People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 February 1895 — LITTLE COUNTRY IS FIRM. [ARTICLE]

LITTLE COUNTRY IS FIRM.

Guatemala Fails to Back Down, as It Was Said She Would. City of Mexico, Feb. 7.—The Hon. Ignacio Mariscal, secretary of foreign relations in the . Mexican cabinet, has officially denied the statement thq.t Guatemala has retired from its grounds, and acceded to the demands of Mexico. “But we are still hopeful that the-war may finally be averted,” said the: min* ister. . Senor Mariscal did not indicate that the settlement of the boundary question is any nearer an amicable settlement than at the beginning of the negotiations. Daily drills of are being held. A regular company has been organized by the members of the department of justice, which has been augmented by recruits from the outside. The company Is composed of lawyers, doctors, newspaper men and representatives of other professions, as well as a large number of clerks of departments.