Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 117, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 May 1918 — COSTA RICANS DECLARE WAR ON GERMANY [ARTICLE]

COSTA RICANS DECLARE WAR ON GERMANY

San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua, May 24.—The government of Costa Rica has declared war on the central powers, according to advices received here. The declaration of war by Costa Rica on the central powers brings the total number of nations aligned against Germany up to a total of twenty-one. Ah of th-. Central American states now have clearly defined their altitude toward the war. Panama, Nicaragua and Guatemala have become belligerents. Honduras has severed diplomatic relations with Germany while San Salvador has remained neutral, explaining that this neutrality is friendly to the United States.