The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-07-23
THE PRESIDENTS
ARE INVOLVED
Plots in the Several Central American
States.
UNCLE SAM CHECKING THEM.
Attitude of the United States Cools
the warlike Schemes of the Several
Rulers President Cabrers's Plan
to Encompass the Downfall of
President Zelaya.

Panama (By Cable). - Central
Americans who are now in Panama,
and who are interested in the situa-
tion brought about by the revolution
airy movement in Honduras. are con-
vinced that the presidents of several
of the republics are involved in the
affair. the ramifications of which
reach far back. According TO one Of
these Central Americans, President
Cabrera, OF Guatemala. following the
last conspiracy against his life, OF
which he believed President Ielaya.
OF Nicaragua, to be the promoter,
conceived a plan for Ielaya's down
fall. Fearing that without aid he
could not succeed in this, he endeav-
ored 10 interest his neighbor, Presi-
dent Figueroa, of Salvador who had
an old grudge against Zelaya, whom
he charged with giving openly some
time ago, men, arms and money to
Dr.. Prudencio Alfero for the pur-
pose OF invading Salvador.
For a time President Figueroa
was undecided, but eventually Gen.
Manuel Bonilla. ex-president of Hon
duras. who was deposed by the revo-
luton promoted also by Zelaya, APP
peared on the scene. He recon-
mended that they begin operations
by replacing him as president of
Honduras, this merely as a prelim
mary step. Later all three republics
Honduras. Guatemala and Saliva
dor). he suggested, could join forces
in an attack upon Nicaragua.
Prior to this the Honduran conf
Dental envoy in Guatemala, Gen.
Miguel o. Bustilo, had been inn
prisoned. it is believed for the pur-
pose of precipitating war with Hon
duras, but the challenge remained
unanswered
Honduras. however began prepara-
tions and increased its army by lO,-
600 men. placing a strong guard
along the frontiers. A revolutiony
movement was then ordered by those
who were endeavoring to bring about
a change in the government of Hon
duras, the revolutlonists, invading
that country from the Guatemalan
and Salvadorean frontiers. President
Zelaya was taken by surprise at the
movement and caught unprepared,
but he Immediately saw the peril to
his government Undoubtedly to
help as much as possible the Hondu-
ran government, Zelaya increased the
Nicaraugan Army and placed arms
in the hands of Salvadorean refugees,
among whom were a number of
prominent and popular leaders. and
quietly awaited developments.
President Figueroa, among whose
qualities courage is not believed to
be prominent, knowing that only
spark would start a powerful revo-
lutionary fire in his dominion, was
alarmed at the determined action of
Honduras and Nicaragua and refused
further to aid the revolutionists in
Honduras.
In the meantime the heads of both
Honduras and Nicaragua remembered
the Central American court of JUS
tice recently inaugurated at Cartago,
Costa Rica, and promptly filed
charges against Salvador and Guate-
mala. not only with the idea of
gaming time, but for the purpose of
bringing more prominently TO the
attention of these republics the pos
sibility OF American Intervention.
Shortly after the presentation of
these charges the United States crui-
ser Albany left for Amapala with
force of marines and other warships
were announced as being under or
ders to proceed 10 the scene of the
trouble II necessary, and as a result
of the attitude OF the United States
the belligerent sentiments of the
various Central American presidents
cooled considerably. for although
bearing no love for each. other and
standing in constant fear of an at
tack from some undetermined quar-
ter, they prefer anything 10 having
the United States interfere in Gem
tral American affairs. As the matter
now stands. each one is accusing the
/ other and all are making claims to
having been neutral.
L. ;. Marines Ready.
Colon July l9.-The United States
/ cruiser Des Moines arrived here from
/ Guantanamo
Lieutenant Colonel Cole, command
/ er of the American marines on the
/ lsthmus OF Panama, recently receiv-
/ ed orders from Washington TO have
/ i 80 marines ready for immediate
! field service. II was believed that
/ the intention was to dispatch these
/ marines TO Honduras on the cruiser
! Des Moines