Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-11
NEW Revolution COUP
Mexican Government and Pan
American Railway Would
Unite Central America
REBELS SUPPLIED BY RusE
President Diaz Gives Support to the
Scheme to Unite Weak Republics,
With Zelaya at the Head-Washing-
ton Government to Keep Hands OFF,
Americans at the Helm.

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| New York, June 11.-Diplomatit
representatives of the five Contra
American states of Costa Rica, Guate.
mala Honduras, Nicaragua and Sar
Salvador are distributed by private dis
patches that come by way Of Mexico
that there is on foot great conspiracy
to unite them under one government
with President ]. Santos Zelaya of Mic
aragua as the temporary head. The
Mexican government and the Pan-Am.
erican Railway company are backing
the scheme.
I Zelaya. with his army Of 10000 men
on March Is routed the combined ar
mics Of Salvador and Honduras at Te-
,gucilpa, the Honduran capital, and
President Manuel Bonilla, negro, fed
from Honduras with all the money he
could seize.
Close upon the cessation Of HOSTILE
ties in Central America came reports
that Mexico was about to declare war
on Guatemala, and 10000 Mexican
troops were sent to the border. They
have been held there for a month.
A curious state Of affairs is that
twice within six weeks, while the
Mexican army has been covering the
frontier, their arms and ammunition
have been condemned and sold to
agents Of President zelaya.4 New arms
have been furnished to the Mexican
troops. and it is another old fact that
they are OF the same make and pat
tern as the arms condemned and sold
to the Central American govern
ment.
These operations are staid to be
simply a ruse to effect the equipment
of the army OF instruction that is to
be led against Guatemala, Costa RIGA,
San Salvador and Honduras the mo-
ment the signal is given for the out.
break.
Mexico, with the Guatemalan 'front.'
Ter covered; with an army of 10000
well-equipped troops, will have the
principal government under control so
that the troops Of Zelaya will have the
three smaller states to cope with, and
it is expected the war will be some-
thing like the stage representatives Of
overturning Latin American republics
in night.
Agents of the revolutionary elements
in Costa Rica, Honduras and San Sal
vador to the number of more than 100
are in session daily in the City sof
Mexico, and are well supplied with
money by the American interests con-
cerned in the Pan-American railway
and the exploitation Of the mineral de-
posits extending from the frontier Of
Mexico and Panama.
President Diaz is said to have prom
ised the American Railway COM
pany all the aid necessary to carry out
the scheme to make one republic Of
the Central American states 1t has
been his policy turnout his rule in
Mexico to help the development Of his
country by helping the railways.
All the details Of the conspiracy
have been completed, it is said, and
only the final instructions from the
officials of the Pan-American Railway
company and President Diaz are nee
essary to open hostilities.
The ambitious plans were unfolded
yesterday by a fnancier who had pri-
vate advices from Mexico, in which
his correspondent gave the proofs that
the interest Of Mexico in the deal to
deprive four states OF their own form
Of government Is undeniable.
The prime movers in the scheme on
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company are President D. P. Doak Of
Mexico City and j. M. Neeland of Los
Angeles both Of whom have extensive
mining interests in Mexico and in the
Central American states. The railroad
company was incorporated 1nder the
laws of New Jersey, to construct a
road from San Geronimo, on the line
of the National Tehauntepec railway,
to run thence southeasterly thru the
states Of Oaxaca and Chipas, Mexico,
to the Guatemala border line. This
stretch of road is about 300 miles in
length and construction work is in ac-
tive progress. The company is re-
quired, under its grant from the Mexi-
can government, to have the road
ready by September II.
The position of the Washington Of
ficials in the crisis that is pending in
Central America is mysterious. In
diplomatic circles it is UNDER
stood there will be no interference
from washington on behalf Of the re-
publics that are to be forced to yield
up their governments.
There are millions of American capt.
tai invested in the states Americans
own plantations especially banana
growers, and they have suffered great
losses by the spring brawl, tho it was
Of little Importance. It's significance
was not then understood, aud is not
generally understood in the states.