Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-03-27
Honduran Capital Falls and
Whole Situation Appears to
Be in Hands of NiCaraguan
Forces,
ZELAYA ANXIOUS TO
BECOME DICTATOR
Conflict Thus Far Has Been
Spectacular, But Not Bloody,
BOniIIa Unable to Return to
the Attack,



Washingt4u, March 25.-The cap
ture of Teoh ohcigalpa, the capital of
Honduras. by the Nicaraguans, coup
led with the recent defeat Of the
forces Of Honduras and Salvador at
CholuCeca and the flight of President
Bonilla, of Honduras, virtually ends
the Central American war. 1t is now
probable that Nicaragua will install
another president at the HOnduran
capital in lieu of President Bonilla
and then Withdraw her troops to her
own territory.
The conflict has been short, and
judging from the reports which have
been received here none Of the en-
gagements have been serious The
casualties have been comparatively
slight, four or five hundred in the
most important engagement reported,
the fight at Choluteca.
Honduras has been helped in this
war by Salvador, with whom she had
an offensive and defensive alliance,
and She has had to contend with
rebellious outbreak Of her own peo-
pie. This was also the case in Mica
ragua; revolutionists taking adyant-
age of the difficulties Of the govern
ment TO further their own cause.
Three central American states became
involved Costa Rica and Guatemala
remaining neutral
The United States sent gunboats to
both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts,
and marines were landed at two or
three points on the northern coast of
Honduras for the protection Of Amer
lean interests These ports were in
the possession of the enemies of the
Honduran government at the time
and the government Of Honduras APP
proved the action.
Early in January the trouble be-
tween Honduras and Nicaragua APP
peared to be becoming acute Mex
leo and the United States endeavOred
50 avert an open conflict, but in spite
of the fact that the presidents of both
countries assured President Roosevelt
that peace would be maintained, his
tilities broke out early in February.
The United states then permitted the
fighting to go on but stood ready to
put stop to it the moment it threat
ened seriously to endanger foreign in
terests.
Setting aside the mule that Mica
raguans are alleged to have stolen in
the frontier town of Las Names, one
night. the cause of the conflict APP
parently is found in the ambitions of
President Zelaya Of Nicaragua, to see
as chief executive of Honduras, man
who would faVOrably consider the
claim Of Nicaragua in the matter of
determining the boundary between
the two countries A possible under
lying motive is President Zelaya's far
reaching ambitions. He is credited
with a desire to bring about a fedora
ton Of the states Of Central America
ana Honduras stood in MS way. on
the other hand. 1t is asserted in some
quarters that President Bonilla
brought about the trouble for the pur-
pose of avoiding disaster at the hands
Of the revolutionary party, which was
daily growing stronger in Honduras
A feature of the conflict has been
that each country has disavowed res
possibility for the war.
The engagements of the past week
have been leading up to the taking
of Tegucigalpa and with the routing
Of the forces protecting the ap-
proaches To the city. the result was
only matter Of a few hours. The
capital is a bare seven miles from
Choluteca, and both are in the heart
Of rich mining country
The state department has a repre-
sentative at the Honduran capital in
the person of Philip r. Brown, secre-
LAZY 10 the AiiltIl lNdll Ili9Nibh w AA'Ai
duras and Guatemala, and 1t Is prob
able that the department will receive
a report from him tomorrow. Minis
ter Corea who has all along predicted
the early taking of Tegucigalpa, had
nothing tonight To add to the news of
the Nicaraguan victory. His position,
as already announced by the Asso-
ciated Press. is that the fugitive Pres
ident Bonilla viii go to Salvador and
again recruit his army for second
attack on Nicaragua unless the United
states and Mexico insist on the main
tenance of the neutrality of salvador
and Guatemala, and that II such m
sistence is made the war Is virtually
ended
More Details of Teapot Tempest.
Puerto Cortes. Honduras. March 21.
Via New Orleans, March 25.-News
of the sacking of san Marcos, Hon
duras on account of fresh revolt
In he interior of Honduras, and in
formation of considerable loss tc
American interests because Of the wal
have been received here.
The sacking of san Marcos was re-
lated by General Carcamo Of The
Honduran army. whom Ncaraguar
dispatches said he'd been killed there
February 26. General Carcamo was
concealed for several days after hii
defeat at San Marcos and finally
gained the Honduran line unintured
He then gave an account of the out
RACES pprpetrated on the women anC
defenseless citizens of the capturet
town which he said was looted ant
sacked bv the soldiers OF Nicaragua
Details of his story have not reached
here.
The revolt reported here occurred