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Show A HELPING HAND Offered to I'rcsIJrnt Carljs Ezeta by IaflarotUl Cillieus of Salvador. SERVICES AND MONEY AT HIS OISPOSAL. Tlitlr Object Is t Farthrr -Prosecute the ITar Agalatt ('aztrmaLt. J SALVADORIANS TIREb OF THE GUATEMALAN YOKE. ) I YrgutUlIoas for IVare Said toibe rrogrfislog. The Salra dorian VidarlM. . -s- i 11 Telrtrarh t tbe ews. Atiii.sr ut'.in:nAL.. tlllarns or Salaailor TrnJ-r Tlirlr 31onrs auil Sertlera lo Earta-Crrr Earta-Crrr ok Memlu, Aug. IS. The most Inllueutial and wealthy elti-zensof elti-zensof Salvador, as well as the low cr classes, have ollcred thelrservice-j and money to Kzeta to pruaecute the war against Guatemala. Tlie la-ople have become tlre-d of thoyoke which Guatemala has forced ,uun Salvador and tiave decideil to leud ail their suportani make itwnnn for tho enemy. TrooiM arc being massed upon the frontier, aud if the army of occu-ation of Salvador Is not .already moving it Is probable that they will be tomorrow, when a battle will be fought in all probability. proba-bility. According to tlie Cuion of this city, Salvador, under the presidency of Xaldivar, laid a tributu to tho Guatemalan jiresidcnt of $-)0,0a year, which, it is said, was employed em-ployed to increase thu fortune of I hat functionary. On the downfall of Zaldivar by revolution, General Menendez, who became president of SslvaJor, continued his di-graceful trilsite to ltarrillas, who lavame President of Guatemala on tlie death of Dictator Itarrlos. General Carlos Kzeta, President of Salvador, on taking the reins of government Into his own bands, ltively refused to accede to the demands of Itarrillasfor continued layiuent of this tribute and war was at once picclpitated. Kzeta says 8Al.VAr01l IM TIKKIl of submitting to the tyranny of Guatemala and IU presumptuous deuunds must Iu stujipeil. The anaw er of 1 tart iilas to thu diplomatic coris wtilcli Infers Iiesidea the de-position of Kzeta, a continuance of this tribute, has stirred tho Sal-vadorian Sal-vadorian government to action again and hostilities have been opened. The oatKts of the Salvadoriaii annyaresald to be aUjut tweiit-ulue tweiit-ulue miles from the city of Guatemala, Guate-mala, but this is here believed to l exaggerated In distance some tuenty miles. It is lielieved here that the rrsUItncy of ItarrilLis In his present pres-ent demand will cause his downfall, down-fall, but It npjiaars iu yet that lie is uia-Mirof Hie situation, so far as the government Is coucevneJ-In Guatemala, and has lieeu since the tiegimiiiig of tlie present dlfllcully. This statement is lused upon the most n liable authorily, and any-llilug any-llilug hi thu contrary should be taken with a grain of salt. It appears ap-pears that lkirrillas hat U-eu ill-adtistiliii ill-adtistiliii the prt-t ut ea-e and all tit re deplore ttu fait that thu terms ollerei by the diplomatic curps w i-re not a cm,, ted. bi.u.i.Mi fiuir Cm oi Memcd, Aug. IS. Gc-roiiiuii Gc-roiiiuii l!rtu, Sklvtdoriiii envoy, n-celveil a cable tli-jntch from General IIz tt tonight, auiibuncing that negotiations fur pt-ace were pnigrea-lng, and will imiliibly terminate term-inate sojii in a niaiuur favorable to loth sides. A WEEK'S 11 VITUS. A diotcli from Man igin says Costa lliea and Nicaragut have combined with Salvador. It is re-wrted re-wrted In Clilaas that the Guatemalan Guate-malan troo on the fruitier of Salvador have mutinied, wanting their pay. Senyor Dargnczoe, Guatemikin niinl-ter.tajslhnt war Is now inevitable inevit-able and this will lie a week of bat-tics. bat-tics. The Guatemalan forces number num-ber .-3),ll.), all in good condition, and tltey have the support of Honduras. Hon-duras. Pau, Salvadoriaii representative, says tliis week will l an exciting one, and the fighting will I si fierce. The Salvadoriaii army, he says, numU rs over 31,000, w ho are elalcti ovtr their n-cent victories and will surely enter the capital of Guatemala. Guate-mala. Nicarigua aud Salvador do not fear 1 loiiduras and Guatemala united, their army King short of 0 and provision!-, while Salvador has abundance for all. |