Show TKVJLVK TO rVITi fjt u five slates of Central Amcr ice Guatemala ie Guatemal Honduras San Sal wailer Xicaraugua and Costa Rica arc JHJtedforthequnrreUoaienntun uf the cleaients of Ilemelts politics and polic pop ulation embraced in them 11 and llP their prouencsfi to indulge in indul il rove lotions and PolitIcal f ttad s Tlia governmental ralrs in these states should Hol bo in a chronic state of un certainty is not to be wondered at when the character the i pula lion is considered The total Inhab itants of the five States tle fe ttale number aboaltotJoOd 500000 JOJ and only one in ont hundred ie a fullblooded fullhlolod white attest The whio Spaniards Du whites are nearly all Slnlrd and 11 Ks tho traits of that race ALt half of the Ul popu lation pp laton are Indians and the r mainder races are mgroes n mixed Tile tuilciit of hbtor Illelt history > could hUrly regard such material n this the most available for the con rn struction of the more advanced and enlightened forms of government nor wouW lie nr regard it Inrd n strange that under republican institutions elements of elI1ut iwpulation would manifest a proacmes for strife and turmoil To hold ignorant and mixed races especially the colored ones under orderly one onerl control a cen tralized form ofgovernzeut government is gOerllt generally gen-erally deemed requisite I prevents pre-vents demagogues from lelage inciting the populace t uprisings inclnt e1 from which the States of Central America continually iflVr Hut it is a fact these i fct that the people of it s stales are making tangible progress jwlitically They a learn ing by what they have sullired ul They arc recognizing the nr rlgnlzng evils that have been inflicted upon them by ambitious upstart leaders who have fomented the uprising and revolu tions that have wrought so much damage and misery and are trying to solidify their lldif governmental fabrics in n manner t prevent a recurrence of such events Recently a congress of representatives representa-tives of the five Central American governments has been sessions ses-sions and adopting measures for the mutual welfare This congress has been laboring t pcrfectand advance n scheme looking t the erection of a federation of lhe < e sovereign states I i = somewhat after the model of tin American Union I Is proposed to call the federation The States 01 the Republic of Central America and t start itagovernniental machi nerjIa Septcmbcrofucxtyear The presidential term Is to b one yea and will b filled by the governors I presidents of the five republics In succession The federal legislature willconsistof fifteen member three from each Itt Ole t b appointed bv the president of the state and tho other two to b chosen by tho slate legislature Kach state will retain Its sovereignty modified by powers conceded t thecenlralorganization and will retain substantially its present pre-sent form and modes government I I not e known that fuch a ho established butt federation will 0 tatl6hc Ill claimed that the predominant sentiment in all tho states except Costa Rica is In favor of It In the atleran antifederal sentiment pre alt Sucli a union uuau ue a great move in the direction of Im greffi I would ImparUtabllltyand 1 a settled character to Central Amcr cau affairs would encourage en erprisc and immigration and in many ways would result benefl ently to the people oCll the states Religious liberty would beyond doubt b thoroughly established n one of the results of tuch a union and thus would preparation be made for the religious advancement the aboriginal portion of the population which will certainly lake place In u coniparalivelj short time to a le sro that will render them an en l ghtened civilized and liberty oving l race The trend of current vents ou tho American continent Is in the direction of fulfilling the t lurposcs which tho Almighty ha foreshadowed In the Book of Mormon Mor-mon and the revelations I In hn given through Joseph the Seer |