The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-12-13
ZELAYA IS CRAFTY:
WANTS AN EXCUSE

Panama, Dec. 12,-It is the Pana-
mans belief that President Zelaya of
Nicaragua Is riding for fall" work
ing TO bring about Intervention by
the United States. having chosen this
form of humiliation in preference to
the greater one of suffering defeat at
the hands of the reyolutionists.
For the last sixteen years In which
Zelaya has been in power, Nicaragua.
it is said. has been ruled by a group
of eight daring. clever and conscience
less men, who have looked upon the
country as their own personal prop
erty. This group has grown enor-
mously rich by systematized plllage
Of the revenues Of the state and of
individuals.
II is estimated that Zelaya is worth
about 100000 900, gold. most of which
he has invested in Brussels and Lon
don.
1t is said TO be we'll established that
the chief cause OF the present rcyom~
tion was the failure of Zelaya to dis
tribute among his seven associates,
loan Of $4,000 obtained recently in
Europe The seven were given a shore
of the money, but not on the basis of
apportionment that had governed the
distributions in the past
They demonstrated, but to no pur
pose. Zelaya refused to pay off on
the old basis. and even threatened
that If they did not submit gracefully
he would turn against them the syS-
TEN. which they had jointly organ
| lied
System Very Effective.
This system was simple, but effec-
tive. Its mode OF operation was quite
effective Whenever citizen was
found in lawful possession Of a piece
of valuable property. an agent Of the
group was sent to him To ask the price
for which he would sell 1t. When the
price was made known, the agent
tenth Of its statue.
This offer being refused, the agent
was then at liberty To outline his pro
posed retaliation, saying;
IF you do not sail we will denounce
you as a conspirator. We will spread
rumors about your activity in behalf
of tho revolutionists faction. which
we are careful always to have stir
ring about somewhere in the country.
We will try you with our judges in
our court, before our jury and SEN
tence you to be shot as a traitor and
have your property confscated. VIII
you be shot. or Will YOU sell?"
Sometimes the men were shot and
the country at large imagined that
these men we're real traitors, and ap-
plauded the execution.
When origlnators Of this system
found themselves threatened they
promptly surrendered-all except one.
This one turned reYolutionlst with
the result that an army Of several
thousand men was sent into the field,
| and Blueflelds and the entire eastern
coast of Nicaragua was conquered.
May Be Prcjudloed.
That is the view OF the situation as
taken on the lsthmus, where, 10 be
| sure, there are many Nicaraguans,
naturally strongly opposed to the pres
end administration i'm their country.
They arc of the opinion that Zelaya
sees that the game is up and is anX-
| ious TO make his departure in safety
He would rather stand in the eyes
of the world as having been forced out
by the United States than by his own
people. and this is why he has pro-
| voked reprisals by the brutal shoot
| Ing Of Cannon and GrOcc.
The statement issued by Zelaya to
| the effect that the revolutionistS had
employed the two Americans to mino
the San Juan river. and that they
were captured after they had cXplod-
ed one mine near the transport Dia-
| mantc, Is given no credenoe hero.
| This version Is contradicte6 by de-
serter from the Zelayan forces. who
confirmed the previous report tat
each Of The Americans was captured
while accommodating some hills near
the river,
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