The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1907-03-26
THE Combined
FORCES OF HONDU-
RAS AND SALVADOR
Defeated by the Enemy
Says Report.
viii Try to Make Presi-
dent of Honduras
Prisoner-Peace
Hovers Near.

Washington. March 24.--According
to dispatches received today by Senior
| Corea, the Nicaraguan minister to the
United States, the combined armies of
Honduras and Salvador have met with
decisive defeat at the hands Of the
Nicaraguan troops and President Bon
lila of Honduras. is in flight and about
to take passage on the first steamer
available for foreign parts. Senor
Corea's information, which comes from
Senor Gamez. the minister of foreign
affairs. is to the effect that the town
of Choluteca has been captured by
the Nicaraguans after hand fought
engagement The dispatch states that
President Bonilla, who has been Lead
ing the Honduran forces in person, is
in hiding in San Lorenzo. a minor port
on the Pacific side, and has with him
only small detachment of 200 men.
1t is supposed that he intends to
reach Amapala "a port on Tiger Island,
where Pacific mail and other steamers
stop. and that he intends to flee from
the country. San Lorenzo is only a
short distance from Tiger Island and
1t would be possible for him to reach
Amapala in a small skiff or sailboat
In order to intercept him President
Zelaya has ordered two of the Mica
raguan gunboats to Tiger Island. In
fact the victorius Nicaraguans~ hope to
be able to make the president of Hon
HT,ra hniy oh,
adds that Tegucipalpa will be captur-
ed tomorrow. With the engagements
during the past week in the vicinity
of the Honduran capital, and the
forces which were guarding the city
in rout. it is believed that the Nicara-
guans will be successful in their
march upon the town. Another des-
patch which Senor Corea received to-
day from Senior Romirez. the post
master general of Nicaragua, states
that in his opinion the war is practi-
cally at an end, that Bonilla has fled
from Choluteca and is about to leave
the country on the first steamer. The
Nicaraguans believe that they will be
able to maintain the advantage which
they have gained in the struggle un
less there is an open alliance on the
part of Salvador and Guatemala with
Honduras, in which event they main
tain the Hondurans would be encour-
aged to hold out longer and continue
the war. To prevent this they are
anxious that the United States and
Mexico should intervene to the ex-
tent of obliging Salvador and Guate-
mala to maintain neutrality. There
is little or no doubt now. however,
that the Salvadoreans have been ac-
lively cooperating with the Honduras
forces, and have sent soldiers to join
that country in its contest with Mica
ragua, but thus far Guatemala has
not been actively interested, although !
her sympathies are with Honduras
against President Zelaya.
1t is not regarded as likely, how
ever. that the war will continue. as |
the steps which the United States and
Mexico are taking, 1t is expected, will |
soon bring about cessation of hos
Titles. The negotiations to that end
are now being conducted through the
Mexican ambassador to the United |
States, Senor Creel. These two coun-
tries have been waiting for decisive |
engagement before renewing their
good Offices to bring about a settle
ment. Now that 1t has been fought, |
1t is believed that they will step in |
and insist that the struggle shall not |
be continued farther. The state de-
partment had no adyices today from
Central America. and the only infor-
nation received at the navy depart |
ment was despatch from Comman-
der Fullam, Of the Marietta, at Ceiba,
stating that everything was quiet !
there.