The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-03-12
They WILL RISE AGAIN
Rough Riders Started the Revo-
luton in Bluefields.
AN AMERICAN ENTERPRISE
The Uprising Has Been Postponed Until
More Opportune Time - Ameri-
cans in Control of the
Coast Region.

New Orleans. March 1.-the sudden
collapse of the Reyes revolution in Mic
aragua caused surprise in New Orleans,
where its success was believed to be
assured. 1t is now said that the revo-
luton was premature and was precipi-
tated before the revolutionists had or
ganized their forces and laid in a prop
err supply of arms and ammunition.
Revolutions have for some time been
| predicted for the spring in several Of
the Central American states, notably
Honduras and Nicaragua, the weakest
of the five little republics, but they
should not have been started until
| about May. Simultaneous outbreaks
| were promised in these two republics in
| particular. The fact was we'll known
| in New Orleans and Mobile, whence the
| revolutions were to be organized and
| directed. President Zelaya of Nicaragua
| forced the hand of Reyes and precipi-
tated the uprising several months be-
| fore Reyes and his men We're ready
for it and before Honduras had risen.
| His trick has worked well and "one of
! the most promising of revolutions" col
lapsed before it had got well under way
| The collapse was not a complete one.
| however: indeed, it is only prelude to
another revolution which is to come a
an early day and is likely to reproduce
the story of Gen. William Walker the
! Sray-eyed man of destiny"
| The Reyes revolution was slightly
| different from previous affairs of the
| kind, because it was almost wholly an
! American enterprise. 1t was conceived
and engineered by Americans, and its
success might have given this country
a prepnnderating in..uenCc in Nicara-
qua and the control of Greytown and
| the eastern or Atlantic terminus of the
proposed Nicaragua canal The United
| States might have secured in fee sim
| pie. without the least trouble, all the
| land it desired for a trans-is thmian ca
nal had Reyes won what he hoped to
| get through the American element in
| Nicaragua-the presidency of the re-
| public. In the meanwhile NasGuez, who
| lis trying to get control of Honduras
from the weak president, Terencio Sier-
ra, installed on Feb. /. has boldly re-
| cruited his forces in this country from
| some of the volunteer regiments just
| mustered out If the United States
| government does not interfere too ener-
getically with this tilibuster movement
| there Will be Il considerable force of
| Americans in Honduras in the next few
| months and the revolution expected
| there will occur.
1t is this appearance Of the American
| element that promises to make future
| revolutions somewhat different from
d. the opera bouffe of Central American
outbreaks. There are thousands of men
in the United States just mustered out
| of service. They joined the army TO
| fight, but had no chance of doing So
| They see chances OF adventure in Cen
| trail America, and the exiled presi-
dents of these republics who, after
| amassing fortunes, have been driven
out by revolutions, realize that one
| American is worth many natives, and
are bidding for the support of these
volunteers. Unless the neutrality laws
| rigidly enforced this summer, two at
| least of the Central American states
are likely to be under American innu-
ence before the winter sets in.
The Nlcaraeuan affair bears a close
| resemblance to the Hawaiian incident
| In the last 10 years American interests
| on the Atlantic coast of Nicaragua
| have grown so as to control the coun-
| try financially and industrially as com
| pletely as the Americans control Ha-
| wall in spite of their small numbers.
Bluefields. the capital of the district, is
a town of from 1900 to 5000 population
where more English is spoken than
| Spanish. It receives all its supplies
| llpiil Iue iIlleu states, llS mayor is Il
| citizen of New Orleans, and all of it's
property is owned in this country. 1t
has improved greatly of late and taken
| on the appearance of an American
| town, and only a few weeks ago it sent
| representatives here to purchase the
machinery and pipes necessary 10 cs-
| tablish a complete system of water
| works and SeWerage--a wonderful piece
of progress for a Central American
| A hi
| through American capital and enter
prise, just as at Honolulu A dozen
years ago Bluefelds was n town Of a
few huts, inhabited by Mosquito In
| dams. Caribs, MaroOns and Jamai"a
| negroes. The country was then known
as Mosquito reservation and was under
| the proteotorate of England. 1t owed a
nominal allegiance to the republic Of
| Nicaragua. but was absolutely free,
paying no taxes, recognizing no Near
| aguan officials and disregarding all
| Nicaraguan ordinances and laws. The
| government was supposed to be in the
| hands of the Mosquito Indians. hut this
| was a mere fiction. That tribe has praa-
| tically ceased to exist. A few spcci-
mems, more negro than Indian, We're to
| be found on the Wanl<o river and some
| of the lagoonS, but a majority Of the
| population We're negroes, Nicaraguarns
| and foreigners. The chief of the Mos
| quitos. Clarence by name, ruled tile
| country but his cabinet was composed
| wholly of Jamaicans, subjects of Great
Britain, though it's agents ruled the
| country as completely as it did Belize
| Four years ago there was a sudden
| change. The president of Nicaragua,
Zelaya, seeing that the region and, par
| ticularly Bluefelds, was growing rich
| in consequence of the development of
| the country by the Americans end the
| growth of the fruit trade, asserted lu-
| thOrity over the reservation on the
| ground that it was and had always
| been part of Nicaragua and that the
government of Prince Clarence OF tire
Mosquitoes was mere moCkery, as
| there were no Mosquitoes left. General
Reyes, who led the recent revolution,
| was commissioned governor Of Mos
| quitia, the name Of which was changed
| to Zelaya in honor of the president, AID
sent With a considerable force to take
possession of Bluetields, There can be
no doubt that Zelaya's contentious Were
correct Nicaragua had never s'irren-