S86 



HAWAII. 



rios's enemies were reported to have been -I. 

 disturbance occurred till the U^iniun- -f > ptnn- 

 U-r. He had giren notice that, while trivinf to 



|.r ote the happincw of Guatemala, he WOttW 



maintain order at whatever cost, <>n JuM 15 a 



v was signed at Guatemala by the plenipoten- 

 tiaries of Honduras. Nicaragua, an.l Salvador .... 

 the one part, ami ih.we of r*ta H.- an.l (Juatc- 

 mala on the other, in ooordanoe with which the 



Mate* would constitute I republic <>f 



i\ America in tlu-ir relaUOM with 



foreign -..untne-i if the treaty were ratified by the 



legislatures of the individual repoblki before 



- 



The power of Barrios an dictator went without 

 challenge or protest, save by a feu mal- 



uls who were, soon quieted, until after the 

 newh ial Aawmbly had unanimously 



vote*! t.. prolong his term as President f..r four 

 yearn. In the second week in September a rerota- 

 tion was started > the adherents - : -|H?ro 



Morales near the 'Pacific coast. At San .Jose the 

 ..lit! the President's brother. (Jen. 

 Morales had the backing of all the ,.th.-r candi- 

 dates for the i 9 n Mar.-,.-, 

 to the border of Hoodorat, a band of in-niv 

 gained possession of the j.la/a. Rerolutioiiarj 

 tat ion pervaded the republic, though in the capital, 

 where barrios had a large body of troops, t h i 

 tin manifestation. The whole of (Guatemala was 

 placed by proclamation under martial law. The 

 insurreetionarv movement first became formidable 

 in the west, the reU-ls took possession of the sea- 

 iort of Ocos, which was thereupon derlareil d. >-ed 

 by the dictator. A revolutionary force of about 

 2,000 men marched upon the strongly fortified and 

 wealthy old city <>f (,Jue/altenango. The rebel l-ad- 

 ers attempted first to buy over the iram-on to their 

 aide with money. Failing in this, they attacked 

 the place. They fought through one whole day 

 and until noon of the next, when the soldiers struck 

 their colors, surrendered in a body, cheered the 

 name of Gen. Prosnero Morales, and joined the re- 

 volt. The enlarged force of insurgent- moved then 

 upon the garrisoned port of Cham|criro. capturing 

 San Fell pe on the way. After taking Chain] 

 they were in possession of two ports for the entry of 

 arms and ammunition, and were prepared to advance 

 upon Guatemala city. 



-ident Marrios, alarmed at the growing strength 

 of the insurrection, proceeded to dra-tic HUM 

 of precaution and repression. All prominent men 

 suspected of sympathy with the revolution were 

 imprisoned, and some of them were shot. The 

 wives of revolutionists were anv-ti-d. The p<>li.-e 

 usurped civil and judicial functions. There 

 more than 600 political sn-jK-cts in the pi 

 Ixwn* were raise*! by force, drain being the. jK-nalty 

 for r fu-ing financial assistance to the dictator. 



ims was .luan Aparicio. a public- 

 -pirited |ilanti-r and merehaiit \\li> never had nun 

 ejcd in jMilnie-. tnll\ attended 



. i-e he \v a* in fear of nx*as>ina- 

 ti"ti. lie di-ini-sed hi- entire Cabinet, and formed 

 e, as follows : Minister ,,f \\',, r . 



-: Mini-tir <>f l-'oiuento. m- Public 



; Minis', 



AtTair-. .1. Mufm/; Minister of Pulilic In>i i in-t i..n, 

 Mariano i : 



-ident (futierre/. of Sal\ad.r >ent a f"i 

 of the departnu-iits ,,f ,Iu! 

 and Chiquimula and t<> p!-.-\.i,t an in\.-. 

 revolution. M foot in the east of 



(iuat. ' - n. h-'inin-" Vas,|iie/. with a ' 



of l.(MH) r iied the t. \\nof Chiqui- 



mula. (iiti. Morales established his h.a.l.ji;. 

