A PRESIDENT WOUNDED.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 178, 23 April 1908, Page 7

A PRESIDENT WOUNDED.

; V -'J ' GUATEMALA ASSASSINS.' BY, ASSOCIATION:— COPYJUCnT.' New York, April 21. ■Whon tho-President i of 1 Guatemala, M. , Estrada-Cabrera, ■ was proceeding to ins .. palace in the capital to receive the American : Minister, a numberof men threw bombs and opened tiro . with revolvers, wounding the President/ The soldiers made numerous ar■;'rests^':'' v ,.: : ;::'' :;."- v ALL FACTION, NO PRINCIPLE. v Two- citompts were mado last year 'to ■ ;assassinate .President Cabrera.; Once' a mine was laid to his .house.- 'On another'occasion a bomb was 1 thrown at. his carriage. ,• Though the -United' States and Mexico, by , conveying a ponce conference, have lately • sought,to.give, stability-to Central American ; affairs," the- mainspring to;' order and disci- ; pline seems to be lacking in v the flvo republics A writer m "Tho Times" says:-"The Cen- ... tral-American States contain too much politics and too*-little political' principle. The '' obvious to : every visitor. Political discussions and , intrigues are the very breath-' of ~ life," in town and city. • 'Tho V- : f of ; :the.-larger, communities consists .largely of gatherings of mon ■ in drinkinp places, and gaming/jdaces, and there the tailr is of politics, politics, politics. Tho visitor : cto f ng a s n eet a Central American city, sees frequently at a corner or, at the doo£ of a _cafo a group of men, talking low . but earnestly. ; As lie approaches, their conversation. dwindles through - whispers to silence; ho is furtively watched from the corners of their eyes as .lie passes, and as he recedes from earshot their conversation is r «. sumed—on politics, ; politics, politics. But it is no great political issue or principle they are discussing, sueh as the tariff, the currenc?, trusts, -or anything of that sort, but ratW . the personal ambition of this leader, or the revolutionary schemes • ; of that faction," for . overthrowing, tho existing £fovc^^n^ent. ,, Jf.you are contemplatlnß.removing, the first thing you: should do is obtain a quotatior from J. heir, 3G Jervois Quay. H 0 !-as had .many, years' experience in tliis class of : work, and is in a position to pack, store,'and remove anr description of ■•.furniture. He also clears, goods, through Cnstoms, and despatches paekages and ..parcel.? to any address in the world. Telephone. ■ No. 1180. 1 C 566 EDISON'S DISCOVERY. . ■-. . Edison , discovered genuine Para rubber more durable than steol. ■ After wear it assumes a clear brown mottled appearance. Britannia Tyres are guaranteed genuino Para rubber. All shops. Cycle and Motor Supplies, Ltd., Wellington. ... •