Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 208, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 January 1931 — Page 14

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NICARAGUA TASK HOPELESS, SAY ' U, S. MARINES po Job Right or Not at All, View of Observers of Situation. I BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS Serlppt-Boward Forclrn Editor WASHINGTON, Jan. B.— Every marine should be brought home from Nicaragua or else enough should be sent down there to do the Job assigned to them. This expresses only mildly the sentiment I find in service circles here, following the killing of eight •uid wounding of four, marines in 'he fighting wtotch has flared up again in the little Central American republic. If Washington intends to occupy Nicaragua until it is pacified, these observers feel, the administration should forget politics and take steps necessary to accomplish the task in a way better for national prestige and better for The. Nicaraguans themselves. Facing Hopeless Task If it does not intend to do these things, the forces of occupation should be brought home as quickly aj possible. As matters stand now, the marines are facing a hopeless job. It will take a generation for them to get anywhere. Irregular warfare s uch as cost the lives of a detachment of men on New’ Year’s eve will go on. American prestige will dwindle, and Latin American criticism of our policy will constantly firrow moro bitter. Despite official reports that more 'han 1,000 marines now are in Nicaragua. I am informed reliably that actually there are only about 700. What with the work of training the native constabulary, paper w r ork at headquarters, keeping up supply service, communications and whatnot inevitable in such an expedition, it is said that not more than 200 or so are available as fighting men All Subject to Attack Tire marines are stationed at four or five outposts in the jungles of <he interior, subject to attack at any moment. The country is wellnight impassable, save along faintly marked trails through the tangled growths. Patrols constantly are on the move, however, being absent two or three weeks at a time. Tt was such a detail as this that was ambushed near Ocotal on New Year’s eve. They walked into a carefully prepared ambush and never had a chance from the beginning. There Is no such thing as a rebel 'army” in Nicaragua. Those who killed the eight marines are believed to live in the region and dispersed to their farms after the fight was over. The relief force brought to the scene by a friendly native, fomid only peaceful farmers working on their land. Roads Needed Badly Nicaragua never will see lasting peace, marines or no marines, until roads are built from coast to coast and border to border, according to officers who have seen service there. For several months out cf every year the only way to get from one side of the country to the other is to take a steamer all the way round, through the Panama canal. Bandits are able to prey on the Inhabitants of the interior at will, because there is no way to get at them, and any politico with any personality at all can impress natives into service and put a fullfledged revolution in the field before the government can get within a month’s march of him. Nicaragua needs roads, schools, sanitation and civil training and unless the United States is prepared to lend her a hand to get these things, observers back from the scene declare, it should recall its forces For this, officials here say, there is no authority, but others reply that there is no authority for the permanent occupation of the country and the war w’hlch now is being waged.

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