 ,.-/altcnai._ I I'tai-k on Totonii apa i 



at tir-t repelled^ and the attacking foree retired t.i 



iltenango. Ocos was recaptured by tin- 

 t-rum, nl in-ops. The (iovi-rniiiriit concentrate 



at T..|..ni-apan. \\ her- (Jen. Meiidi/abald 

 was in commai. pt. 'J! the in-nrL-'-nt- liivd 



on this town of UG.fNNI inhabitant- from their 

 tion in the hills, but their -hells went wide. The 



Illliellt SIK-ceeded it) |||obili/i: ' Ill'-ll, 



with 38 pieces of artillery. K\-Pre-iih nt P.arillas 

 rai-eil a for-'' of :;.(KM) men. and al-o aided the 

 President with niom-y. The n-b-l- had 

 under arms with sn generals, Id") <"]., neN. ai 

 lieutenant colonel-. They \\eiv e|iiipped with !<>.- 

 000 moilern rifles. 15 Lillery, and 



1^ Botchkisfl LMIII-. <>n (let. 8 tl inent 



. If,. (Ml) ^ r ,,ii^. attaeki'd the rebel- ill t he 



vicinity of Totonicapan. After bombarding their 

 position on the summit of Tierra Mian- a. fn-m 

 which they returned the lire with X gun-. 

 ( >\alle carried the height by a-sault. driving 1 he in- 

 surgents back to Coxon. Their other po-ition-iii 

 the mountains having been carried by detachni'-nts 

 of the Government army, they retreated 

 tenango, where they were -hut in by the -n; 

 forces of (Jen. Melidi/.abald and (Jen. l-'ra: 

 Villela. Meant i me (Jen. .i tillo had evaded 



the Salvadorean frontier guard, marched into Gua- 

 temala with a large force, and captured .h-iv/. Yu- 

 Eiltepeoiie. .luliapa. and Cuajini<|ui]apa. n 

 ut little resistance from the garrisons. Tin- 

 in the ea.-tern departments |iiickly -ub-ide,; 

 it was known that (Jen. Morale- and his arm\ 

 closely invested by an overwhelms 



ealtenango was recaptured by the GO\ eminent 

 troops after a lirief -trimu'le. Tin re al- 



lowed to depart, except the officers, who were made 

 prisoners. All the arms and ammunition wer- 

 tured. In the middle of October it was announced 

 that the revolution had been completely s,,bdued. 

 order restored all over the country, and ; 

 nitely re-established throughout the republic. 



II 



HAWAII, a republic occupying the Hawaiian 



ocean, proclaimed .n July 4, 



18IH. in succession to the Pn>vi-ional Government 



that was constituted on Jan. 3, 181:J. wh, n t^uem 



LUiookalaoi conditionally aMli n ted the tl. 



egislative power is vcstel in a Senate and a 

 House of Representatives, the form, r .-.HSM 

 15 members elected by indirect suffrage for the 

 term of sj x year-, ooc third being renewed 

 two years, the latter of 15 members elected by indi- 

 rect suffrage every two years. The PresiiJ. 

 elected for six years by the two houses in joint 



session. Sanford P. Dole was elect..! pp ~i-l. nt 

 for the term ending !>... :;i. l'oO. The Cabinet at 

 the beginning of 1WJ7 was composed of the fol- 

 lowing member*: Minister of Korean Affair- ami 

 Minister of Public Instruction. II. K. Cooper: Min- 



c.f the Interior. . I. A. King: Mini-ti-r of Fi- 

 nance. >. M. Damon; Attorney-General, \'- 

 Smith. 



Area and Population. The area of th< in- 

 habited i-lands is as follows: Hawaii. -l.'JIO: Maui. 

 0; Kaui. 5HO: Mf.lokai. 270: Lanai. 



Niihau,97; Kahoolawe, W ; total, 6,740 stju a re 



