with.

It is said that President Dole is so anxious that nothing shall
interfere with the annexation treaty that he is willing to promise Mr.
Spreckels anything he asks in return for his assistance.

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Central America is in a very disturbed condition once more.

Revolutions are in progress, or have just been suppressed in Guatemala,
Costa Rica, and Nicaragua; and Honduras is again in an unsettled state.

In addition to this, there is bad feeling between Costa Rica and
Nicaragua, which may break out into war at any moment.

As this last quarrel concerns the Nicaraguan Canal, in which our country
is so much interested, it is perhaps better to tell you about it before
we speak of the more serious troubles in Guatemala.

The cause of the unpleasantness between Nicaragua and Costa Rica is the
boundary line which divides them.

This boundary question involves the mouth of the Nicaragua Canal.

In 1858 it was agreed between the two countries that the channel of the
Rio San Juan del Norte at its exit into the ocean should be the dividing
line between them.

Owing to changes of current and other causes, the course of this river