VES CR THERN The comment of LISTIN DIARIO, the oldest and most important journal in the country, was as follows. Today the five Central American Republics, Guatemala, Honduras, Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica, celebrate the date of their independence. Born to sovereign lile on the same day, a glorious one for America, many of their good sons conceived the idea of a confederation, which would have been an irresistible bulwark against the assaults of the colossus of the North. But the policy of Washington is always opposed to this end, which would weaken its imperialistiç plans for the future. The ideal of Morazan was defeated, and the five small nations have been struggling against the dangers of the absolute absorption by the North. May they defend and sustain their independence and may there triumph in them the spirit of saving political unification. On this great day we present out most sincere congratulations to the five Central American Republics, in the person of their worthy consular representatives in this city.
LA OPINION, the principal evening journal of this capital, commented as follows: day like today, one hundred and seven years ago, the peoples occupying the Central American territory, Guatemala, Honduras, Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica, proclaimed and established their right as independent republics. Three years later, in 1824, there was constituted the confederation of these peoples, this political situation lasting until the year 1839. The confederation dissolved, the noted Francisco Morazán (1799 1842. being President of Honduras, heroically struggled for the restoration of the original union, but already the germ of disunion had penetrated very deep and Morazán fell, shot, in Costa Rica (1842. 11 In