Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1920-06-04

Capitulation Of Cabrera followed intermittent
fighting which began when Cabrera holding
the forts OF San Jose and Matamoros with an In
trenched position at La Palma. All attempts by
the cabrera forces to invade Guatemala City were
beaten Off lively street fighting occurring In sew
eral suburbs. The Herrera forces surrounded
Fort San Jose and compelled it's 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 IRE reports that men,
women and children to the number of 500 were
killed In the recent fighting in Guatemala City
Numerous adherents Of Cabrera who remained
faithful 10 their chief were killed In their own
houses Many Guatemalans who fled from the
country are returning
Cabreras fate, 1t 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
Guatemala1 courts. It Is further reported that
Cabrera has been given the alternative by the ma
fional assembly of standing trial for his t'crmes"
or leaving the country forever with his family
Pending his decision Cabrera is prisoner
ETeSiueHl IdTIOs herrera is Sa1Q 10 be the
next richest Guatemalan after Cabrera The for
mer dictator has amassed an enormous fortune, 1t
is said largely by confscation OF plantations ana
other properties In Guatemala. His principal foes
are among the land-owning class. many of whom
he has driven from their country In order to con-
fiscate their holdings. Herrera has been Jailed
over and over again In order that he might he
persuaded to give voluntary eDntributionn to-
ward running the government. Cabrera, 1t Is said
becoming hored finally at this constant round of
arresting Herrera, remarked that the only wav of
getting all Herrera's money away from him was
to kill him. However, he was afraid that foreign
nations might object to this, because OF the Sec
ond richest mans great prominence so he reluc-
family allowed him to stay alive, and that Is
where Cabrera evidently made mistake An
parently Herrera must have become bored nv his
many arrests-or else he was afraid that Cabrera
might change his mind.
Grim OH Cabrera fought hard TO turn the Ia
bles on his enemies. as he has so often done be-
fore In his sensational career At one time his
forces. henming 10 the capital from every side.
had begun bombarding 1t; and the dictator's re-
entry into the city was imminent
And Guatemala knows only too well what such
a re-entry means says T. n. Ybarra in the New
York Times. writing just before Cabreras sur
render. There have been plenty OF plots against
Cabrera before, and each time plenty of men
women, too, In some cases-have been stood mn
against wall and shot. His way, since he came
to power III Guatemala In 1885, 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 he
fell them.
For Cabrera takes no chances Even his ami.
ogists admit that his methods are. to put It mild
". drastic One Of them wrote In the course of q
favorable estimate of the Guatemalan dictator:
DOUBTLESS he has oyerplayed the on with his
headp game II that is what an admirer puts II.
think of what his enemies have to sayl
Cabrera Ii tile last OF tile breed at genuine