Showdown on Guatemala More Likely
As Nicaragua Breaks Off Relations
With Communist - Dominated State
WASHINGTON, UB—Nicaraguan.
Ambassador Guillermo Sevilla Sa
casa said Thursday his govern
ment broke relations with Guate
mala Wednesday, charging Guat
emala had violated an agreement
by spreading Communist propa
ganda in Nicaragua.
The ambassador’s statement con
firmed earlier word from other
sources here that the diplomatic
break was not directly related to
a recent arms shipment from
Communist Poland which Presi
dent Eisenhower described Wed
nesday as “disturbing.”
But it obviously provided addi
tional backing for the view that
the Nicaraguan move would help
speed up a showdown on the
whole situation in Guatemala, for
months the target of accusations
of pro-Communist activity.
Nicaragua broke relations with
the previous Guatemalan admin
istration of Juan Arevalo, but re-_
iumed them in 1951 with the ad
ministration of President Jacabo
Arbenz.
Nicaragua had hoped that the
Arbenz administration would not
follow the “Communist line” of
its predecessor, the note said, but
the “Communist attitude of the
present Guatemalan government
has been confirmed.”
The Nicaraguan'move was seen
here as the forerunner of a possi
ole Nicaraguan initiative to bring
.he whole Guatemalan situation
before the Organization of Ameri
can States.
There were indications that Nic
aragua would be willing to take
-he lead in such an action provid
ed there is sufficient support
among other American nations.
The United States has been mak
ing gestures apparently aimed in
that direction, but has shied away
from taking the lead.
Meanwhile, U.S. authorities said
Russia apparently has put a high
priority on arms aid to Guatemala
p
to promote a strike in Central
America.
These officials noted too that
this was the first time the Soviets
sent any significant amount of
arms into Latin America, so far
as is publicly known. This obvi
ously shows Russian confidence
that Guatemalan Communists will
further Moscow’s aim in this hem
isphere, they said.
The State Department disclosed
the arms shipment to Guatemala
late Monday and said it was an
“important” amount. Other sour
ces have said the shipment totaled
10 boxcars.
Second Division Students
Win Top Scholastic Honors
At Mt. Edgecumbe School
Fifty-nine seniors were gradu
ated from the Mt. Edgecumbe
School at Mt. Edgecumbe, Alaska
on Friday, May 14, reports Wm.
H. Olson, Area Director of the
Alaska Native Service.
At a most colorful ceremony, 25
boys in maroon caps and gowns
and 34 girls in white were greeted
by Fred R. Geeslin, Superintend
ent, and presented their diplomas
by Victor Hill, Principal, who was
introduced by Alfred Lawrence,
Academic Department Head.
Scholastic honors were shared
by Valedictorian Mildred Paneok,
White Mountain, and Salutatorian
Mathilda Echack, Gambell.
Selected by the seniors to give
the commencement address, Mr.
Olsen urged the graduates to
maintain racial pride and loyalty
and to recognize their moral re
sponsibility to represent their
people creditably. Explaining that
self - confidence is elemental to
success, he described life’s re
wards as being available to only
those who asked for them, work
ed toward definite goals, and gave
of themselves in behalf of their
fellow men.
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operations by the Ketchikan Pulp Company in waters off Prince of
Wales Island near Hollis, Alaska. It’s small enough to be maneu
vered in 35 inches of water and develops enough power with its
new GM 4-51 small-boat Diesel to push bundles of from 25 to 35
large logs. Because the engine bums only Diesel fuel the pilot, con
fined to extremely close quarters, does not have the worry of
explosive fumes collecting, which is always a possible danger With
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