Show LOSSES IN GUATEMAlA I I a i REACH MANY MIlLIONS i y i j N NEW W YORK Dec 18 An An Asso Associated l ted K J I Press ress letter from rom Guatemala City un- un I I date V r J cr crate ate of oC December 1st let says saSs j 7 It H Is is probably due Cue to ta some some Govern- Govern I instructions that the papers here i ae not said anything with reference S Sto to the eruption of or the Sonta Sorta Maria Marla vol vol- c which can cnn be bo considered bec because tse z ji of its magnitude a as a n national calam- calam It Ity The losses y suffered by German fy c capital are not less INS than con- con vj- vj S of ot houses and n machinery ry deS de ile- and the destruction of the present present pres pres- ent c rt e crop crop It If the total toto 1 destruction or of many oth other t. t properties p lies belonging to other foreigners as well as to the na na- 1 tives tt Is added to this amount th the a at- at losses nd to a l fantastic sum sum J I The volcano is still In activity and a anew anew anew new eruption is feared re at any time Suffering is indescribable for besl besides es Ut th loss of coffee which Is estimated at about the corn and nd wheat fields are are ruined Owing to the unusually high rate of x c business is entirely paralyzed paralyzed para para- for all imported articles have reached such prices that very ery few fow persons pei- pei per per- sons Eons can afford to buy them and most of the te e merchants Sell just enough to cover their expenses expense The lie worst part of the present resent had on noone noone noone no no- one knows how or when it will change and it Is almost unendurable just now Articles of necessity have reached reache inaccessible and the poor class of people is suffering |