The Washington times., 1909-12-14
News All Said to Have Been
Sent Over Wires Con
trolled by Him.
ESTRADA'S FORCES
READY FOR ACTION
DR.. Castrillo Denies Provisional
Government Is at Dicta-
tors Mercy.

officials Of the State Department be-
Heve today that Zelaya has won no
great battle In the vicinity Of Rama
and that Nicaragua is rapidly becoming
hostile TO the tyrannical president
1t appears at the present time that the
news OF the ''Zelayan victory came
out OF Nicaragua over wires CONTROLLED
by Zelaya, and that Nfcaragua's pr5-
visionAl president, Estrada, Is on the
verge Of putting 10 rout the foroes Of
ZeIaya.
Official dispatches received by TIE
State Department this afternoon bear
out this theory. A cablegram from Blue
fields sent to the department says the
Zelayan forces refuse to be drawn into
battle. Another dispatch to DR.. Saliva
dor Castrillo, the provisional govern
ment's representative here, CONTAINS the
same information.
Kama Said To Have Fallen.
A second message received by the de-
partment from Managua, where the ze-
layan people read all messages fled
and send out what they please. declares
that Zelaya's army has captured Rama
DR.. CastrillO denied today the publish
ed report that Zelaya's army, outnum-
bering the provisional forces. have the
Estradaists at their mercy
DR. CastiIo's positive assertion that
Estrada Is strongly fortified In an al
most impregnable position and that
there is dangerous disaftection rapidly
growing IN the Zeiaya ranks is appar-
emily confirmed in the telegram waioh
he received this morning at o'clock
The cable bears the signature OF Score
tary Of State Dlaz and follows;
Estrada To Take Offensive.
''Zelaya troops don't want 70 fight
/ Estrada viii soon take the offensive.
/ We are very strong"
DR.. CastuIlo is inclined 10 believe that
cables TO this country reporting con-
/ tinued successful advances by the sol
/ dters of Zeiaya are being sent out By
/ the present ruler
7 1T can be the work only Of Zelaya'-
/ said DR.. CasIrillO These erroneous
\ reports of the true condition OF affairs
I are being sent out for the enect they
I will have on the country through beng
/ DurDoselV allowed to leak out OF tie
/ cable offices.
This illegal censorship Of cable and
/ Jelegraphic wires is only an addition TO
the crimes for which Zelaya viii surely
There is no doLot that President
/ Zelaya Will have TO answer 10 his COun-
try for the crimes he has committed.
TO have suggested in its Senate chamber
the prosecution Of ZelayG. but they
will never get around 10 It. My country
viii demand an immediate civil trial
and the number Of crimes he can be
tried for will amount into the thou
sands"
ZelEya Can Not Escape.
There will be little chance Of Zelaya
emulaCng the example CT Castro. OF
Venezuela, and fleeing the country, ac-
cor ing 10 Ssnor CastriIIO. The consti-
tut on Of Nicaragua requires retiring
presidents to remain in tne country for
lat least one year after their successor
has gone into office, for the sole purpose
of preventing their esCa DC from trial on
any possible malfeasance Of admins
tratiou committed during their tncum-
bency in office.
There are indications. according 70 the
official dispatches, that the long wait
for a decisive enga cement is being dis
turbed by more or less serious out
breaks. There has been a hostile DEM
onstration against Zelaya at Leon and
the country Is in a fermeut- The con-
ditions have become so desperate that
the substantial and inue1lntial element
are eager for military intervention
Rama Key To Situation
Rama. however, is the key to furtheI
developmeut and it is probably the sue
cess or failure of the zelayan army ar
that noint which will determine the &C
tions 10 be taken not only by the revo-
Iutionists but by the United States.
In Washington the most impOrtan
event OF the day connected with tn
Nicaraguan situation is the conference
: now in progress between Secretary o
state Knox and Senior Enrique Creel
NIeNico-s special agent, sent here TO ast
that Mexico be given share IN Jh'
settlement Of the Zelayan storm
Since arriving here Senior Creel ha
dome a lot Of talking about the eStaD
lUshment of a United States Of Ceutra
, America, but so far he has not receive'
much encouragement for the plan from
1.-The representatives Of the Centra
American countries
Welding Central American States
WHAT suggestions he is making 10 tn
state Department this afternoon vii
probably not be known for several days
but il is practically certain that the de
partment will not listen to any advic
that its determination 10 punish Zela,
he changed. The only subject on whicl
he y-iU he heard viii be his ideas O
what should be done 20 preserve peac
20 i- central American in the future.
2 He mas not yet divulged by what dip
- IIomatfc steps he would weld Centra
s. Z America into one country Unless b
< does explain this the department refuse
;. to regard il seriously.
- The Navy Department was advised b.
F. cable today that the Yorktown and IL
70 Albany gunboat and cruiser have ar
}. rived at Corinto.
J. Battle Expected.