Omaha daily bee., 1909-12-14
ZELIYES REIGN OF TERROR
Five Hundred Persons ~rsPorted in
Chains in PrsoA
E1cARAsUAE PRESIDENT RICH
sasd 20 have AmRused HuEe Perfume
from ExtortfoH-Daxis
Colsn Win Marines pm
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Colon win Marines on
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RIT-FFIELDE NiuArEEuA Dec AT H
1sn-nad from an authoritative source thhi
a reign q terror is being maintained IN
MRnHzua and thht not less than 5N persons
}ae-rrned with pourtUai affairs are IN
chains in ths prisons A Catholic society
mas been ordered 20 cease sendinE fooo
&c the prisoners. and these are IN q far
way 10 stn-ve 10 ueArn. Rs thsT are al
low q only 2 cents q day fur food Corporal
punishment ts ueted out daily 10 various
alleged offenders
zslaya. In order 10 create Al impression
nat the sentiment Of the people o. Mana
Eua 10 hostile toward America and Amer
cars recently ordered Ansno Estrada a
prominent liberal and brother Of the rsvo-
utiouirt chief TO organize a Demonstration
against that country and It's people, hu
this he refused 10 DO. and zelayE had him
arrBlEned on a Fictitious charge
il he understood that Julian IaaE The
minister general who has many Adhersnus
al Leon and C~hinandsEH- has been making
attempts 10 starr an uprising in his favor
as zelaya's soooessor, bur whether with
zeisvs's consent IS not known Il is re-
ported also that Irias home had been sur
rounded By soldiers.
ZeLnva Well Entrenched-
Further authoritative dispatches received
here state that He q EslayH's forces have
been eutrsnchcd for the purpose Of pre-
venting the American marines from passing
over The bridge iuto C0riuLo. Since Thurs
dHy hast. when General Estrada became
practically certain that General VAscesqus,
in command OF 4 portion Of ZelRvA'E troops.
WIS attempting TO make q dstuur Of Rama
for the purpose Of SEEKING an unguarded
river point and descending up1n BlusfisldE
the forces q the provisional Eovsrnnent
have been acting with great energy. Rama
las been occupied AID rthsr less iupOrtRuI
river landings have been strongly guarded
AL svEnAble boats have been held IN
reserve TO rush reinforcement 10 any
point thai may bs three tened.
Estrada Aakk dvtee
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.-Ssnur Cas-
triIlu, the representative o. the Nicaragua
insurrectiunists in this city, today received
d cableErHm from General Estrada, head
q the revolutionary movement which de-
clarsE that the r-evoluuonists are strongly
entrsnchsd Al Rama and that the forces
OF President ZClEys are TWO days march
from the city. The cAblsRrE1n Asssr1s thar
q revolutionary victory iE certain, but that
following II the r-evolUuunistE win AXE
no definite steps until their program is ap-
proved by the state department az wash
ington. This is presumed 10 refE esps-
ciaIly TO any decision thai may Be made
in the case Of President ZelRTR should
the insurgents win. The cablegrEm. a.
translated by Senior CRstrilo, ts as fob
lows:
"EAMA. Via Bluefiel6S, Dec. R-CAs-
trIlD, WREhinEton-We occupy our i'm
~prsGnAbls position in Rama town with AL
army more numerous ana more decided
than ever. Enemy lie TWO days march from
REmk- From there ne Esks IA Tor q par
ley. We are disposed not 10 coacede any.
thing and Are sure Of our victory Thai
Is OH true position. and. believe ms
thai our plan from the beginning has besr
TO capture the enemy 81 Rama We ar.
disposed not 10 take r~esoiute action with.
ont approval q Deua-rmsnt Of State, Il
whom you mus communicate this. Whs1
the battle Is expected We WI ADVISE YOU
ESTRADA
At the tine This dispatch was receiveC
the Stale department announced that i
was without advioes from Nicaragua to-
day. Any ACTOR the department. oontsm.
plates viii be taken only upon information
from the departments official sources @.
communication.
Mexico 10 Hedging.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12-Eurique Crsal
former Mexican NnbEAsadOr to this coun.
Try, and now special envoy for his GOV.
ernmsnI in the Contra America en-.
brogdo, arrived today and win bring hi
mission before the state department Tues
day While Insisting that his government.
had 'EboundInE faith IL the broad iudE
meu1 and sound diplomacy" Of the sta1i
department Sen0r Crssl sub1iy indicEte;
that Mexico Wa not altogether in accord
with the vigorous measures being employe,
by the United States 70 bring ths Zeisyl
government 70 time.
Mexico Is the friend Of both the Cen
trial American republics and q the Unite,
States ne saad. MY government wouli
Ike TO aid in settling the present disputi
and II IL in q peculiarly happy position L
further trEt snd"
Dixie Reaches CoIon-
COLON, Dec 12-Uuirsd sta1ss trans
port Dixie. with 700 marines aboard, whici
J EAAtA LID0 fL-AhlGtNAAA LclcLlHtI q ~
rived here at 6 O'Clock yesterday. Tn
Dixie proceeded 10 dock II. Cristobsl
where cars We're in waiting TO trRnspor
the men, provisions and ammunition Z
Panama
PANAMA. Dec. 1s-It Is the opinion O
PhnEuEnE that President ZslsyH Of MICA
uagua is riding for a fan, that ne is De
HbsrEtsly working TO bring about tntsT
vsur0n by the U-itsd States, havtu
chosen thiF form Of Humiliation n prefer
sncs TO the greater une Of suffering de
feat Al the hands q rsvoluuionistE.
For the last sixteen years, curing Vh1c
tine ZelsyR has been In power. accord
Ing 70 the statements q men nov on IN
isthuuE who are oOuvsrsaut with affair
In that republic, Nicaragua has been rule
~ = group o. eighr daring clever an
c0n~scisncelesE men who have looked Up0
the county as their own personal prog
srry. THIS group has grown enormous
rich by q E-ysDemRuzed pflAEs q the reg
suDss q the state and Of individuals J
Is estimated that ZelAyH 10 worth Rbur