Marble Hill press., 1920-06-03

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h.HfH considering 'is amount ~ ammunition
u-'# hrf 't.rr we're mHry casualties among ..e
civilian. during th" h"wharsr..ut % tis raf.'aI
naH .a no street fighting
I=.n san Salvador there ar reports 'hot msr
unr"n ana r'IHr.n 20 'h" nuu'-r - =" we're
h..,sl 10 d.. recent ighHr. 10 Guatemala CIV
Numerous adhDr.u's - 'atr,ra who rrra n.1
fs.'hru0 20 their chief v.-, Killed DO their own
hol>.s Many Ggr'emaIau. who fed from the
country are returning
CH'-,ra.s fate. DO appears Is So; 20 he deter.
mined A. 'he time ~ hs surrender hls personal
say"ry VAS guaranteed. according 20 one report
Guatemala refugees 30 san salvador have asked
President Herrera that Crh-r-s he tried In =
competent court. Hr said Hr -ppy that his GOV.
e-um.nt was In favor o. trying Cabrera In he
Gua'";ua'an courts Il is further reported fhst
C.hrrra has been given 'A. alternative hy the ra-
fI"nal assembly ~ standing '-al T0r his crimes"
o- leaving The country forever with his family.
fiIl'hE MS 'lfH'#SIsN Z aIFFtTH '~ q prisoner
President Carlos Herrera q, said 20 he 'he
next richest GGaiewa'an after Cabrera. The f1r.
mer dictator has afuHss.'t an enormous fortune II
Is said largely by o,nh>ea'or ~ plantations gnd
other properties In Guatemala. His principal foes
are among th" land.owu.ng class, many ot whom
he has driven from their country IN order 10 con.
h>cafe their holdings Herrera has been failed
over and over again In ORDER that he might he
persuaded 10 give voluntary contribution" 10.
,.ir.- a.
becoming bored finally ~ this constan, round ~
arreStinG Herrera remarked thar the only way of
getting ell Horr"raS money away from him was
70 kil him. However he was afraid that foreign
nations might object 10 this because Of the sec
ond richest mans great prominence So he reluc.
family allowed him IN stay alive. and that Is
WHORE Cabrera evidently made mistake An
parenty Herrera must have become bored hy his
many arrests-or else he was afraid that Cabrera
might change his mind
Grim old Cabrera fought hard IN turn the IN.
hles on his enemies. he has so often done he.
fore in his sensational career. Al one time his
forces hemning In the capital from every side
had begun homhardng II and the dictator's re-
entry into the city imminent
And Guatemala knows only 100 well what such
a re-entry means says 7. r. Yharra in the New
York Times, writing just before Cabrera's sur.
render. There have been plenty ~ plots against
Cabrera before and each time plenty Of men
women too. In some cases-have been stood up
against wall and shot i1is way. since he came
TO power In Guatemala in 1898 has been soaked
In blood the prisons have been packed with his
political opponents mysterious stories have been
constantly 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 apoi-
ogsts admit that his methods are. TO put it mild
ly drastic. One Of them wrote In the course Of a
estimate Of the GuatemaIsn dictator:
DOUBTLESS he has oyerpIayed the on with his
headr game" II that Is what an adfnirer puts IT,
think Of what his enemies have 10 sayi
Cabrera In the last Of the breed of genuine
Latin American dctators He 10 an snaehronism