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Show HUES ON rifAIEMALA Honduras Joins San Salvador in Attack Upon Neighbor on the West. Central America Again In a State of Revolution, After rive Years of Planning and Work by Discontented Discon-tented Ones Nicaragua May Also Join In. Pannmn. A telegrnm received hero from San Salvador says that Honduras has declared war against Guatemala. . According to this samo mcssago the following proclamation has been clrcU' jated In Salvador: ' "General Uonllln, commander of the Balvadoican army, has ropellcd the Uuatomalan forces at Matapama, In Salvador, ton miles oast of tho Guatemalan Guate-malan frontier. Tho victorious army fif Salvador retained tho positions captured from tho enemy. The declaration of war by Honduras on Guatemala, brings a third state actively ac-tively Into tho Central American trouble trou-ble which has been progressing wltb mono or loss sovcro lighting and blood-shod blood-shod for a month or more. Honduras and Salvador are now arrayed against their neighbor on the west. Nicaragua and Costa Hlca aro tho only two countries coun-tries still passive nnd It has been said tho former Is about to take part In Jhe fighting. Tho preaont troublo In' Central Am-erica Am-erica has been browing for a long ttmo. For tho past flvo yoars tho revolutionists revo-lutionists In that country have boen planning, Intriguing and preparing for the overthrow- of President Cabrera, and In their efforts to this end they have not failed to appeal for support to certain elements In Honduras and Salvador, working on the national Joalousles for the first place among tho sevoral states forming Central Amorlca. President Cabrera has been harshly crltlclsod by his enemies. Thoy declare ho ruleb with extreme despotism, that no man's life Is- safo under his administration, and the country morally and economically Is going to the dogs, under hie unwise and 111 advised course On the other nand President Cabrera Ca-brera has declared this revolutionary movement to bo Inconsequential and that the governor would promptly put It down. Prosldont Cabrera's term of offlco, In fact explrod In 11)05. Ho has, bow over, Inslstod on holding offlco.' Cabrera's army Is said to havo na faith In him. Tho nay of the soldiers has ofton been In arrears. The fighting fight-ing mon of the states of Contral America Am-erica aro llttlo raoro than automatons to bo led into battlo, to shoot, to chargo and to be killed at the command com-mand of tholr officers. Tho army of Guatemala la In fairly good shape. Thore are some 7,000 professional soldiers sol-diers In the republic with GC,000 aoio bodlod mon of service age. Tho reserves re-serves amount to about 30,000 mon. It was reported that Guatemala had 60,-000 60,-000 men undor arms near the Salvador Salva-dor boundary. The revolutionists aro sold to havo plenty of fighting men, arms and am; munition, and thoy doubtloss havo invaded in-vaded the frontiers of Honduras, Salvador Sal-vador and Mexico during the fighting against Cabera. They aro headed by General M. L. Barrlllas, a former president pres-ident of the country who ha the as-slstanco as-slstanco of Generals Castillo, Pined and Tolodo. Guatemala Is a llttlo larger than tho state of Ohio. Its population Is CO per cent puro Indians, tho remainder re-mainder chiefly halt castes and a small portion of puro European do-scent. do-scent. Tho troublo bctwoon Salvador and Guatemala is an outcomo of the pro gress of tho revolutionists In tholt efforts to oust Cabrera. They havo Invaded Salvadorean territory and Guatemala claims have rocelvod actual support from that government. WhIN no. actual declaration of war has bees made between those two countrios, s stato of war practically exists. All Guatemalan citizens between 18 and 00 years of age havo been called on to join tho ranks, and mnrtlal law hai boon declared. 1 Tho statement has been made that Salvadorean regulars aro fighting with the Guatemalan revolutionists, but President Escalon of Salvador bat declared that his government was observing ob-serving strict neutrality nnd had nothing noth-ing to do with tho revolution In Guatemala. Tho revolutionists appear so far to havo had tho bettor of it. They have captured and held several towns and as the movomont progresses and auc-coeds auc-coeds their ranks aro constantly be-Inc. be-Inc. strengthened. Tho army of. Salvador Is described as oouslstlng of 3,000 mon, nnd th mllttla of 18,000 mon. In enso of wai military service Is compulsory from 18 to B0 years of ago. The area of the republic la estimated estimat-ed at about 8,000 tiquare mllog. |