Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, For the Year 1887, Transmitted to Congress, With a Message of the President, June 26, 1888

No. 110.
Mr. Hall to Mr. Bayard.

Legation of the United States in Central America,
Guatemala, September 13, 1887. (Received September 28.)

No. 703.]

Sir: I embarked at Corinto, Nicaragua, on the 5th instant, for Guatemala. On the morning of the 6th the steamer touched at the port of La Union, Salvador. There I learned that on the previous night a party of Salvadorian and Hondurean refugees, coming from Nicaragua, had surprised and captured the military quarters at that place.

The movement appears to have been directed by one General Barahona. Before the Government of Salvador could act, President Bogran, of Honduras, dispatched a force from Amapala to La Union. The place was recovered from the revolutionists, and handed over to the Salvadorian forces on their arrival a few hours later.

It is now said that the attack on La Union was premature. Their plans, the revolutionists say, contemplated simultaneous movements throughout Salvador, which, in consequence, have, beyond a doubt, been frustrated. It is alleged that it was in the interest of ex-President Zalvidar.

I have, etc.,

Henry C. Hall.