The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-13
TWO GUNBOATS
FIGHT BATTLE
< ON HIGH SEAS
War Breaks Out in Central
America Between Salvador
and Nicaragua.
UNITED STATES AND
MEXICO TO INTERFERE
THIS COUNTRY HAS GRIEVANCE
AND WITHDRAWs MINISTER
GREGORY FROM MANAGUA.

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q Mexico City. March 12.--It is &:
g persistently rumored here that (:
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9, raEua ana Salvador, and that .
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81 gunboat Momotombo. The result .
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% truth of these rumors. 9
|a The Herald today advocates an {:
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% eral opinion here is that interven- 9
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81 looks to the United States to make 9
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g Washington, March 12.-No news g
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81 partment of the rumored opening (:
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81 however, is exhibiting the keenest =
90 interest in the reports If an en- 9
81 gagement has taken place between 9
81 gunbOats of the two countries, it &.
% was pointed out at the navy de- g
% partment that as the MOmotOmbo is g
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50 probabilities are that the Mica e
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Washington, March Lowing to the
continued disturbed conditions in Mica
ragua and President Zelaya's failure to
make serious efforts looking to the set
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department today, by withdrawing Mr..
Gregory, the American charge d'affaires
at Managua. and ordering the legation
placed in the hands of the consul, wh1
Will have no diplomatic capacity, prac-
tiRallv broke off diplomatic relations
with that country.
Drastic Measures Likely.
Affairs in Central America have been
closely watched by the American an.
Mexican governments. both of when
have now come TO an understanding
that the time has arrived when drastic
measures should be enforced TO insure
peace in the Central American repub-
lies. Ambassador Labarra of Mexico
spent some time at the state depart
ment today n conference with Assist
snt Secretary Wilson. and the determi-
fNtiOn was reached that if the Ameri-
can WdTSitpo IOH III ANtNeAA We
tiers and to be sent there are not suf-
ficient to impress President Zelaya thai
the treaty of peace entered into be-
between the Central American repub-
is to be lived up to, more radica
steps will be taken TO accomplish that
result. The impression was given that
If need be intervention would be resort
ed to. The governments of the United
states ard Mexico, 1t was stated, arC
- IN TlntrRU
pursued toward Nicaragua, and art
now anticipating Zelaya's further
moves.
Cruisers Sent 10 Scene.
So far as could be learned, no Officia
information has been received here o.
a reported naval engagement between
zunboats of Nicaragua and Salvador
As bearing on affairs in Nicaragua, tn
following statement was obtained from
official sources:
Under Geographic orders issued o!
the navy department, an armored cruz
sar will remain upon the west coast o
Nicaragua pending the arrival of tn
yorktown. to take that stand indeh
nitelv. and the Dubuque and Tacom;
are proceeding to cruise the Atlantis
off Nicaragua and in the nelgDorhoo'
of Honduras.
prom inquiries made in Officia
quarters, il is inferred that thess OF
ders are related to disquieting ofiic'a
reports upon the present situation II
Nicaragua as affecting neighboTlng re
publics.
"Various reports give rise 70 the ap
,rebeneion of warlike activity on tn
mart of Nicaragua, variousiy surmlse'
10 be directed against Costa Rica ant
Salvador.
Under the conventions signed at tn
Central American peace conference
washington in 1897, the neutrality
Honduras is guaranteed, ana each re
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