The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1899-03-31
AFFAIRS IN NICARAGUA.
Can. Torres Will Not Allow For
siguers to Sign Bonds for Mica
raguan Revolutionists. Z
rHe OUTBREAK IN LEON IS SERIOUS.
- If the Constant Revolutions. n
y.r,x 4. springinE Up I'm the
country with Annexation to the
rated states as the Foundation
plank Of Their Platform.

p,nefelds. Nicaragua, March o.
,c,eeial correspondence, via New Or
leans per steamship Condor, March
oo1-Gen. Torres has issued an order
hat no foreigner be allowed TO sign
bopd for any Nicaraguan accused of
oomplicity in the Reyes revolution.
A number of accused have already OBJ
tanned release through the friendship
~ American residents, but after the
.dct they were all surrendered. 1t
,,;l he difficult for them to secure any
ether bondsmen.
Recruiting Volunteers.
Torres has also sent attachments to
towns and plantations to recruit vol
unteers for the army, and the laborers
have escaped to the bush. He has
zone to Rama to make more arrests.
The troops are needed to send to Cas-
,illo. where the outbreak of the troops
from Leon was more serious than at
first announced, especially as Gen.
Ruling is said to be in command of the
rebels. Ruling is a German soldier of
fortune, and Zelaya's most successful
fighter 1t was he who captured
Reeves army. but he was disgraced for
allowing Reyes to leave the country
in safety. If he has turned against
the government rather than submit to
trial the trouble will be serious.
Tired of the Revolutions.
There are some people in Nicaragua
who are becoming thoroughly tired of
these frequent revolutions and sense
less fights. These people are gradu-
ally being brought under one head,
and this new party will have annexa-
ton to the United States as the foun-
dation of their platform.
few evenings ago | had long dis
cussion with Gen. Estrada on this sub.
iect. and was informed that the move
ment had already begun to take def.
mite shape.
Openly Advocated Annexation.
During the last meeting of the Nj
caraguan eaEgress the president, in
his message. touched upon the sub.
ject as one of his fondest hopes. The
question of annexation was first
brought before the people of Nicara>
qua by Senior Guzman, once ministe.
10 Washington, and at that time this
Hawaiian islands were making appli.
cation for annexation. Since the war
with Spain, and additional territory
has been added to the American pos
sessions, the feeling is growing strong
er in Nicaragua. Next year the mat
ter will take some definite form.
Gen. Estrada FavOrs 1t.
Gen. Estrada added that he would
be one of the first to joint in the
movement to establish a party in ia
Vor OF annexation, and would do all
IN his power to establish this party
and secure the desired results. 1t was
The only future for Nicaragua. Under
the protection and advice of the Amer
leans the country would develop. The
Slow methods now in use will be
abandoned, and that energy which
marks the American become promi-
het here in the tropics.
would settle the Canal Question.
The canal question would then be
an easy matter to settle. Nicaragua
could not sell strip of land from
ocean to ocean. but Nicaragua could
become territory of the United
o.ates' and this strip would be a part