Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1910 — REVOLT IN HONDURAS [ARTICLE]

REVOLT IN HONDURAS

Valladares Rises Against the Present Administration. United States Gunboat in the Harbor at Amapala Ready to Protect American Interests. ——: ——: —7 . ' . • ■■ • / _ ...' „ V : Washington, Nov. 4. —Martial law has been declared in Honduras as a direct result of the revolt of General Jose Valladares, the deposed commandant of Amapala, against the government, according to cable advices to the state department from Minister McCreery at Tegucigalpa. The port at Amapala has been closed and the island is in a state of siege. The United States gunboat Princeton is in the harbor at Amapala ready to take a hand In the revolution at the first sign of hostility toward foreigners or their interests. President Davila is preparing to send an armed force against Valladares, and in the event of the government’s failure to restore ojrder on the island the United States probably will be asked to interfere.

PORTUGAL TROOPS HOSTILE Failure of President Braga to Fulfill Promises Given as Cause. Lisbon, Nov. 4. —Troops of known loyalty to the republic of Portugal have been- transferred into the barracks with the Secondhand Fifth regiments, which threatened -to revolt against the republic and overthrow the provisional government. Reports from the provinces and from the frontier stated that the republic’s soldiers and civic representatives were on the point of mutiny, owing to the hostility of the provincials against them and the failure of President Braga to fulfill promises. The crews of nearly all the vessels in'the Republican navy may be dismissed in the interests of peace. The sailors on board the cruiser St. Raphael joined forces with the land troops and became so menacing in their demands that they were dis’missed by the new minister of the navy. Numerous jails are crowded with political prisoners.