The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1920-06-11

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
eral suburbs. The Herrera forces surrounded
Fort San Jose and compelled Its equalization,
then drove a wedge between Matnmoros and La
Palma and gradually surrounded. the latter place.
The loss OF life among combatants 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 adherents Of Cabrera who remained
faithful to their chief killed in their own
houses. Many Guatemalans who fled from the
country returning.
Cabrera's 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
competent court" He said in reply that his gov
eminent was In favor OF trying Cabrera In the
Guatemaan courts 1t is further reported that
Cabrera has been given the alternative by the ma
tonal assembly of standing trial for his "crimes"
or leaving the country forever with his family
Pending his decision Cabrera is prisoner
President Carlos Herrera is said to be the
next richest Guatemalan after Cabrera The for
dictator has amassed an enormous fortune II
is said largely by confscation of plantations and
other properties in Guatemala His principal foes
are among the and-owning class many of whom
he has driven from their country In order to con-
hscate their holdings. Herrera has been tailed
over and over again In order that he might be
persuaded to give voluntary contribution" to-
ward running the government Cabrera 1t Is said
becoming bored finally at this constant round of
getting all Herrera's money away from him was
to kin him. However. he afraid that foreign
nations might object to this, because of the Sec
ond richest mans great prominence, he reluc-
family allowed him to stay alive, and that Is
where Cabrera evidently made mistake. Ap-
parently Herrera must have become bored by his
many arrests-or else he afraid that Cabrera
might change his mind.
Grim old Cabrera fought hard to turn the ia
bles on his enemies, as he has often done be-
fore In his sensational career. At one time his
forces. hemming In the capital from every side
had begun bombarding it and the dctator's re-
entry into the city imminent.
And Guatemala knows only too well what such
a reentry 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,
women too. in some cases-have been stood up
against wall and shot. His way, since he came
to power In Guatemala in 1893 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 trace of what be-
fell them.
For Cabrera takes no chances. Even his apol.
ogists admit that his methods are. to put it mild
ly, drastic. One of them wrote in the course of a
favorable estimate of the Guatemalan dictator:
DOUBTLESS he has overpayed the on with his
head game" If that is what an admirer puts it,
think of what his enemies have to sayl
Cabrera is the last of the breed of genuine
Latin>Apsricsa aictators. He is an anachronsm