The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-12-06
tammnnit Ion and full supply Of held
tents and ,intrenching Implements.
Seriousness of SltlGtlon

$500 men from the heet which soon
wdll be assembled ON both the coasts
Of Nicaragua. The cruiser Albany
carries complement Of 826 oficers
and men. The gunboat Yorktown
has on board 176 o6lcers and men. The
complemnt Of the vlcksburS SareAdyy
ct Corinto, is LAG. The Buy GoSdw.
ct Panama, It was indicatedM j
formation received at the navy de,>
ment, will be ready to sail from Pana~
ma at any time with q crew Of III and
will be able to carry 1,1O0 marines
from that station to Corinto. Thus,
within a few days, the fighting force
Of the squadron on the Pacific side Of
Nicaragua could be increased to more
than. 1000 men.
The third class cruiser DesMoines,
with 279 officers and men; the Ia
coma, q vessel Of the same class
with an equal free and the gunboat
Marietta, carrying complement Of
155, are now stationed at Port Limon,
an Atlantic port Of Costa Rca. These
three vessels are within easy striking
distance Of either Greytown of Blue
fields. the Atlantic coast ports of
Nicaragua. The fighting force of the
Atlantic squadron, If assembled for
action by Rear Admiral Kimball on
the arrival Of the Prairie with its 172
Officers and men and two batallions
Of marines, will be more than 1900
strong. tt
The gunboat Princeton, with 147
omcers and men is now on her way
down the Pacific coast of the United
States from Seattle toward Nicara-
qua. The navy department has plac-
ed the auxiliary cruiser Dixie, now
at the Philadelphia navy yard, in readi-
ness to reinforce the Atlantic SQUAD
ron should such course seem neces-
sary. The Dixie carries complement
OF 225 officers and men. It was in
timated yesterday that more marines
would be available for the Dixie IL
the state department gave the word
that she was to sail.
In addition to looking after Ameri-
can interests. the welfare of foreign
residents and their property will be
taken care Of by the military forces
OF the United States. Under the Mon
roe doctrine the United States would
be opppsed to allowing any foreign
government to intervene in Central
America In the present crisis. The
responsibilities for looking after for
etgn interests will fall upon the Unit
ed States as q logical result Of this
attitude
Whether. marines will be landed on
Nicaragaan roll will dspends largsly
'up0n nepentaiailtias. IL the lives and
properly of American eitixens or any
European residents Of, Nicaragua, are
placed In jeopardy, the United States
viii take immediate stems to guarantee
protection.
Thus far no marines have been land
ed. at any point in Nicaragua. That
statement was made last night by Brig.
Gen.. George f. Elliott commanding
the United States marine corps,
Neither are there any martens on
board any OF the United States war
vessels now In Nicaraguan waters"
said Gen. Elliott. "The marines near
est Nicaragua are at Panama."
Have any been ordered to Mica
ragua?" Gen. Elliott was asked.
Not yet" replied the commander.
Reports were current last night that
the gunboat Marietta had landed q
force Of about 100 blue jackets at
Bluefields. According to the report,
they have been encamped in the plaza
of the city since November 26. Con-
firmation OF the rumor could not be
obtained at either the state or navy
departments.
Felipe Rodriguez, the charge daft
faires Of the Zelayan government, who
received his passports from Secretary
Knox on Wednesday, said last night
that he had received no communica-
tion from President Zelaya. He does
not intend to return to Nicaragua for
some time and win take advantage of
the offer made by the secretary of
state which constituted him the unof-
ficdal channel Of communication be-
tween Zelaya and the United States
government.
Pedro Gonzalez, the private ennis
sary Of Zelaya. who came to Wash
ington at the eleventh hour in an at
tempt to effect an understanding be-
tween his chief and this government.
yesterday announced his Intention Of
returning to Nicaragua at once. HIS
family Is now at Mangua.
CONQUERED MOTHER