Show CAUSE GAUSE OF ROW llOY c IN to h j fj r Highhanded Methods of Ca Cab Cab- 47 y 1 rera rela Against Whom Rei Revolt Re Re- i t. t volt Is Aimed i. i I Spy SYSTEM IS DREADED 1 i Lives of s Men I in hi r lant Hc Ii lon Brewing Several SC Years S. j jc c The sudden Revolutionary lo outbreak i I.- I. In Guatemala I Is the culmination of or lii the i t v despotic oUa sway of Estra Estrada a. a era Cabrera a n 1 i tl dictator who has h he held the reins of oC government as tightly a as nn any czar without ln having either th the ability of or a i t vIso ruler or the friendly aid of the counsellors of or a bureau bureau- crac cracy r 1 1 1 Twenty years ago at the close of or thi the tho progressive yet yot t strong administrative rule lule of or J. J Barrios Guatemala seemed to have forgotten n the art mt o oI of or I making revolutions Barrios Barrios' administration adminis was waN terminated with his at Chalchuapa as a result of his vain vali effort to bring h by ly force Corce of or arms arm tho time union of the live Central AmerIcan American Ameri AmerI- can state states R The he political situation was va j saved M at nt that time by hy G General LIsan 7 1 tire tl who taking up the reins reIn I of or government threw tho the cruel minI min min- I Ister of oC war vai- into jail proclaimed pro f calm claimed d himself IU provisional president ent 4 and anal held helcl an fIl election which resulted Ii In his hits hi being chosen for fOl the constitutional period of sl six years At the lie eat end of a 0 comparatively peaceful peace peace- ful iii administration announced his determination of from froni tho thu political ti Held hl and anti holding an election tot for the tho choice of his successor This Thim program hei bei being rig ng- carried ou on out t. t retired quietly to tn his coffee estates tates neat near o where whore he set an ex ex- ex- ex ample o of patriotism by hy his noninterference noninterference non inter ference in national politics and anal accept accepting In lug ing minor at al various times when his Ills services were needed i a Barrios who succeeded Bar nar- rums riling distinguished himself by y an extravagance ex- ex far beyond the time ability of his country to sustain ant and at last st he lie plunged e the country into a n revolution which 11 ho lie successfully put pul down ilowit only I tb rued meet his death at the lime hand of a acray crazy cray assassin I low lIo Got Control S. S got ot control of oC the situation h followed d Whence hence he came and how he got goot control no 11 one seems to I know but hut he iii found Cound at ot his dl disposal a 1 awell well or organized ani Il and fully tully equipped arm army for Helnn Ba Barrios os ima imagining himself the young Na Napoleon oleon of Central America had bad not only squandered mollo money on 00 brilliant uniforms but had y kept the tho mm army up UI to the high grade rade ys of 11 instituted h by 13 his uncle Cabrera with tills thIs army at nl his disposal ti has hais successfully SI cl put hilt down a 3 number of if In incipient revolutions although the been heen shocked by whole wh tlc country has laos y y Ii his i Ii high handed measures Central American states tates there thero two 1 v lm ahva always distinct parties time the Conservative and anal the Liberal For forty Corty years ears the Conservatives ruled in Guatemala with wills an nn Illiterate illiterate half haIC for fill president Under his rule Guatemala was almost as us completely isolated I as a n walled China This Tho country commute practically lived lIvell on tilt Its native Industries anti and although h the government of oC the president was often orten dictator aad cruel It was tho the most which the country countr has hias er seen Barrios chan changed cd all nU this lIe He at once i r opened up Ull the tho country to foreign InI In- In I anti and He Tie parcelled out the lie government lands to foreigners orel an alit and encouraged ell them in every Y way to 1 raise cattle and coffee He lie built buill hIghways hIgh hIgh- ways and ond railroads and opened ports it on b bo bOs h l the Atlantic and Pacific c sean sea- sea n board hoard Still there are arc people who believe I l that the country was better oft ore In the tho thoI I good old days when time the Inha Inhabitants thrived from their own native nativo In Industries Indus hums us- us tries there was waH no foreign fore debt hangIng hang- hang j Ing lug over their heads head there was as mono money in the national treasury an and the goj government gov- gov j H coined gol gold of Its own which cIrculated at al par var Administration of or L 1 The administration of was wasi wasi i i marked by hy neither of thc thee c He lie exerted himself more to carry out tho the law as written than to intro introduce uce F any reactionary measures or reforms if His Ills rule was one of comparative peace greatly