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shall n>t ! in\a,i.|;it"l. it not in roiit,,rii:ity with <-.-i < us be- 



if they ha\. l>ei-ii !: 1 1. v .l.-Nnit-<l. Th.-y an- not uhli. 



become naturaii/e.i. They m.i\ rote for public ofBon, aooonlliiff t 



wlm-h ill no ru>< :..'iii <>n a< -i-ount ot their origin. 



The President is tJeiierai I. ui^ Boirran. lineal 

 an ancient noble Norman family. For man;. 

 recognized as leader in the work of prmnotin. 

 and political welfare of his country. To thi- end he has la 

 ^ntlyand earnestly for the development of tl.e n^ric ul: 

 Hondiiras, showing tirm belief in the prinriple JIT: 



. the ministerial newspaper, when, ^peaking c' 

 Perry grant, it said "Development of : .liural and 



mineral resources is the safest, surest and most peinun 

 beneficial of all means for increasing the prosperity. w-:dtl 

 power of a nation. Kerogni/ini; this truth it N tlie policy of the 

 government of Honduras to encourage !>\ ,H jig 



-the jHjaceful cultivation of the fertile soil of this Hej ublic. 

 The government has repeatedly declared that it take- the agri- 

 cultural industry under its especial care.' " 



< >f all the many mininirand <thei grants made li\ II' i 

 one has been ignored, violated or set aside by the -;..ven 

 on the other hand, the govrrmwiit ha- rej . at< ii, 



illowed for i>erformaiice Iry the ^rant , 



and has renewed contracts which had 1>< fail- 



ure of the contractors to do their work .\ 



i illy favored ever since the negotiations between the I'niud 

 States and Great Britain, in 1>.V_. re-u!td in the relin.|uislirnent 

 by Knuland of all claim to lenilory belonuiiiLT i- H<>n<! 



I'nder tin- a lmini-t rat ion of President Ho- ran the public debt 

 I. public ;l,,.j r 



li arts are .1 and div 



.ml disturl-.mce of the publi. In 



M land, and in -s of society, the careful 



f)ds one uniform sentiment of contentment \\iih- 

 ing conditions and i : ..f irnpr<vement tiny-; 



lower never in : , i,jeh 



