The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-02-26
The Flag of Rebellion is Once
More Raised.
MARTIAL LAW DECLARED
An Insurgent Force Marching
on. the Capital
An ATTACK EXPECTED TODAY
Minister Baker Cables to Washington
for a Gun Boat to be Sent 20
Cornito 10 Protect Aneri-
can lntereehn.
can Eterease

Mauagua, Feb. 1J.=~Eia Galveston,
Tex, The flag Of rebellion has once
more been raised iu Nicaragua and re-
ports received here frora the north this
morning show that the whole district
north OF Lake Mauagua, including the
departments Of the west and the north,
are in open rebellion against President
Ielaya.
Martial law has been proclaimed and
the inpressing Of men into the army
is being pushed rapidly The Presi-
dent is supported DY a wing Of the
Liberal party and 1000 men are al
ready under arms. This towa, the cap
ital, is being actively made ready for
defense as the insurgents, whose head
quarters are at Leon, the old capital OF
Nicaragua and the center of the old
Roman Catholic population, as appos-
ed to the Catholics of more modern
views, are expected 20 make an attack
upon this city. A strong detachment
of the Leonists has already left that
town and it is believed that Managua
viii be attacked tomorrow or the next
day
The conservative party in this city
met this morning and resolved to give
moral support of President Zelaya
and also determined to send ex-Presi-
dent Cardenas and Gen. Avil TO Grana-
da, near Lake Nicaragua, to inform
their partisans there of their deter
mination to support the President.
The insurgents are supported by a
portion of the political party in pow
er; but, up to the present, what is
known as the opposition party proper,
has not joined the rebels.
The antagonistic feelings of the peo-
pie of Leon and its vicinity, and those
of Managua date from away back and
are founded upon jealousies having re-
ligion as their basis, and more modern
ideas, on the other hand, as their ex-
cuse.
The United States Minister, Mr..
Lewis Baker has cabled TO Washington
requesting that the United States gun
vessel Albert, which is understood to
be near the coast, be dispatched to
Corinto in order to protect the proper
ty of United States citizens.
President Zelaya has number of
troops forty miles west of this city,
but he is without information as to the
exact doings of the revolutionists.
The forces of the conservative party
have all rallied to the support of the
President during the present crisis.
Unhappily for President Zeiaya a
large consignment of modern arms and
artillery, purchased in Germany,
which arrived here shortly after the
occupation of COrinto by the British,
and which at the time was feared
would fall into the hands of the British
Admiral, have, owing to political in
trigues, found their way to Leon, and
are now to be used against the Presi-
dent and his supporters. The excuse
for sending the arms to Leon was that
a certain party here was in favor of a
dictatorship being declared, and that,
therefore, it was advisable that the
modern arms and ammunition should
be stored at Leon where, it was as
serted, there was less likelihood of q
demonstration for or against the gov
ernment. The Leonists were powerful
enough to have their way in this mat
ter, and it would seem from the pres
ent developments that this was only
one feature of a plot to overthrow the
government of President Zelaya.