encouraged I by the tho high bight price of coffee corfee which gave avo to the tho country a n wave of prosperity was for Cor tho the prO progress legS and ami I Barros' Barros cr cry with the theother advancement d of oC the tho country tattler other r nations of the time world lIe Io J. J n fl a 3 1 race track ck held a a. st sart of In in- t t exhibition a n worlds world's fairon fair fall fairon I on In a small scale equipped one of or his regiments In a n. Plu Prussian l n uniform burden burdens to the such a which proved tin tiny liny soldiers that several were prostrated pros pros- prostrated I arid and thus titus parade while on until at al drained the national treasury I last confronted h by the revolution and tho tiu necessity of or o obtaining money mone he the summary execution of one ordered of tho the wealthiest sl anti and known best men In the tire country countr which was the tho direct cause rouse of his own o assassination The rime administration of or his successor marked by neither has been heen Ca Cabrera rola of oC the tho liberals not nor the time the tire progress extreme economy econom of the Conservatives nor 1101 has Ims a n policy o-f o moderations moderation b cn on during the theL pursued as aM was WItS tho tim case pursue administration of Lisandro L walked or other presidents the While through the streets Cr frequently unattended un- un un Ca Cabrera Cabrea Cabre Cabre- reI re- re attended by an any military escort I a himself surrounded constant constant- ra m keeps heeps strong guard guan During his rule by ly by u a L P ho has honeycombed society with a n while ho has boa lived JIved In such fry system constant py tim dread of losing o ing his own fl life liCe that his hiM meals are arc lire lire- a U tl I is Isa as assorted asserted his raged mother who sends c U d by under lock and anal Iw key 1 thom them to him him to that count country minister A 4 CorI foreign H recently stopping In Washington said v to lu o the writer 4 Spy Siy Complete You Yon can believe all you OU hear of or the thc r conditions In Guatemala under the time zt ruler rule of or that man Why hy It Is a risky to attempt at attempt at- at thing for one of nf his hla su subjects to tn J leave the country countr for Cor prominent prom vron- tempt mont men preparing to leave o have disappeared disappeared dis dis- aln ort ar- ar completely Somo Some are d appeal appeared and and anti thrown Into litto prison jai t n about them that Is all that Is known Is so ISO complete that system ills His spy py of families Is In Invaded In- In the time privacy oven one dares trust implicitly im ins- and no nu II even his own relatives Tho Time malting making o of tho the most enemy eric enc my tel Is la Is enough h to teat load to time the party parly boing being bo- bo ing ing denounced to some Homo ono of Cabrera's Cabreras Ca Ca- eras hi-era's numerous agents un and prison 1 be tho the result 01 or death may nittY 0 i Nor has Cabrera brought about and reforms or oL good under unde his 1010 system slem of oC V I ruling Guatemala City the c capital pHal of the republic a city of oC some fifty thou thor sand Inhabitants Inhabitants has hos always been un Ui under der all other r administrations a U. re rt remarkably rc- rc clean clon moral and well well-gov city It ha has h cit been cn called tim the l Paris of Central America on account of Us its perfect municipal organization Its iti beauty and cleanliness 1 but ut under time the rule of Ca Cabrera tern this city ima has be- be como comb what Is known as a wide open town The Time lid Is off orr as os was rf recent recently ly Iy stated tc in a letter from Crom the tho Washington Wash ington policeman who Is now there a as ns superintendent nt t of Corco Gam Gambling lIng of al UI 1 kinds hinds goo goes on without other restriction than tho the percentage e eor of or gains galias which must be ue turned turnell over to th the government The Time economic conditions of oC the Ii country have gono gone on fronts from bad had t to worse During the time regime of oC tin the first firs Barrios Banjos many runny of Ir time the native o Indians I who represent two thirds of or the time population lation of the country countr were taken from their aboriginal industries of planting cotton and weaving It Into cloth sheep hording pottery ry molding making etc nut and forced to work worl in Iii established coffee plantations While coffee brought ht a n.