Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-03-27

plaza. Six hundred men were sent
from san Pedro TO suppress this re-
volt and orders were given for a body
Of Indian allies to join the expedition.
The principal losses To Americans
have occurred In the banana indus
try. The reports of,tne Honduras In
teroceanic railroad, which transports
the larger part of the Honduras ban
ana crop to the seaboard, say that the
shipments have already fallen TO
about one-quarter the usual volume.
II is reported that boys and girls cut
and gather the bananas and the wo-
men load them on the cars. The
men have gone to the war.
The American gunboat Marietta is
said to have done good work in the
interests of American shipping at
Trujillo the first Honduran port cap
tured by Nicaraguans Upon arrival
here March . the Marietta reported
that the Nicaraguans were molesting
small vessels at Trujillo which were
the property of Americans, but that
they desisted on warnings from Cap
tain Fullame of the Marietta.
The fall of the Honduran capital
today was predicted by the Nicarag-
uan foreign office yesterday, followins
strongly fortified town i'm that country
and the flight of President Bonilla of
Honduras. Only the bare announce
ment of the capture of Tegucigalpa
was received.
Details of the Fighting.
. Managua. Nicaragua, March 25.-
\ few details Of the capture of the
Honduran -Salvadorean position at
Choluteca by the Nicaraguan forces
have been received. The Ncaraguans
captured 1500 rifles, a large amount
of ammunition and quantities of field
equipment.
The Hondurans and Salvadoreans
had 200 men killed and about an
equal number wounded.
Some of the Nicaraguan wounded
who were captured before President
Bonilla fled, are reported to have
been hanged and their bodies barbar-
ously mutilated.
President Zelaya has issued orders
to the Nicaraguan forces that all
wounded prisoners are to be treated
with proper care.
Say War Is at End.
Mexico City, March 25.-It was the
general opinion among Central Amer
United States and Mexico restrain
Salvador and Guatemala from COM
ing to the assistance of General Bon
lilo the war between Nicaragua and
Honduras is practically over. The
opinion was also expressed that Presi-
dent Estrada Cabrera, Of Guatemala.
is not anxious to try conclusions with
the ruler of Nicaragua and that ne
would be the first to welcome peace.
DR.. Esturpinian, minister of salvador,
received a dispatch from his govern
ment that Salvador was working IN
the interest of peace and has ordered
the withdrawal of its troops from
Honduras. The withdrawal of the
force would seem to
sound death knell to the hopes OF
Bonilla.
The complete annihilation of Bon
HAS force places the other Centra
American governments in jeopardy,
and. according to prominent Central
American president Cabreras only
salvation lies in the immediate estap-
Iishment of peace. No statement coula
be obtained at the foreign office as TO
the status Of negotiations that TINS
country has entered into looking to
a settling of the dieficuity' with the
United states
RoniIIa Ordered Surrender.
Managua. Nicaragua, March %
If is stated upon the highest authority
here that President Bonil!a of Hon
duras. after his retreat to Amapalla
following the defeat of the Honduran,
forces at Choluteca oN
the Nicaraguan army ordered from
Amapalla, the surrender of Teguci-
galpa. the capital of Honduras, to the
troops The city Is now III
possession of the Hondwan-Nicarag-
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