New Britain herald., 1928-01-06
\ BIRDS EYE VIEW OF NICARAGUA

OF NICARAGUA Of the Central American repub- lies. Nicaragua is most blessed with national resources. It Is rich, but undeveloped: its climate. though warm. is tempered with cool breezes from the Pacific and Carib- bean. and parts of it are high. AL | though only 90 square miles less in extent than Guatemala. largest of 1 the Central American republics, it's ?,e00 square miles is virtually the i size of the state of New York. Its population is less than 7o0,0oo. which is one-third that of Guate- mala and fifteenth that of New York
 It is customary to call New York the Empire state: it is equally logical to call Nicaragua, resources consid- cred. an empire, at least, poten- tially.
 The Rio Grande river. of Nicara- que. east-central portion. is lined with banana plantations. the fruit shipped to Bluefelds and thence to America. Cocoanuts, oranges, pine apples and yuccas abound in this section. In the western half there is coffee, sugar cane. cacao. corn. beans and similar crops, all of which are exported.
 Timber resources are enormous. especially considering the quality. i There are stands of mahogany. cedar and dyewoods; gums and medicinal plants.
 There are more than twice as many cattle as there are people. due to vast pasturage lands. Hide export is brisk.
 There are gold mines, worked by British and American companies. 1 Copper, silver, coal. oil and precious stones. The mineral wealth is far in excess of any other Central Amer 1 ican republic. But on the whole there is little mining activity. due to , poor transportation and lack of labor. The people do not need to work very much or very hard. be- ing able to live off the abundance of tropical food that grows without attention.
 Lake Nicaragua, equal in size to ! Delaware and Rhode Island combin- ed. and Lake Managua, although both are in the western half, flow to the Caribbean Sea; and both lakes are among the worlds most import ant bodies of water, in view Of the possibility that they will be utilized some day as part of the route of an additional canal between the Allan tic and Pacific. The treaty with the United States in 1916 gives to the i United States the perpetual right to construct such canal.
 Although contracts have been let for the construction of roads, there are few good ones in the republic, and transportation between the east ern and western half is tortuous. One railroad. the Pacific railroad, I'll miles long. connects with steam CTS plying on the lakes.
 The people of the eastern section are mostly Indians and Negroes, with a sprnltling of Americans and people of Spanish descent. Most of them prefer to lie inactive in their hammocks, living off the fruit of the land. The people in the western half are more energetic. and are com posed of Indians and people of pure Spanish and mixed Spanish and h. dian blood.
 Education on the whole is back ward, there being only 35G clercn- tary schools in the entire republic; but there are ten colleges and two universities catering 10 the profcs- ajonal clasGcs.
 This, then, is 8 birds eye view of the land where the United States is having it's little difficulties. having adopted a policy of pacifying 8 country that has been more interest cd in revolutions and disorders than in progress according to Uncle Sans standard.
 The American stake in Nicaragua tenters about the route Of the pos