Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-04-20
CABRERA HAS LONG RULE.
Deposed President Of Guatem ala Ser.
we'd Twenty two Years.
BY Associated Press,

we'd Twenty-Five Years. Fl
BY Associated Press.
Manuel Estrada Cabrera, deposed
president of Guatemala, who is re-
ported to have been captured by
of governing the Central American
republic for twenty-five years.
Growth of the Unionistt party IN
Guatemala, the members Of which
favored an amalgamation OF all the
Central American republics under one
government, was opposed by Cabrera
on the ground that 1t was reaction
ary." Upon his inauguration as pres
ident in 1917 he issued o. decree sever
Ing relations between Guatemala and
Germany. During The three succeed
ing years Cabrera's administration
had been marked by internal dissen-
sions and difficulties with Honduras
and other countries close to the
Guatemalan border. Numerous up
risings occurred during his regime
; and many attempts were made on his
,ife. In 1870. hs caUso5 tac ...rcst OF
100 men on q charge OF conspiri1g to-
assassinate him. MIN teen Of these
who were tried and sentenced to
death, were executed.
Many other attempts had been
made to Kill him. On one occasion
bomb was thrown under his carriage.
Cadets from the Guatemalan Military
Academy. who acted as his escort, at
tempted to shoot him on April Ri.
Z 1908, when he entered the national
palace to receive the American min
lister, William Heimke. He suffered a
bayonet wound in the hand and es-
capped death only by his bravery.
Carlos Herra. a financier, was chos-
Z en- provisional president on April II,
upon the busting Of Cabrera who
abandoned Guatemala City the next
day and announced that he and
number of troops who had remained
loyal would cut off the capitals water
supply and food shipments until the
rebels begged for terms" 49,
Cabrera concentrated his quarters
at LaPalma, Matamoras sand San.
+, Jose and dominating Guatemala City.
began TO shell the capital. Meanwhile
the revolt against Cabrera spread
over the entire country. Cabrera's
government was in many respects
like that Of Portfirio Diaz, who ruled
Mexico for years with an iron hand.
He was born in Quezalsene Ego on
Nov q, 1897, and recei,ed his pre-
paratory education in the schools OF
that district, the second most impor-
tant in Guatemala. Later he attend
ed law school In Guatemala City
lit u, ! l.
General Justo Rufino Barrios, then
Dictator, named him as Chief JUS
tice Of the Department Of Retalhulen,
where he remained until 1856, when
he was appointed to the post Of Chief
Justice OF the Department OF Quez-
altenango, his native district. In 1888
he was made Justice Of the Court Of
Appeals and later he became mem
Der of the national assembly.
Cabrera soon became leader Of
the assembly. When he had achieved
this place, Barrios was assassinated
in the streets Of Guatemala City in
February, 1898, an election was called
and Cabrera was chosen as Barrfos'
successor. He assumed the presi-
dency the following October.
IL was IHen lnat the real develop
3 ment Of Guatemals began. Cabrera
built one Of the most magnificent cap
itais in Central America, He was the
( first ruler On the American contin-
gent. It is said, to adopt aviation for
ii MS. army. !To organized the West
Point OF, Guatemala. He erected a
score Of modern hospitals and MANY
schools. He opened UP the country
to railroad builders and restored the
national treasury. He promulgated
decree Of unconditional amnesty
when he became president, thus
bringing together all factions and yet
he proved strong enough"to hold them
In check when his enemies plotted to
overthrow him, until the issue Of
Central American unionism arose.