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The Minister in Guatemala (McMillin) to the Secretary of State
[Received August 6.]
Sir:
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… Rumors that the Government of President Herrera will be attacked with force and possibly overthrown, continue to be kept in circulation by his enemies. Dates for this action are sometimes fixed. Thus far they have not materialized. Some of his opponents say that force will not be the means adopted; but that in lieu of a revolution by force they will keep up an unending nagging war on him, defeating his measures, and thwarting his policies till in despair and disgust he will resign. The fact that he is one of the most pacific, quiet and peace loving of men, encourages some of this method of warfare. The parties—Unionista and Democratic—are becoming so equal in strength that he sees the necessity of not siding entirely with either and this arouses more or less opposition in both. Thus far there is not sufficient opposition in sight to oust [Page 182] the President by either of these methods. But my diplomatic experience in three revolutions in all of which the Presidents were unseated, warns me against dogmatic prediction concerning revolution.
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