re In his sensational career. At one time his
forces, h~enlming in the capital from every side,
l9And begun bombarding 1t; and the dictators re-
sartry into the city was imminent.
And Guatemala knows only too well what such
a re-entry means, says T. r. Ybarra in the New
York Times, writing Just before Cabrera's sur
render. There have been plenty of plots against
Cabrera before, and each time plenty Of men
7spoaien, too, In some cases-have been stood up
sagainst a wall and shot. His way, since he came
ito power in Guatemala in 1898, has been soaked
lin blood; the prisons have been packed with his
political opponents; mysterious stories have been
tconstantIy told Of how influential foes of his have
disappeared forever, leaving no trace of what be-
fell them.
For Cabrera takes no chances. Even his apol-
tOgfsts admit that his methods are. to put it mild
Nv, drastic. One of them wrote in the course Of a
Favorable estimate Of the Guatemalan dictator:
DOUBTLESS he has overpiaycd the DIFF. with his
tAeadf' game II that Is what an admirer puts II,
stlIink Of what his enemies have to sayi
Cabrera Is the last of the breed Of genuine
.Tatin4American dictators. He is an anachronism.