The Washington herald., 1920-03-07
REPUBLICS OF
SOUTH TENDING
TOWARD UNION
Central American Coun.
tries in Midst Of New
Movement.
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single nation instead of the five ma
lions of later days. The present agi-
<ntlon therefore. d only a gravita-
ton back to the primal status.
Cuatemalan liberals make no
bones about calling Cabrera "ty-
rant" They claim that ais iron
6st" has extinguished the lamp OF
constitutional liberty in Guatemala.
in his Niong presidential regime
Cabrera undoubtedly has built up
personal machine" which has been
ruthlessly effective. Consequently,
the Unionist proposal seems GER
tain to be framed sooner or late
in violence and bioodshed. The Pres
ident has no intention Of resigning
his once and his hosts of officials
are quite satisfied with their lucra-
tive posts.
Government Censorzhip strict.
Governmental authorities exercise
= rigid supervision over newspaper
dispatches 20 the outside. But Union
lst exiles like Senior Medina, occa<
Eionaily appear and check up on
missing information.
In an interview with la Pala-
bra. of San Salvador. Senior Medina
painted a colorful picture Of present.
day Guatemala. His translated
statement follows In full:
~The unionist movement, so bad
~ known and Interpreted here. was
inaugurated in our capital the thir-
ty-first of December. On that day
the Central Committee was formed.
This Act of Organization. bearing
the signatures of many prominent
Guatemaians, was drawn up:
UNIoNIST PARTY. .
Act of Organization.
considering that the centenary of
the political emancipation of Gen.
trail America is approaching, and
that IL In our patriotic duty to labor
so that the world by that date may,
see us united to the country, which
our ancestors bequeathed us;
Considering that the second arti-
Gle of the constitution of Guate-
mala. now in force. authorizes the
promotion of such a grand idea,
We. the undersigned, on our own
account and on that OF those, man
Testing similar aspirations, have
decided to use the constitutional
right granted us in the Twenty-fifth
Articles to form a political party
With these purposes: ..... -. .
Purposes OF Party.
T. To dedicate all our efforts to
obtain by peaceful and lawful
means the earliest possible estab-
lishment of the original and popu-
lar Central American nation. 's
g. To<undertake an active propa-
gands. in order that the same fun
uzmental political principles and
the same monetary system obtain in
tho five republics; to harmonize the
commerce between them and to i'm
prove and multiply their existing
means of communication; to end
past resentments between them and
do all things looking toward the
rapprochment of their peoples and
/ their governments.
.. To operate within the law in
order that the exercise of right and
the execution of obligations, re-
quired by the democratic and re-
publican forms. be sincere and ef-
fectiye both on the part of the au-
thorities and on the part Of the citi-
sens Otherwise. the Union will be
Impossible.
An International Organization.
This association is called the
unionist party. Its acts will be pub
lfc and not personal. but philoso-
-phical. A newspaper organ of the
party will make known the affeirs
undertaken. the decisions made and
the adhesions received.
: tClubs will be founded in the var
ious capitals of the provinces and
also in the most important cities.
They will all be links in the asso-
eiation's chain
This association will affiliate
with similar ones. already formed
in Ell Salvador. Honduras. Nicara-