Show Their Respective ResourceS San Francisco Jan 23 Mexico it is reported re-ported ihas decided to land troops at San Jose de Guatemala This would be a very difficult proceeding unless Mexico strengthened her navy for San Jose is approachable only in barges and a landing land-ing could only be effected at the long pier tihat is built out into the ocean The surf breaks too heavily on the beach to permit of the landing of troops in boats Mexico has five ships on the Pacific coast at her command The first fe the Democrata a 450Jton displacement vessel juilt in 1873 She carries two GMiinch rifled guns < of an old pattern The Mex Ice and Independence are small craft of J ed jtGman limited fighting qualities The Libertad carries one 66ineh gun and is the oldest boat in the fleet The Zaragosa a modern frJgalte of the Ds patch boat style She is used as a training train-ing ship and is of more value from a fighting standpoint than all the other vessels in the Mexican navy put together to-gether Guatemala bought a manofwar several sev-eral years ago It is a small schooner ndt much larger than a pilot boat One muzzleloading gun stands on this formidable form-idable crafts deck The weapon 3s not capable of being fired however San Jose db Guatemala is protected by a lottery of Krupp cannon that might make it warm for any ship the Mexicans have but the Zaragosa |