Enclosure No. in Despatch No. 471, of August , 1913.
LA CAMI AÑA, Guatemala, July 30, 1913.
را دغه ولاسیون PRD FATRIA.
What breath of uneasiness is poisoning our consciences?
What fatal pessimism is this which prevents us from even raising our voices in defense of our sacred rights.
Does an Oriental resignation before destiny paralyze our tongues and fetter our arms?
Who knows!
The truth is, that only yesterday, the press in mournful articles protested violently against a person who wounded a frequenter of brothels, and to day that same press remains silent before certain reports which cover with dread the hearts of all those Latin Americans who do not wallow in the mire of a Judas Iscariot.
The lions which in the year 56 soaked with their blood the land desecrated by the invader, were they not begotten by lambs?
The protest in our throats is choked by a dread to cry out!
What kind of an asphyxiating atmosphere are we breathing?
Who knows. The descendants of Tecum watch in frightful silence the clownish Tonathirs.
But happily every one does not think in the same manner.
The sacrifice of the courageous Indian is not