The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-12-11
HIS CONDEMNATION
UNJUST, SAYS
HLAYA
NiCAEAGuAN RULER CLAIMS
WARRANT OF LAW FOR THE
eRocs- CANNON SHOOTING.

Nan1Sua. Dec ih.- me nltcu
States unjustly condemns my admin
istration." said President Ztlaya in
an interview with "A staff correspon-
dent or the Associated Press today.
Il proposed to Secretary of state
Knox that he submit the case to the
investigation nf committee uf his
own choosing. agreeing tn surrender
my rights to the presidency If charges
i'll his letter to isidore HeZera. for
mrr Nicaraeuan minister To the United
states. were sustained, Secretary
KnoS has not replied.
"DcfcnselcsS against the hostility of
Il powerful nation. | must submit, al
though | have been condemned un
heard
The coercion of the United states
will not rebound to its credit as "A
nation. whose motives are questioned
in all Latin-Amcrica. The shooting
of Grocc and Cannon was proper
Both were amenable to the laws OF
Nicaragua. which distinctly authorizes
the shooting of individuals command
ing rebels.
1t is different If a person is cap
tured in the course of an International
war. The attempt of Secretary Knox
to establish the inviolability of
Americans participating i'm foreign
revolutions will result in constant
revolutions led by immune Americans
The initiative in the shooting Of
Groce and Cannon was not mine.
simply refused To extend clcmency To-
them after a properly constituted mill
itary tribunal had passed upon the
case"
President Zelaya then recited sew
cral instances of alleged hostility
against him in the United States
through paid articles appearing in
American newspapers. In one of these
instances, he says. he was cndeavor-
ing Il loan in Franco when his enc
mics persuaded the United States to
interposc an objection through the
French ambassador at Washington on
the pretext that the money sought
was intended for the purchase Of war
: materials. when in reality it was to
have been used in the construction of
a railway.
while I am ready to surrender the
presidency" continued President Ze-
laya. 81 cannot do Ii precipitately, as
1t would result in uprisings by sew
oral factions. each of which is eager
to obtain power. ] am i'm negotiation
with the revolutionists to secure their
Endorsement to a successor who will
be acceptable to all parties. and have
submitted the name of Jose Madriz
judge of the Cartaco court.
Il hope this will obviate the neccs-
sity for American intervention which
would be intensely distasteful to all
I.atin-America. | am Informed that
II Is the intention of the United
States to prevent my leaving Mica
ragua. l do not believe this Is true"
1t is reported that the revolution
lists will reject Senor Madriz as
Ielaya's successor and insist upon
General Estrada assuming the presi-
dency. They declare that the United
States has promised to furnish a.Oco
marines at ,Bluefields to bring about
his success.
When ii became known today that
the feeble force of Zelayan troops in
front of Rama was merely a blind
covering the operations of 5000
telayans elsewhere. who were headed
for the provisional government seat at
Bluefields. CONSERVATION seized proyis-
'ional officials. General Estrada. chief
of the insurgents, Immediately had his
aldo communicate with American
Consul Moffat and request that
marines be landed. as General yasauez
apparently had outflanked him. Consul
Moffat assured the aide that marines
from the Des Moines and rapid fire
guns would be able to control the
situation in event of a Zelayan sur
prise.
American residents here felt great
ly relieved when they learned that
forces from the Des Moines could be
landed within half an hour