Show TROUBLE IN 1102 HONDURAS honduras is ie one of the central american states with every facility for detaining within its boundaries a large prosperous sod and happy population it has a republican form of government gover based on modern conceptions of toe ghe rights of the people there la is plenty of room for the iob abitante there be b tog ing not more than ton ten to each square mile the climate la in line floe and tf me resources varied for mining in particular ti cular honduras ranks first among all ajl the central american states but notwithstanding all natural ad vantages vanta ees the country is at present pa a the verge terse of another revolution the treasury ie s empty and the be government to la under the necessity of reso rUng to most republican un beatina in order to nil fill its it raulte how this Is i done may be gathered from a dispatch according to which people with money are told to loan it ti 0 the government if they refu rate thy th y are put to in jail and go ao much a day until they comply As aa a consequence the president preal dent of the rep to in daily in mortal fear of his ito when he be is ie out for a walk he carries n F pistol in his hie hand bond ready to shoot down any suspicious person that may approach him too near and like the oar of russia he be is constantly stir surrounded rounded by a body guard if any amral m ral is in to be drawn from this state of affairs it to is this that is republican tub lican institutions of are ineffective unless th the spirit espirit of government live in the barte odthe of abo people the trouble of ho dares bof anae of the other countries in ID that region to the laek lack of good sa ote oolf boole the denomination of superstitious ideas la in and the evident tyrannical die position lon on the part of the he lea isis term len who constantly fight among themselves for ibbe under bob such circumstances material teral progress pro greBB to la impossible there is ia no reason reabon why the republics to the south of us u should not be oo 00 a emiller sa M prosperous as an the united states state has baa boom but the toun diat ione of the greatness of this country owe their firmness to the unselfish work of the founders ft to a the noblest virtues ever by it will remain as long as aft tb bg course outlined by them in ia ad BOW to by the people and its ite Jo siders |