New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-13
THE NICdRAGUAN UPSET.

The revolution in Nicaragua has apparently
resulted in the overthrow of the Sacaza Gov
ornment. Ex-President Zavalla and the Granada
politicians have mustered an army that has been
strong enough to take possession of the capital.
According to Consul Newel's dispatch TO the
State Department the revolutionists now hold
all the towns Of the western plateau except inc
largest city, Leon, whose politicians have been
governing the country for long period. All
these towns lie close together westward from
Lake Nicaragua, and are connected by railway
with single break at Lake Managua. Leon
lies between the smaller lake and the Pacific
and is the largest city in the Republic. ii It's
nopulation be behind President Sacaza las is
probable there may yet he decisive Da'tie.
But this depends entirely upon the temper OF
bis troops. II they become convinced that the
revolut onary forces largely outnumber them
they will be certain to remain at safe distance
and TO negotiata a secret truce with the Granada
leaders. The NicaIaguan Minister at Washing
ton. it is true discredits the reports of the sue
cess of the revolution, but he IS not unlikely
to De deceived himself.
The Navy Department has sent the Atlanta
TO GreytoWn and the old Alliance to COrlnto
osten IDLY to protect the Canal property But
GreytoWn is outside the range OF military
operations and there is no evidence that the
Canal work. what little there is of it, is in any
danger. The Atlanta cannot enter the harbor
of Greytown. and will be forced to anchor be-
yond the outer bar, where she will be about as
useful in defending the canal as she would be
in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Brito on
paper is the canal port, but nothing has been
done on the western section of the proposed
waterway beyond cutting down swath OF
forest trees from the lake to the ocean. Corinto
as the chief port of Nicaragua is the natural
anchorage for ship-Of-war
The revolution has nothing whatever to do
with the Canal policy. 1t is simply match
game played between the politicians OF Granada
and LeOn-One Of long series in which each
gronp has been checkmated in turn. The
regular soldiers and irregular volunteers are
pawns which till up the board. and while they
are moved up and down it is seldom that
piece is lost or an exchange forced Both
parties are anxious to have the Canal opened by
the Americans and also to have additional rail
ways built with British capital. Domestic feuds
do not centre about foreign policies. Mica
ragua while it is in better financial condition
than the other Central American States. is not
an ambitious State. 1t quarrels with Costa Rlca
over trines from sheer force of habit, and 1t
coyets absolute control over its Caribbean sch
board which il does not now possess GreytOwn
being free port and the Mosquito Reservation
governing itself. Its leaders are men of medi-
OGRE intelligence without power of discerning
practical methods of increasing the influence OF
the Republic. The Canal property is in as little
danger as the Mosquito Reservation from the
downfall of the present Government The inS
and the outs will change placeS-that is all.