New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-12-01

the same high handed manner he does
his own subjects it is time to put the
fear of God into his heart
a Zelaya has been lord high boss of
Nicaragua for sixteen years. That is
not the official name for his job, but is
more nearly descriptive of it than his
e&cial title. To be precise. he is
Enown as president and is supposed to
be elected every four years. But to be
truthful-which is more important, at
least outside Of diplomatic circles-he
put himself in by bayonets and has
maintained his power by bullets. True
the forms of an election have been
gone through at stipulated times. but
there was no opposition for the reason
that if anybody else had dared to be
candidate Zelaya would have had
him taken out and shot.
During much of the time he has been.
in Office Zelaya has been engaged in
putting down revolutions or in fight
ing some of the other Central Ameri-
can republics. He was putting down
one of these annual uprisings or try
Ng to do so at the time he got gay
with the two Americans Leroy Can
non and Leonard Groce and had them
shot one morning before breakfast. 1t
is hard to tell why all these Latin
American executions occur before
breakfast. Possibly it is for the pur
pose of giving the executioners an ap-
patite.
How the Trouble Begins.
The ordinal number of the present
Nicara guam revolution is not known.
fourth, but anyway it is something
high. When the band plays at an unu-
sual time down there it is usually the
signal for a new revolt. Somebody
9s1ants to be president, and, inasmuch
as he will be shot if he goes about it
In a peaceful way. he tries to shoot
first.
This uprising was started by the Es-
trada family, which has furnished
some of Zelaya's chief officials. There
were five of the Estrada brothers, but
one of them is now dead. The young
est Of the five, Juan Estrada. is the
leader of the movement and prospec-
tive president. The two Americans
Cannon and Groce, who We're large
property owners in Nicaragua and else
where in Central America, joined the
Estrada standard, and one Of them
was placed on the commanders staff
Zelaya surprised the insnrgent army
n crossing into Costa RIGA and at
ssckinc i. and tho ,Z.e. s.n"-.. =
= were captured among others. Instead
Of being treated as pIisoLz.o u VIZ.
they were summarily executed. 1t is
this which has caused the rushing of
American gunboats 10 Nicaraguan wa
tiers and which occasioned the sharp
note from Secretary Knox stating that
the United States would not for one
minute tolerate such action. The exc
cution of prisoners unless they are
spies is contrary to International law
and opposed to civilized warfare.
~ Zeaya Chronic Disturber.
This is not the first trouble we have
had with Zelaya, but on former occa
sions he has eyaded giving satisfac
ton on the pretense that the American
demands were aggressions. From vel
authenticated reports that have come
from his dominions he has revived the
terrors of the Spanish inquisition ano
has tried to make of himself che;
composite Of Torquemada, the Duke
Of Alva and Cipriano Castro. Zelays
is better educated than Castro, being
the son of planter and having re
ceixad his schooling in Paris. Afte,