Evening star., 1922-01-15
BY BEN srcKELwAY.

- UATEMALAs de. facto govern
ment, tottering on its last
~ legs looks to Washington for
- succor in the form of recog-
milton. And while the State Depart
| ment's Eloquent silence permits of
conjecture only, that recognition. IL
given. at all, is not coming soon
enough to rescue the present group
of political leaders who seem to be
riding toward d. mighty hard fall. If
present Indications are correctly in
terpreted, another change in the
| Guatemalan government is going to
| take place in the next few weeks.
| Gen. 0relluna, President Herrera's
late chief of staff who has Some rea-
son to believe he is the present chief
| executive. may abdicatex with the rest
| Of his followers. or the change may
evidence itself i'm a peaceful compro-
mise between the deposed government
heads, and their successors The lat
| ter, 1t is believed. is the most proba-
BILE outcome of a situation which. I'M
der present conditions, cannot exist
very long,.
! The congress of the federation Of
Central America. convened in it's first
! formal session yesterday at Teguci-
galpa, Honduras. While there were
delegates from Guatemala In the lower
house OF deputies. elected by the de jure
igovernment. there no senators from
Guatemala. as those elected by the de
| facto governments Legislature were de-
clared to be illegally chosen. One of the
first acts Of the federations congress
will be the passage Of a resolution de-
! ploring the change of government in
Guatemala and refusing to recognize the
present administration. This will do
much to weaken the de facuo govern
ment in its own state, Guatemala, and
will add to the adverse sentiment al
ready existing throughout Central
| Outside the federation itself, two
republics have come out openly
against the revolutionists in Guate-
] mala. Mexico's congress has adopted
a resolution, stating its unwi1lingness
| to recognize the change in the Guate-
| mafan government, which has been
! forwarded to every republic with
! which Mexico maintains diplomatic
| relations. Costa Rica has adopted a
| somewhat similar resolution which
hds been sent to it's diplomatic repre-
sentatives In other countries. Unoffi-
cial expressions are said to have come
| from Nicaragua to the effect that she
is not in sympathy with the present
government in Guatemala.
| Here is another interesting turn OF
| events in connection with Guate-
| mala's membership in the Federation
/ OF Central America: DIR. Julio Bianchi,
/! Guatemalan minister to the United
| States. was elected a delegate to the
j federations council. composed of a
! member from each state, by the de
jnTe government. now deposed. Again.
| when the de facto government came
to select its delegate to the fedora
! tons council the name of DR.. Bianchi
! came up and he was unanimously
the council the de jure and the de
| facto governments. But his sympa-
| thies lie altogether with the former.
| and his influence In the council. over
which he Is slated to preside. as
! chairman and as president of the fed
/ GRAFTON. will be strongly felt. 1t is
doubtful if DR.. Bianchi will leave
. Washington and give up his post as
| minister here until his government
has again been stabilized.
| Affairs in Guatemala are represent
ed here as being in a deplora BILE
state. The de jure congress enacted
! toms duties which have been declared
null and void by the de facto con-
! gress Consequently a large source of
| government revenue has been stopped
ana the natlonal treasury IS said to
| be near depletion. Other conditions,
! resulting directly from sudden and
j violent change in government, are
showing their effect in unemployment
! and rapid rise in the exchange rates
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Copies of newspapers reaching the
, United States from Guatemala present
/ a forceful example of a type of prop
aganda with which we in the United
States are little familiar. For in
| stance. one sheet proclaims in glaring
headlines the fact that President
F, Harding will call a conference of
pan-American republics to urge the
i recognition of the new government in
Guatemala. Another paper carried the
| report that Julio Bianchi. who may be
| found today at his home on Ontario
T, road, is marching on Guatemala at
! the head of 10000 men. 80
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