Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-26
PENDING OFFICIAL NEWS,
UNITED STATES DELAYS
Failure of Reports From Consuls
Ascribed to Cutting Of Wires.
CANNON AND GR0CE ENLISTED
Volunteers in Rebel Army With
Rank of Colonel and Not Free
Lances-Estrada's Strength
Reported by Capt.
Shipley.

Correspondence is in progress betwe>-
the United States and Mexico with re-
gard to the possible necessity for joint
action for the preservation of peace
among the Central American states in
cont nformity with the terms of the Cartago
agreement
1t is intimated that the President OF
Mexico is loath to interfere in the matter
at this juncture. on the ground that he
prefers to have Zelaya continue in power
in Nicaragua rather than open the way
for the possible ascendency of Cabrera OF
Guatemala in Central American affairs.
The statement is made that Diaz re-
CARDS Cabrera as an enemy of Mexico.
Wires Probably Cut.
The State Department is still without
| information from the American vice con-
sui at Managua. Mr.. Caldera. The
natural inference is that his dispatches
| have been intercepted by the cutting Of
| the telegraph wires.
| The State Department has no doubt
that Mr.. Caldera has attempted to COM
!
| times durings the last week or more.
Owing to the absence of specific informa-
| tion, which the department sought to OBJ
| tain through Vice Consul Caldera and
| other agencies. the State Department will
| undoubtedly delay at least short time
| longer before taking further action.
| A dispatch received from BluefieIds as
sures this government that American in
terestS and American citizens are not in
terfered with by the revolutionary army.
This dispatch states that great care is ex
| ercised to protect American interests.
| 1t also states that the steamer Dictator.
belonging to the Bluefields Steamship
Company, which came into the possession.
of the revolutionary forces about a week
ago, was detained only for one day and
| that detention was only for the purpose
of examining the Dictator with a view of
determining whether she carried contra
| band goods. The delay, it is said, re-
suited in no damage TO the steamship COM
pany
Perlas Is Released.
Another dispatch states that the Ameri--
can gasoline launch Perlas. reported seiz-
ed and held at Puerto Cortez by the gov
ernment of Honduras on the ground that
it carried one or more revolutionists and
was in fact in possession of the revolu
zionist party did not come into the
hands of the revolutionists through forci-
BILE seizure. The Perlas, the property of
a New York company, was promptly re-
leased upon representations being made to
Honduras by the State Department here.
IT. is also reported that Emilio Espinosa
of the revolutionary provisional govern
ment has given up his post as minister
general. 1t is generally understood that
Mr.. Espinosa, a brother of the former
minister from Nicaragua to the United
States. recently resigned, will be elected
president of the new republic under Gen.
Estrada should the revolution be sue
ceSsful.
Two more warships have arrived on the
Atlantic coast of Central America for
service against President Zelaya in case
that course becomes necessary for the
enforcement of the United States policy
These are the gunboats Tacoma and Ma
rietta. which recently completed target
practice on the coast of Cuba.
No word has been received from the
commander of the gunboat VicksburS at
Corinto on the Pacific coast for several
days. On her arrival at that port her
commander reported to the Navy Depart
ment that there was no disorder there.
In view of the disturbing reports of
conditions at Managua, the capital of
Nicaragua, and the lack Of official COM
munication with the consular officers
there, it is not improbable that the COM
mander of the Vicksburg will be instruct
ed to send naval officer to that city to
about 100 miles distant from Corinto and
is connected by railway. 1t is not at all
likely that President Zelaya would dare
modest an officer of the United States
Navy should he undertake the proposed
trip to his capital.
Groce and Cannon Not Free Lances.
Groce and Cannon, the Americans exc
cuted by order of President Zeiaya of
Nicaragua last week, held commissions
in the insurgent army, according TO pri-
vate advices received here from Blue
fields, where the revolutionist government
is located.
The dispatch stated that the State De-
partment of the United States llad Deen
notified to this effect.
The State Department has been anx-
ious to clear up the point whether the
two men had commissions or were merely
acting in their individual capacities. IN
the former event they would have been
entitled to treatment as prisoners OF war.
Groce and Cannon were volunteers In
the revolutionary army is declared IN ad-
vices which have come TO SaiNator Cas-
trillo, representative of the revolutionists
here The cablegram follows:
"Groce ex-superintendent OF La Luz
and Los Angeles Mining Company, and
Cannon a most esteemed person, were
serving as volunteers with the rank of
colonels In the revolutionary army, and
consequently did not deserve the penalty
of DEATH among other powerful reasons.
because they were not military person.
ages in the actual service of Zelaya-
"A similar crime of Zelaya has never
been witnessed in the history of Central
America"
The cablegram sent from Bluefields.
was signed py Estrada, provisional presi-
dent of Nicaragua.
Estrada Party Growing.
Another cablegram declares that the
Estrada party In Nicaragua is growing
every day, and that it Is becoming more
and more a working organization. The
message expresses the greatest conf
dence in the success of the revolutionary
movement.
Senior Castrillo also received word Of
the landing Of munitions Of war BY thA