- good price tire the planters w vora ro able ahle to pay them and ond the Indian could coult purchase necessities manufactured ii iia in ina a a. foreign market mr Now all this Js i changed The Tho ho Indian In mommy many In Instances Instances In- In stances has forgotten his native o Industry in industry In- In the tire price of or coffee has lias gem gone Honc down and tire the Indian when then paid ni at atall Ohm nil is paid 1014 hI In an almost worthless scrip In Guatemala City butter is worth 50 fiO 50 a n. l pound mound und time the great groat reat staple corn cot brings s as much as 71 iCi a n bushel hushel an and a n. pair of oC shoes costs In this tins paper money Afraid of ut His Shadow Cabrera a is described crl cd 1 by hya a 0 member of one of If the foreign legations at nt Washington rashI Wash Sash I ington n n a former formel secretary of his legation leg at Guatemala as a n. rather ordinary y looking man without any of oC the of greatness Ills His general appearance is IS that of or a weak retiring man maim who was afraid of Iris Ills own shadow This fins same diplomat relates that on one occasion at ot a public reception ho he saw NaW Cabrera walking arm orm in arm with ono uno of or his army a n. fat Cat good natured matured gen general ral In full mill uniform who entertained him with pleasing tales alma and witticisms and at the tire banquet which followed offered toasts to the time thelong long ong and prosperous rule tile of the tire chief ehler he tire president Within a a. tIny day or two this his very same general was a a. fugitive denounced is h by Cabrera awl and accused of oC heading headin a n con conspiracy for Cor the overthrow over- over throw brow of or if the tire existing government Time The present revolution evolution has been brewing for fut a Cl number of or years year As far for when the Pan Pan-Am Pan Ian back mck a as 1001 1901 congress convened in iii tire the City of Mex Mex- ico ice Jo Jose Joso e Leon was fomenting plans plan in En that eIt city for Cor the tire overthrow of if Cabrera On the time last day of or tho time eon of or tho the congress he ire managed manag-cd to o have distributed and laid on cam time the des ties koC each delc- delc delegate te In the huh hall of or sessions a pamphlet entitled The Thc Black rage Page a C in the History of or of or Gua- Gua emala The d delegate legale representing Immediately iy stepped out omit of he the room omit and before nn any on one ha hind had n a chance to secure one muse of or the tire pamphlets they Lucy were gathered up and tal taken en away A at warning note from th the t can an government nl and the tire next day Jose Tose Leon Lenit Castillo was on hi Iris his way to Nicaragua r where he ire has inns since been ill lI living In exile waiting for tire the opportunity to settle his iris score with tho the barbarian bar barian Cabrera Soldiers Obey Orders If H it be e true that he ime has enlisted the services er of or Barillas as os reported he lie has more than tn an armeen even chance chan e of oC success ss Cabrera abrera HI is h Ufo army arn sUH a and tho the rank ank and file filc of or tir th army lia's lias s n nt syn Tine The soldiers arec aree scarcely more than harm automat They Y are lined UI up by In Jy their officers an and amid wh wizen when n told to shoot they hey shoot Should they thoy lose Jose their of- of or or- their commanding general they hey ar are more likely than luau not riot to drop theIr heir arms arias and make for home In the time or CDs GOs a n revolution could be ie started with a n reasonable lc degree de do- tle- tle gree greo rec of or success by capturing ct these some orne soldiers in Isolated iter Attel being and commanded by Jy y time the revolutionary le general they thoy lure lino up UI 01 or deploy and shoot at atho ho tho wor word of or command just as efficient efficient- I ty y as the they would havo have done on the tire side of or the time government o Under pres- pres enl mt conditions it Is a n difficult matter ratter to 10 capture nn any of or these soldiers In Isolated Isolated isolated iso Iso- detachments Tire The country Is covered with a network of telegraphs telegraph lines linos and tho the national troops arc are concentrated concentrated con con- In larger bo bodies les than titan for for- formerly merl merly and great grent care Is taken by y tho the president ent to insure the loyalty loyally of their officers Besides with the modern arms anti and equipment at the time disposal of these of-these these troops It requires a great deal more moro money to run lun a a. revolution than ran It used to who Is reported to have havo joined Castillo Castilio In the ti-re present enl revolution rev rey- l has uris sufficient mone money nil all other things heln being equal to insure a a. reasonable reason reason- able amount of success Besides ho he hohas hohas has his record of oC having ruled the coun country ry moderately and wisely durn luring during his con constitutional period as president after which he surrendered tho the reins of or government go to his successor and retired re retired ye- ye tired to isis coffee plantations Ho lie wa wathen was then reputed m to be e worth an amount sufficient to overturn nn any Central American Americans government If Ir Ju Judiciously Ju- Ju used New New York Sun Sum |