Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-12-25
IEsuRGENT LEADERS TO AS
sUME OFFENSIVE IMMEDIATE.
LY AGAINST MADRiZ GOVERN
MENT; PRISONERS JOIN ARMY.
ZELAYA TO RESIST
ADVANCING TROOPS
FORMER EsIDENT TAKES
CHARGE OF THE GOVERNMENT
FORCES IN THE WEST: BEGIN
MING OF THE END SEEN.

Bluefields, Nicaragua, Dec. 23.-Es-
trada, it is said today, will Immediate
ly assume the offensive against ths
government of President Madriz. The
insurgent leader holds the zelayan
element was removed from considera-
tion by the sweeping battle OF Rama.
Madriz and his associates now rep
resent the enemy. A march on Mana
qua is believed to be imminent. The
prisoners captured at Rama have been
well fed and all who now espouse the
cause of Estrada were armed and ems
rolled in the ranks Of the insurgents.
The details of Estrada's further cam
paign are not made known, but 1t Is
understood his movement on Mana
qua will be via Greytown, which ne
> expects to fall with little show of re-
i distance. Various groups Of the enemy
i. the vicinity of the San Juan river
will be wiped out and path to the
capital will be made along Lake Mic
aragua.
Bluefieds Sees Terrors of War.
The exact number of dead, injured
and captured in the fighting near
Rama either Is not determined or the
facts were withheld today. BIuefe1ds
realizes what real war means. Wound
ed fill the hospitals and the dead lie
in many homes. Funerals are being
held in great numbers. The insur-
gent elation over the triumph that has
placed Estrada in unquestioned posses
, sion OF Rama, Recreo and the
strategic point of Tatumble hill, as
well as adjacent territory, heretofore
disputed, Is tempered by the sorrow
of grief stricken homes.
There Is less of noisy rejoicing at
the capital Of the provisional govern
ment, but the grim determination to
overthrow the government at Managua
I, has been strengthened by the sacri-
fees of the past few days. Generals
Men, Chamorro, Diaz and Mututy are
popular heroes today. American sur
! geons from the cruiser Des Moines are
: giving splendid service in the care OF
, the wounded.
zeIaya Leads Troops.
s Washington, Dec. 23.-Dispatches to
the state department today Indicate
l. that Zelaya has assumed direction Of
It the military operations in the western
l. portion of Nicaragua and stubborn
$ resistance to the expected advance of
. the revolutionists Is looked for. Riots
),
q where the people fought with the sol
J. diers. American citizens at Granada
e are again calling for protection. The
officials here regard the victory OF the
. revoIutionists at Rama as the begin.
- ming Of the end Of the Zelaya-Madriz
= faction as potential forces In Nicar
: aqua It Is believed here that within
!, month Estrada will be defacto presi
, dent Of Nicaragua.
l. ZeIaya SIaps United States.
e. Managua, Dec. 23.-Zelaya yester
day afternoon issued manifesto de-
claring his surrender of the presidency
was caused by desire to save Mica
ragua from the humiliation and OUT
RACES threatened by a powerful
O. foreign nation, which is inauguratine
a decisive influence over the destiny
of Nicaragua. Because Of his re
sistance against imposition and tute
r. lage, which was the forerunner of the
N conversion of the Latin nations o.
Oh America into United States depend
le encies, he had incurred the hatred O
y that government, and when the defea
's, of the revolutionists appeared certain
ie the United States had inexplicably sc
'ii vered relations with Nicaragua. Ze
| ldyd pIOttot6 USlOle WOilu dS6ln6
10 the meddling Of the United States anc
81 the threat to land marines.
u, ~ The manifesto takes up clauses IL
ai the Knox letter in an attempt to refut,
7h the charges with copies of the letters
he received from Coolidge, forme
American minister at Managua, thank
ing him for the courteous treatmen
in the matter of claims in Guatemal;
and Salvador.
ed Refers to the "Maine.v
Zelaya declares that Cannon AM
Groce were executed according to law
This pretext for Intervention, he as
rs. serts is similar to that employed whel
ey the United States first interviewed Il
8o Cuba, for there was no proof that tn
ey Maine was blown up by Spaniards
os- yet this was taken as cause TO
de- action Nor is there any proof tina
ew Cannon and Groce were executed un
at lawfully.
of 1t is persistently rumored that Hor
of duran refugees in Guatemala are pre-
pairing to invade Honduras.