Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1909 — ZELAYA AGENT RIDICULES WAR [ARTICLE]

ZELAYA AGENT RIDICULES WAR

Gomes to Placate U. S. In Regard to Groce-Cannoo Shooting. GALLS BATTLE REPORTS ROSH “Trouble In Nicaragua Would B« Called Little More Than Riot In This Country,” Declares Dr. Victor Roman, Diplomat and Personal Friend of Central American Ruler—Sees Early Doom of Rebel Hopes. New fork, Nov. 30.—Dr. Victor Roman, a Nicaraguan diplomat and Intimate friend of President Zelaya, has arrived on the steamship Advance from the canal zone to join the Nicaraguan legation today*, presumably to promote, the interests’ of Zelaya with the American government. Dr. Roman said the report published here that there was a great revolution in Nicaragua was all bosh. “The trouble,”. he said, "would be called little more than a riot in this country. The only place of importance In the control of the Insurgents Is Bluefields. The blockade of Greytown is unimportant. General Toledo, in charge of the government forces there, wh?n I left had control of the island waterways, where the essential navigation !g carried on. Any blockade from without does not count much as the business that can be shut off that way is of little consequence.” In regard to the execution of the Americans, Cannon and Groce, Dr. Roman said little, declaring they had not been shot when he left Nicaragua. He was at Managua when they were captured. He said: "They had been In revolutionary movements before and were officers of the insurgent forces when they were taken. Cannon was a sort of an engineer and was engaged in laying mines.” After reading a report that Castrillo had declared that Zelaya was going to quit, Dr. Roman remarked: “There is no reason at present why Zelaya should quit and he is not going to do so. But General Estrada Is going to quit, and that pretty soon. He Is in a bad way and it will be a question of only a few days when he will flee the country. “I am not able to say off-hand what the law of Nicaragua is in regard to the punishment of men like Cannon and Groce.”

GRANT MAYBE REPRIMANDED Interview on Nicaraguan Situation Called Indiscreet In Washington. Chicago, Nov. 30. —Military and political circles are discussing a report from Washington that Major General Frederick D. Grant may be rebuked by the state department for utterances in connection with the attitude of the United States toward Nicaragua. General Grant admits the authenticity of the interview in which he expressed the conviction that should it be shown that Leroy Cannon and Leonard Groce were allied with the revolutionists seeking to overthrow the Zelaya government, the United States will have no valid claim for Indemnity. When his attention was called to the Washington dispatches, General Grant was disposed to treat the matter lightly. He said that he was not at all concerned and had no fear of an official “c&ll down.” Bmuggle Ammunition to Rebels. Galevston, Tex., Nov. 30. —That large shipments of arms are being made from the United States to Nicaragua for the insurgents is evidenced by the overhauling of a large schooner in the gulf fifty miles off the west coast of Texas. Secret service officials of the Immigrant department were told by one of the crew who waa transferred to the government boat on account of sickness that the Bchooner carried fifteen cases of cartridges of 150,000 rounds, consigned to the revolutionists in Nicaragua; that they were shipped from a point In Louisiana and would be transferred to another boat on the Mexican coast.

Many Seek Service In Nicaragua. Chicago, Nov. 30.—The prospect of trouble between the United States and Nicaragua has resulted in flooding the local recruiting office of the United States marine corps with applications from young men who are hopeful of seeing active service. Captain William Brackett, who Is in charge of the local office, said that the number of applications had increased to such an extent that It had been necessary to add a surgeon to the examining staff. Deny Board Will Probe Affair. Washington Nov. 30.—1 t was denied at the state department that a commission of inquiry would be sent to Central America. It Is believed here that the project was abandoned because of the publicity which was given to the plans of the department Many applications for positions on the commission were received at the department. Admiral Gets Secret Orders. San Francisco, Nov. SO.—Admiral Phelps, commandant of Mare Island ®avj( yards, has received from the navy department one of the longest telegraphic orders on record at the yard. It is not to he opened until Dec. 1. The dispatch is "d to have to do with Nicaraguan affaire.