Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-11-30
He Is Permitted to Occupy Lega-
ton Premises-Rumored That
President of Nicaragua Will
Retire and Flee Country.
ANARCHY MAY ENsUE;
IRIAS MAY BE NAMED
Belated kilograms, Telling of Ex-
scution of Americans, Say
Great Indignation Resulted.
Placards Placed on Walls.
(By Associated Press.)

k6y ASSOCIATED EreSssJ
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2s.-The United
States consul at Managua has been
threatened by President Zelaya and he
has been granted permission to occupy
the legation premises as being more Sc
cure.
The Nicaraguan congress will assemble
next Wednesday, December l, and it is
rumored that President Zelaya will re-
tire, and possibly attempt to escape from
the country at night by the Pacific
coast
Anarchy, it is said. may ensue Persist
ent rumors from various quarters, indt-
cate that, Irias may succeed Zelaya as
president of Nicaragua.
This information is embodied in tele-
grams more or less delayed in transmits
sion, which have been received at the
state department from the consular rep
|resentatives of the United States in Mica
ragua, and which came in the order III
which they are given.
The first telegram, dated Managua,
states that Leroy Cannon was captured
on October q, and Leonard Grace on No
vember q. They were executed Novem-
Der u and no news reached the depart
ment Of the execution until the nth.
WERE PROMISED IMMUNITY.
Members of the Red Cross arriving from
Castillo, state that Cannon and Grace
were captured after a battle while they
were lost on the banks of the San Juan
river, and that the captain of a ship
called them, promising not to harm them.
These allegations were in part confirmed
by the Nicaraguan press, which stated
that the execution was for an attempt to
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general INDICATION. which was shared by
the commander in chief.
The minister general Irias, claims to
have interceded on the ground of human
it% Nicaraguan lawyers maintained that
the execution was unlawful.
CAPTAIN IN PRISON. ---s
The Nicaraguan captain is in prison for
having refused to carry out Zelaya's SEN
tence that the Americans be shot
The consul states that he has once
more been threatened by President Ze-
laya, indicating that other threats had
been made, but on this point no inform
alton is available here.
Another telegram from the consul at
Managua states that on November "a
placards appeared on the walls in Mama
qua favoring the revolution and denounc-
ing President Zelaya. One Of the other
consuls had information that President
Zelaya was prepared to escape by night.
Anarchy, he states, may ensue. The
consul asked permission to occupy the le-
cation premises as being more secure
against possible vandalism, and this has
been granted him.
AMERICANS WE'RE ENLISTED.
A later telegram from the consul at
Bluehelds states that Cannon and Groce
respectively were lieutenant colonel and
colonel Of engineers in the revolutionary
army and both were regularly enlisted
under the command of General Cham
MORO. The highest revolutionary leaders
declare that Grace, acting in the line of
duty, was with an outpost of ten men
beyond the camp of General Chammorro
and Cannon with two men had been sent
beyond to survey a new position.
The outpost was surprised by the forces
Of General Toledo and both officers were
captured. General Chammorro afterwards
learned from an officer of the Zelayan
army that both had been put to death by
order of President Zelaya; that General
Toledo refused to carry out the order,
and took them both to Fort Castillo in
stead
A dispatch from Corinto states that 1t
Is reported there that 200 troops of the
army are in Chinandaga,
and there is a rumor of a rising in the
west IN favor Of Irias.
A later dispatch from Managua states
that much excitement prevails there, and
that the position of President Zelaya has
become precarious. The city of Leon is
said to favor Lrias for president. Impor-
mat developments, the consul states, are
expected.