SALVADOR OF THE TWENTIETHCENTURY
WORKS BY
PERCY F. MARTIN, F.R.G.S.
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MEXICO OF
THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
With Map, and more than 100 Illustrations. 2 Vols.
Demy 8vo. 30s. net.
"Will take its place as a standard work of reference on the country."—Truth.
PERU OF
THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
With Map, and 43 Illustration. I Vol. 15s. net.
SALVADOR OF
THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
With Map, and 48 Illustrations. 1 Vol. 15s. net.
LONDON : EDWARD ARNOLD
 colours
"The Colours."
The Salvadorean Flag, Supported by Cadets of the School for Corporals AndSergeants.
SALVADOR

OF THE

TWENTIETH CENTURY
BY
PERCY F. MARTIN, F.R.G.S.
AUTHOR OF
"THROUGH FIVE REPUBLICS OF SOUTH AMERICA," "MEXICO OF THE TWENTIETH
CENTURY," "PERU OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY," ETC.
NEW YORK
LONGMANS, GREEN & CO.,
LONDON: EDWARD ARNOLD
1911
[All rights reserved]
 
PREFACE
"And so I pennedIt down, until at last it came to be,For length and breadth, the bigness which you see."
Bunyan: Apology for his Book.
While it is quite reasonable to hope for a consistentimprovement among the Central American nations, andas easy to discern the extent of amelioration which hasalready occurred, it is necessary to bear in mind someof the causes which have hitherto conduced to theturbulence and the tragedies which have characterizedgovernment by some of these smaller Latin Republics.
Many writers, who can know but little of theSpanish race, have attributed the early failures of theStates which broke away from the Motherland, notonly to lack of stability, but to a radical psychologicaldefect in the national character. This is a decidedmistake, for the Spanish people, both in their individualand in their collective character, are fully ascapable of exercising the rights, and of enjoyingrationally the benefits, of self-government as anyother nation of the world. The patriots and heroeswho distinguished themselves in the early days ofthese young Republics, while themselves descendantsof the Spaniards, generally speaking, and having onlyin a few cases Indian blood in their veins, had to combatagainst all the ambition and avarice, all the pride[vi]and prejudices, of the Church-ridden land which hadset its grip upon New Spain, and meant, if possible, tokeep it there. But it was not possible, and in a fewdecades was witnessed their complete expulsion asrulers from the countries which had been won by theflower of Spain's soldiery, and lost by the exercise ofSpain's oppression and greed.
While the early history of the Latin-AmericanRepublics contains much to distress, and even todepress, the reader, it is impossible to avoid payinga tribute to the band of gallan                        
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