The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-07-23
UPHEAVAL AMONG THE
ISTHMIAN REPUBLICS
United States Moves to Check
Insurrection Which Involves
Honduras Government.

Panama, July 22.--Central Americans
who are now in Panama, and who are
greatly interested in the situation
brought about by the revolutionary
movement in Honduras, are convinced
that the presidents of several of the
republics are involved in the affair, the
r~amifications of which reach far back.
According to one of the most promi-
nent of these Central Americans, Presi-
dent Cabrera, Of Guatemala, following
the last conspiracy against his life, Of
which he believed President Zelaya, of
Nicaragua, to be the promoter, con-
ceived a plan for Zelaya's downfall.
Appeals'to Salvador.
Fearing that without aid he could not
succeed in this, he ~endeavored to inter-
est his neighbor, President Figueroa,
of Salvador, who had an old grudge
against Zelaya, whom he charged with
giving aid openly to Prodencio Alfaro
for the purpose of invading Salvador.
For a time President Figueroa was
undecided, but eventually General Man.
uel Bonilla, ex-president of Honduras,
who was deposed by the revolution pro-
NOTED also by Zelaya, appeared on the
scene He recommended that they be-
gin operations by replacing him as pres
ident of Honduras; this merely as a
preliminary step; later all three repub-
lies, Honduras, Guatemala. and Saliva
dor, he suggested could join forces
against Nicaragua.
Prior to this General Miguel Bustido
had been imprisoned, 1t is believed, for
the purpose of precipitating war with
Honduras, but the challenge remained
unanswered. ~ sst...
Honduras Increases Defense.
' Honduras, however, began prepara-
tons and increased it's army by 10, 900
men, placing a strong guard along the
A revolutionary movement
was then ordered by those who were
,endeavoring to bring about a change
in the government of Honduras, the
revoluIionists invading that country
from the Guatemalan and Salvadoran
frontiers. ~.
President Zelaya was taken by sur
prise at the movement, but he imme-
diately saw the peril to his government.
Undoubtedly to help as much as pos
sible the Honduran government, he In
creased the N~icaraguan army and
placed arms in the hands of Salvadoran
refugees and quietly awaited develop
ments.
United States Gets Busy.
President Figueroa 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 Gen.
trail American court Of justice recently
inaugurated at Carriage, Costa Rico,
promptly filed charges against Sal
vador and Guatemala, not only with
the idea of gaining time, but for the
purpose of bringing more prominently
to the attention Of these republics the
possibility Of American Intervention.
Shortly after the presentation of these
charges the United States cruiser AL
bany left for Amalapa with a force
OF marines and other warships were an
nounced as being under orders to pro
coed to the scene of trouble IL neces-
sary. and as a result OF the attitude
the United States the belIigerent
sentiments of the various Central
American presidents cooled consider.
ably ... ....