The President has become unpopular, and it is said that one of the former
presidents, Dr. Soto, thinks he would like to have another term of office,
and so he has incited the people to revolt.

A new government has been formed to take charge of affairs until they
become more settled, and things seem to be shaping themselves to suit the
doctor's wishes.

San Salvador and Guatemala, though by their new ties they are bound to
assist their sister republic, have declined to interfere, and it looks as
if the life of the Greater Republic of Central America would not be nearly
as long as its name.

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On page 134 of Vol. I. we spoke about the unfortunate Russians who are
exiled to Siberia, and of the thousands of miles they are forced to march
across the continent before they reach their place of punishment.

It has just been reported that the Czar has issued a decree that persons
who are exiled to Siberia shall, from this time forth, be carried by train
to the convict settlements.

In the days when the poor unfortunates had to make the journey on foot it
took ninety days of steady marching to reach the journey's end, and women
and children as well as men took their places in the long, sad procession
that wound its way across the dreary steppes of Russia.

This decree must have caused much rejoicing among the Russian people, and