The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-06-03
BLUSTER PUT AWAY
STATE DEPARTMENT RESTORES
NICARAGUA TO FAVOR.
Thoughtful Men Wonder II zelaya Has
Paid Up or ls II tho Work OF
Some Pet OF the Ad.
minlatration.

One Of the inexpllcable Interrupt
lions in the progress OF national
events which from time to time be-
wilder the anxious observer has just
occurred In respect OF the admlnistra-
ton avalanche that only few days
since was impending over Nicaragua.
As lately as two or three weeks ago
the state department was gravely pom
dering extreme measures with Zela-
va, the cantankerous president, and
the newspapers according to their
various procllvities and abilities were
guessing at the form Zelayas martyr
dom would take. Now the uproar has
suddenly ceased Not whisper Of
Nicaragua can be heard even by those
who listen at the keyhole,
1t will be recalled that Zelaya's of.
fence consisted chiefly in his refusal
10 pay the claim Of an american"
company doing or pretending to do
business in Nicaragua-one OF those
adventurous concerns, no doubt that
we hear OF occasionally in the more
COMPOSITIONS Spansh.American states
as setting up claims where their ex-
pectations have been disappointed and
asking damages for n wonderful rain.
bow. What Zelaya's contention was
we do not accurately know nor Is It
important. Perhaps he merely wanted
TO govern his own people in his own
way; and that is pretension to which
We have become recOnciled except In
tho cases of very feeble and distracted
powers indeed So what would have
the hands of Mexico or Brazil or Ar
gentina became a ranking injury at
the hands OF Nicaragua and straight.
way began to bristle with gunboats
and hostile overtures and hints OF red
mouthod ultimatums in the immediate
background. Now, however, after some
weeks Of this dramatic clustering we
find ourselves in the midst OF tlowery
peace. Nicaragua remains, Zelaya
still rules, the American" company's
claim does not seem to have been
paid; and yet the promised avalanche
has not moved. The state depart.
mcnts scowls are relaxed into serene
and radiant joviality.
There must be an explanation, but
what is It? II Zeaya has paid up we
haven't heard OF 1t. According to all
present appearances the American"
concern is still pining for its compen.
sation, the truculent Zelaya still shows
his teeth at their4 more or less right
eous prctcnsions, and yet the state de-
partment's wrath has been In some
mysterious way appeased. broad and
beaming smile has supplanted the
quondam threatening frown and all is
sweetest harmony-or seems to be.
Thoughtful men are wondering.
Everybody wants to know why, after
scowllng at Nicaragua so long and
procuring those fluent educational de-
nunciations of Zelaya-by way OF pre-
pairing public opinion for the impend-
ing event-we have all of a sudden, SO
TO speak, melted into sweetest indul-
gence, released the once serried fur
rows on n stormy brow and generally
lent ourselves to melody.
There must be n solution. Perhaps
the stricken company has sold out
on the strength OF the state depart
ment's buster; perhaps Nicaragua has
been suave and vigilant enough to en-
ploy some administration pet to de-
fend her at the seat of power; perhaps
something else-who knows? The fact
remains. What are we to take for
It's Interpretation?