Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1910 — BONILLA FORCES CAPTURE A TOWN [ARTICLE]

BONILLA FORCES CAPTURE A TOWN

Ceiba Attacked and Taken in Honduras Revolution. SOVERNMENT CENSORS NEWS Warfare Precipitated Prematurely It la Thought by Action .of President Davila—Uprising Set for the 25th Day of July. New Orleans. July 22. —A cablegram from Puerto Barrios, Honduras, announces that the long expected revolution in the interest of the deposed president. Manuel Bonilla, began at Oeiba on the Atlantic coast, when a small party of revolutionists took possession of the town, overpowering the government troops. The greatest excitement ensued throughout the republic in consequence, and martial law was at once proclaimed. The government took steps to prevent the news being circulated, and it is not likely that anything important will come from Honduras until a decisive battle suppresses the revolution or the revolutionists win control. The revolution is considered premature here. A general iising had been arranged for next Mofiday, July 25, when it was to have begun simultaneously at Tryillo and Puerto Barrios, strategic points, thus confusing the government. Gen. O'Kelly Bartia, half Irish, half Latin Ament's n, is leading the revolution at Ceiba. He was himself a candidate for president of Honduras, but gave up liis ambition to join force* with Bonilla. The latter visited Ceiba secretly front Belize, where he is in exile, some weeks ago. and put up the arms and ammunition for the revolution from the steamer ITstein It is believed that the government got wind of the proposed revolution and by its violence and arbitary action forced a premature outbreak. Ex-President Bonilla, in whose interest this new revolution has been started, came to New Orleans some weeks ago for the purpose of holding a general conference of revolutionary leaders. It was the intention at that time to start a revolution, but the then misfortunes of the Estrada government caused Bonilla and his friends to postpone action and they sent their money and sympathy and 1;000 rifles to the Nicaraguan revolutionists.