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Show I THE CENTRAL ASIEKICAS WAR. The little Central American IU-publicofSan IU-publicofSan rialvadur is now, owing ow-ing to the sanguinary conllict being waged between It and Guatemala, an olgect of general interest. It is diflicult to glean from the dispatches a clear understanding of the cause of the struggle, but it aj-pears aj-pears to have been occasioue I by an attempt on the iart of Karrillas, President of Guatemala, to interfere with the internal affairs of Han Salvador. He undertook to dirtato as to who should be President of Ihe-little Ihe-little reiiublic, and, as a natural consequence, this meddlesome conduct con-duct was resented as a llagraut encroachment en-croachment uion the prerogatives jf the nation. Ilcnco the war of which thetelenms have furnished a sort of desultory account Sail Salvador is of limi'.wl area, embracing only alwiit 7 ,.Vjit :uare miles. It has a delightful climate, and the o!I is highly productive, ils fertility not being cxrelU'I by many parts of ourglobe. U Is picturesquely picturesque-ly broken up by rivers and mountains, moun-tains, numbers of the litter being volcaulc, frequently acUve. Its opulation probably does not exceed 2S0.OOO, while that of Guatemala approaches 1,(KKUKW. The Salva-doriaus Salva-doriaus have always been considered consid-ered the most civilized and Industrious Indus-trious people of any of the Central American Republic. It looks from this distance ih?t if Guatemala receives no aistauce outside of itself San Salvador will briLg ISarriilas to his senses and to terms. Genera Kzel a has adopted oireuive tactics and is carrying the war into tho heart of the enemy's country, having been victorious from the beginning of hostilities. It Isxsserted tliat in case Rsrrillas is driven to the last extremlt y Honduras Hon-duras win step forward to his re-cue. I n that event San Salvador would be placed at a great disadvantage, as Honduras bounds the frontier on the northeast and could throw her farces over the lorder and work great havoc while the courageous Salvadorlans are invading Guatemalan Guate-malan territory. Costa Rica and Nicaragua, on tho other hand, are friendly dlsieed to the ioj1 who are fightiug for their freedom, and promise to maintain a neutral attitude. atti-tude. Mexico announce? a similar intention. If telegraphic announcements are to tie credif--l on the subject, unofficial un-official aid has lieun tendered Karrillas Kar-rillas by parties in this country. The Oder is in the shape of amn fighting men, mostly composed of tried fighters who have been under fire. If this be correct, the tender re 11 ects no credit upon thosewho make it. There is nothing of the sentiment senti-ment of the true soldier behind the movemcut, a3 the struggle so far as they are concerned is not inspired by any element of jatrioti-m. Neither Iove'of freedom or country have any connection with the subject in their cae. Should they enter the campaign cam-paign to aist Guatemala they would fight against liberty and human hu-man riglits, according to tlio best information in-formation attainable as to the origin of the strife between the two Central Cen-tral American Republics involved. Such a body as that referred Jo, raised in the United States, would simply go to Guatemala in the capacity of "hired assassins." Should they enter into the murderous murder-ous contract and be annihilated in the conflict the general verdict would doubtless ! that the world would be no worse oft" on account of such a result. |