to Americans who left good homes to seek their fortunos in foreign fields not solely to advance their own interest but to extend the busine88 of th...

While heretofore we have viewed the problem from the point of view of the North (that is the United States proper. wo must now look at it also from...

6failing to comprehend and respect the national thought of other peoples during recent years. We, therefore, 800 that we should consider carefully...

7ives of his country motive The most frequent donunciation of our country hoard in Central America, and this has come directly to my cars from res...

8fool suspiciou8. Salvador and Costa Rica are clearly aligned in opposition to our course. Hondurae wants to be pro American but she is unfavorabl...

8and did nothing during the latter part of his reign to provide against the devastation which should have been apparent to far 8eeing statesmon. P...

9inconveniences and complications. The business of these countries and the friend ship of their people will almost certainly be obtained and conse...

10them good citizens of a democracy, involves a collosal task, but one not unworthy of an enlightened Amorioan policy. We should enable the weak t...

12spurs us to action, but take the initiative and take it along these definite lines have suggested, namely, education of an economic nature and d...

13and we will have until the war is over a reasonable unencumbered opportunity to try to effect the reforms calculated to improve the prestige of ...

14enlightened self interest to cement with us the closest of relations, we may be let in for a rude awakening when this war is over, and find our ...

loCentral American countries, one by one, as rapidly as possible, along lines that will tend to cause their business and banking transactions to b...

16in some instances to acquire controlling inter sts in banks already established, partly to secure the services of men experienced in such undert...

17is thought that company, or any other American company accoptable to the Department of the Navy, might be ontrusted with this work and the money...

18intentions to these countries in a manner caloulated to assuage their usual misgivings as to our ultimate intentions with respect to thom. o) Th...

19deny that one of the things necessary to a SUOCO 88ful re union is the completion of communicating lines in Central America. Our chief interest,...

20a gigantio undertaking and required great amounts of material we might not now desire to spare, the proposition would not deserve immodiate cons...

21cannot do directly. The results desired may bo obtained through the exercise of the good offices of the Department, and posøibly it would also b...

COPY LOS COMP7 Mamo as it went to Dr. Pritchett. AMORANDUM Schools in Central merica. išver since the birth of a moni od clase in Certral America, ...

In many Mexican and Central American cities Schools have been founded by inglish, French, Belgian, and German instructors. Here they teach their la...

German prestige in Latin America is traceable in no sma 11 degree to the schools they conduct there, German residents explain that the schools are ...

Amorioans at Guadalajara and Tampico maintained schools for a time, but it is not ta ought that they were scientifically oond usted. 3) Amor ioan S...

many hindrances and potty vexations. Anything in the management or curricale of those schools that looks like an attompt to wean pupils away from C...

native tongue, ana obliged to put forth a more definite effort to perfect thens e lves in the 150 of zuglish; all of which woud redound to their ad...

gola. Frame buildings which would last about twenty five years, would reduce the initial investment by about one hall. The annual upkeep, auring th...

grees made by some of the other members of the family of nations. Sarely our wealthy and prosperous country can cope with all the unnsual demands a...

and for the irst year of maintenance, possibly another 126, 000, which would be reduced greatly, if not entirely wiped out by the income from tuiti...

10 STORICAL Many centuries before the birth of Christ, a legendary ahip from the last brought Votan, the Hall Cod. to the Tabascan shores. The the...

11. In the sixth century or the present era, dissension among the Toltec tribes come nood. In the love nth century the Cakohiquale clan went south ...

11 e and prosti for the Spaniards. But, in the southern moricu. the Indiang never had a chance against the inver. Do basin with, the al te is not o...

congenial task of ruining Central Amerios through a system 01 cupidity, Brood and fanaticism. They had found a land immensely wealthy in ise coming...

14 And now 90 per cent of the whole control merican populltion works 311 day and almost every day, for mere pittance of 50 conts silver, or le 38,...

16. depend upon peon labor for their prosperity, though the Government of Costa Rica and the president of Salvador have made an effort to clean th...

HOTELS IN CENTRAL AMERICA. When an American contemplates a trip to LatinAmerica, whether it be to the Carribean, Central America or the South Ameri...

2accommodation. Times have changed. Our people are looking to foreign fields. Our merchants expect to derive some business from this section. They...

3unduly. The formalities of business intercourse require a certain measure of deliberation not usual in this country, and he who fails to respect ...

inclined to be fearful of them, but recent experiences have proved that the reinforced concrete construction is proof against damages from the eart...

5by the regular market, which affords edibles in fair quantity. Let us consider the next country south of Guatemala, Salvador. It has no drainage,...