Evening star., 1945-12-14
Disclaims Tyranny in Honduras

Disclaims Tyranny in Honduras
To the Editor OF The Star:
Under the heading Exile Calls for
United States Pressure to Ease Tyranny
Sunday Star, December 8. 1945, state
ments derogatory to the people and
government Of Honduras. The COM
plant Of tyranny in Honduras" is
willful fabrication Of political oppo-
nents who wish to overthrow the gov
ernment by force in order to elevate
themselves to power.
President Carias was elected to his
Office through democratic process, by
ballot and not by bullet. There is nei-
ther tyranny nor dictatorship in Hon.
duras. The Honduran people, the people
who work and who love peace. support
him Loyalty.
The popularity and political prestige
enjoyed by President Carias have pro-
voked his defeated opponents into call
ing his government dictatorship"
The only power which put and keeps
President Carias in power-there being
no military caste in Honduras-is the
will of the people expressed through
the legitimate constitutional processes.
In Honduras, no man Is more than
his neighbor. Foreigner and citizen
enjoy equal guarantees of civil law.
Trade is free to both, and each has the
right to the fruits of his own labor
No one can be deprived Of his property
except by special sentence and no one
can be deprived of his liberty except
by special condemnation. The same
guarantees apply to both domestic and
foreign capital. No property is sub
ject to appropriation except through
legal processes and proper indemni-
fication. The law, subject to no ones
caprices, is decreed by the National
Congress, applied by the courts of the
republic, and made effective by the
executive power Of the nation. There
is no absorption Of public powers by
any official.
The people and government Of Hon
duras were side by side with the United
States in the last emergency. The
President, Gen. Carias, stamped out
any spread Of the totalitarian doctrine.
He condemned by word and by deed
the subversive activities Of Naziism
when it attempted to establish In Hon
duras foothold against the security
Of the Americas. The President sent
out of the country all German fol-
lowers Of Hitler. who, in contrivance
with certain political factions inimical
to the government, were trying to un-
dermine the whole democratic founda-
ton Of Honduras in the hope Of setting
up regime favorable to totalitarian-
ism. Again, the same political faction,
contaminated by their association with
Nazi agents and which failed in their
attempts, are renewing their efforts
through every manner OF subterfuge,
even resorting to the publication of
false reports, to overthrow the govern
ment.
This misinformation to which refer,
so widely spread by your paper, may
very well be playing into the hands
Of those political factions in furthering
their derogatory activities against my
country and my government.
JULIAN r. CACERES,
Ambassador Of Honduras.
Editors note:
The article on the interview with
Berlios Acientuno presented his opin-
ions on the political situation in Hon.
duras and also set forth his complaints
pertaining to specific acts Of oppression
in Honduras. The Star investigated
the factual complaints and, on the
basis of the information obtained, be-
lieves them to be well founded. It is
to be noted that Ambassador Caceres'
letter does not take direct issue with
the specific complaints.