Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-12-22
HURRY-UP ORDERS
TO NAVAL VESSELS
BUFFALO, WITH 700 MARINES,
GOES IMMEDIATELY TO
CoRlNTo.
CITIZENS OF UNITED STATES AT
MANAGUA APPEAL FOR
PROTECTION.
ZELAYA WILL FAVOR IRIAS OR
MADRIz BEFORE UNITED
ASSEMBLY.

washington, Dec. l0.-INdNdI Trans
port Buffalo, now at Panama with zoe
marines aboard, yesterday was or
dered to proceed Immediately to Cor
into.
This is a result of a telegram from
the American consulate at Managua
stating that as Zelaya in his message
resigning the presidency made an un-
pleasant reference to Americans, and
owing to the report current at Man
aqua that civilian adherents of Zelaya
have been armed with daggers, citi
zens of the United States residing
there had appealed to the consulate
for protection.
Another telegram from the consul
ate at Managua states that it is cur
rently rumored there that when Mad
riz arrives at Managua, presumably
today, Zelaya will formally surrender
his office to the national assembly and
that that body is already instructed
by Zelaya to vote for Irias, as presl-
dent Of Nicaragua.
This rumor is directly at variance
with the understanding here based Oh
dispatches from Nicaragua, officially
or otherwise, to the effect that Mad
riz will receive the support of Zelaya
and his faction.
The conclusion of the United States
officers at Managua is that by the Sc
lection of Irias, Zelaya still will retain
a hold on power and continue to dom
mate the situation.
This change of front occasions lit
tie surprise here, it being well known
that both Irias and Nadriz have long
been regarded as Zelaya's willing
tools, and it has been suspected that
Irias really is Zelaya's first choice for
the presidency, and Madriz second
Hurry orders to the Buffalo may have
other significance than that stated, as
her arrival at Corinto is expected the
very day Madriz is expected to arrive
at Managua
Whether the 700 marines will be
placed at the disposal of the consul
ate at Managua does not appear, but
it is assumed that the commander
will take any steps necessary under
general instructions to protect Amer
lean citizens and American interests
Admiral Kimball accompanies the
command of the naval vessels there,
the Albany, Yorktown, Vicksburg,
Princeton and collier, Saturn.
Calvo, the Costa Rican minister,
yesterday gave the Associated Press
the following:
COSTA RIGA has endeavored during
the revolution in Nicaragua to main
tain the strictest neutrality. Deplor-
ing the strained relations between
Nicaragua and the United States,
Costa RIGA would be ready to do all
within its means toward a happy So
luton, but has taken no action in the
matter. having no opportunity to CO.
operate"
CalvO emphatically contradicted the
publications that Jiminez, president
elect of Costa RIGA, has anti-American
sentiments
Eagle Ordered to BIuefieIds.
Colon, Dec. 1S.-The gunboat Eagle
is under orders to proceed to Blue
fields. The Marietta is still here.
The Dixie sailed yesterday afternoon
for Philadelphia. The Collier Leoni-
das is here for supplies.
Bullets to BluefieIds.
Washington, Dec. 1S.-The navy de-
partment yesterday ordered an imme-
date shipment of consignment OF
ball and cartridges to the Des Moines,
at Bluefields.
AreIIano Released.
Managua, Dec. 1S.-The governors
of the department of Granada Leon
have been removed and replaced by
men known to be favorable to Irias,
minister general, and Madrfz. David
Arellano, who was arrested in No
yember during the celebration in Ora
NADIA, in honor of President Taft's
election, which the government inter
preted as demonstration in favor of
American annexation. was released
yesterday Heavy recruiting is in.
progress here.