Evening star., 1932-09-10


resulting from the harmful activities
| of those not equally qualified with the
graduates of Mexican institutions.
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Travellers Discover
Ell Salvador Interesting.
PATRIA, San Salvador. - Travellers
through Central America cannot very
we'll omit Ell Salvador. even II they
| would. And it is to their advantage
| that this is so. Most visitors to the
capital, San Salvador, pass through the
adjacent municipality of Santa Tecla'
| connected with it by splendid nigh
way of asphalt, over which automoolles
and other vehicles roll along very
| smoothly. Near Santa Tecla are many
of El Salvador's largest and most i'm
portant coffee plantations. In San SAL
vador, the capital, there are no plan
| tationS, but factories producing many
| articles of utility, and also various tails
mans and curiosities for the edif1cation
| of souvenir hunting tourists.
A visit to the national palace creates
at once the impression of an ediflce both
beautiful and solid. There you will un-
| doubtedly see the minister of foreign
/ relations, for it is expedient to show
| him your passports. Every traveller IN
| Ell Salvador is obliged to carry pass
port. bristling with dates, photograph
! and other particulars Of identification
| In the palace are also the offices OF
the other ministers and officials Of the
| government, and the rooms and archives
of the supreme court OF justice. The
President of the republic has his Offices
in separate part Of the building. EX-
cursionistS who visit him find him most
ynh LiTodIU a President nlIQht
| not to be proud and arrogant. but
rather distinguished for a generous and
! kindly spirit. In El Salvador, as a
general rule, Presidents are men noted
, for their gracious amiability. In other
| lands, auStere and supercilious Presi-
dents rarely win the affections of their
people with such tact and sympathy,
but rule over them in quite another
manner.
The national palace Of San Saliva
| dor was constructed by native engi-
| neer, one at the head OF the Saliva
| dorean profession. Previously there had
existed at this location another palace,
! but it was an ancient, old-fashioned
edif1ce. and perished in a fire. Every
| time G building burns in San Salvador
| it is replaced with another, because
there is always a paucity of houses here,
i and especially of palaces. OF late,
| these reconStructionS are generally Of
incombustible materials. For this
reason, the city has gradually taken on
form solid and enduring. This is lit
| tie short of a necessity, for there arc
in FL Salvador many volcanoes. OF
these, IZalco and Chaparrastiue are al
ways in state of eruption. There are
also frequent earth-tremors in El Saliva
dor, as well as in the other republics
of Central America.
| These tremblings are serious things
when they ere energetic, but an earth
quake is far worse. Then the ground
actually rises and falls and cracks
buildings reel and often collapse. San
Salvador has suffered much from
earthquakes. In fact, the region in
which the capital is situated is called
''El Vale de las Hamacas" Cor "The
Vale of the Cradles'), precisely be-
cause of the rockings Of the earth ex-
perienced there so often. The latest
trenor of a violent character was felt
on May 21 at 4:3o In the morning
This shock. or, rather. o series Of