The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-14
Wins Confidence of Ncara-
 guan Rebels.
SAID 10 BE IN WASHINGTON
Buys Defective Weapons Win
 Eshada's Funds.
Report TAat Bise Jackets from Amer
 . scan Cruiser Were objects of Js. zeisyans' Aim is Discres- r,. sr. ited--wholesaIe Impris-
 onment of Citi.ens.

Washington. Dec. fs.-Because of the renewed activities of the so-called agents of zelaya in the United States. the Central American colony here was ahrown tonight into a frenzy of ex- 'citement. These agents. they declared. have managed to prevent a decisive victory for the revolutionists.
 The principal of the so-called zelay- ian agents is said to be here, but if he is, he is keeping himself out of the way.
 This man." said one of the Nicara-' guans. in discussing the agents alleg- ed arrival. .is detested by those who believe in new regime for Nicaragua. He had been in this country some time when he was entrusted with funds from the Estrada party with which to purchase the arms shipped on the Nor wegian steamer Utrecht. He did so. His good intentions were not doubted until the arms arrived in Nicaragua. when 1t was found that the rifles and rapid fire guns, were useless. because ammunition that would not it their bores had been sent along"
 send Second Shipment.
 When the discovery was made sec- ond shipment of arms and ammunition was I0fWdEue0f the munitions or WAT in this case being carefully selected and the arms being of the latest pattern.
 Up to a late hour tonight nothing further had been received from Nica- iragua, either by the State Department or the Estrada adherents. report that the blue jackets from the cruiser Des Moines had been fired upon by the no word of such an occurrence having been received here.
 Dispatches from Blueffelds and San Salvador relating to the wholesale im- prizonnlent Of prominent citizens by order of President Zelaya are horno out by the records of the State Depart. nent The records are carefully guard bd, so carefully that 1t ik bafae<4d they contain descriptiun of atrocities conn uftted on the prisoners, especially in Managua, the seat of the zelayan gov srnment
 Washington. Dec 1s--vigorousIy denouncing President zeiaya for hav- ing murdered" Cannon and Groce. of ficers of the revolutionary army. Sem ator Rayner today advocated the pas sage of his resolution authorizing the President to apprehend and try the President of Nicaragua for his crime against these two American citi- gems.
 The private life of zelaya, almost unspeakable in its enormity said Mir. Rayner. should be made public by the State Department tn order that the people of the United States might know the kind of man Zelaya was. Mir Rayner said there was ample au- ,thority in international law in the course he advocated to bring zelaya to the bar of justice.
 eWhat am concerned in now." said Senator Rayner, 'is not the question of bel1igenent rights of the revolu-. tionists. or in the case of their sue- cess. their recognition either as the de facto or the de jure government, but in the speedy apprehension and pun 1shment of ZeIaya. This desperado is everything that the Secretary of State says about him and a great deal more.
 T have watched for years the rev olutionary history of Central America and am familiar with the career of great many of the impostors and usurpers and the grotesque and mot ley leaders. that have sprung from their chaotic institutions. but Zelaya is probably the most despicable figure that has ever risen In their midst.
 "Cuiminating Infnmy--
 "Now. as the eliminating infamy of his administration. trampling upon
 
 tion of universal law. In defiance of those precepts of the international code that have been recognized ever since the night of barbarian receded before the rays of civilization, he has put to torture and then to death two American citizens who were not gull ty Of treason. who were not spies. but whom he captured as prisoners of war in . the army of the revolution fists. This act was not only the act Of a fiend. but was an insult to the hon or of this republic and cannot remain unavenged.
 "It Is absolutely preposterous for us 10 talk about indemnity. Indemnity is no recompense for murder Even if we are willing to accept a comprc. mise there is no one to give us iB- demnity, because the revolutionists will soon be in power. and the com. rades in arms of these unfortunate men should never be assessed for com pensation for their unlawful death.
 'This government Is cowardly gov- ernment if 1t does not make an ex- ample of Zelaya before the eyes of the civilized world. This case will not ad- init of any trifing or concessions. If two American citizens. care not who they were or what they were. citi- gems in high standing as they have been reputed to be, or soldiers of for- 
 then he must be made>to pay the pen alty of his crime"
 wants ZeIaya Brought Here.
 Senator Rayner asserted that Ze- 1avass only anxiety would be lest ha Hose ''the money he had stolen'; that he would rather lose his head than his money.
 rhe Senator declared that if zeiaya could not obtain fair trial fin Nic- .araRua in the event of insurgent suc- cess in that country. he might well be brought to the United States and tried for murder in this country before fury of American citizens and under fine criminal lawS ofe tho land. The Senator said he would later present a line of precedents predicating legality of such an action.
 The resolution which he offered was not a declaration of war. said Senator RGyner. The resolution was directed against President Zelaya individually. He desired that his resolution be con- Esidered as a separate proposition from