The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-03-30
PLANS TO PREVENT
SHIPMENT OF ARMS
Supporters of Madriz Are Ac-
tive at New Orleans
GORDON rs CONFIDENT
Leader of Insurgcnt Activity In New
Orleans says That He VIII Have
No TroabIc In Shipping
Arms and Men

New Orleans March 29.-Efforts to Sc
cure what would actually amount 20 in
tereession by the United States, the re-
fusal OF the United Fruit company to
transport General Gordons reinfarcemenis
AMI the announcement that former P.eai-
dent Manuel BonIlla of Honduras would
not come to New Crleare, formed the
principal developments today IN tho astiyi-
Ties OF The 1--WE Nicai.san factors =,
tliis city. The - present atlyes of the
Madriz government made statement AMI
the representatives OF the revoiutIonists
made several of them. Ale gist or fht
other side either had already been. or was
gelnc 10 he badly beaten.
1t had been announced that Bonilla,
the ran who was deposed as president
of Honduras by Zeleya, was coming TO
New Orleans with slim ranging from
10000 TO $4,000 and that this money was
for the insurgents.
Bonilla was last heard from at Belize.
When the steamer Angela arrived from
Belize this afternoon Bonilla vas not on
board. The insurgents said that they had
learned that it would be impossible for
him to come just at present. The Madriz
people said he never had any idea of COM
ing.
Carlos Chamorro's statement, In which
he charged that unspeakab1e barbarities
were being practiced by the Madriz gov
eminent, brought forth q statement from
Gen. Francisco Altschul in which all of
Chamorros allegations were denied. Cen
eral Altschul said that Madriz was mak>
ing every effort to maintain order in a
country which had been demoralIzed to q
certain extent by the war. He said the
cruelties charged to the Madriz governs
ment were absolutely untrue, and had
been put out with the idea of gaining
sympathy for the revo:utionists.
General Gordon was asked what he
would do now that the United Fruit COM
pany had declined to take shipments of
arms and men to Central America. He
said that steamers would be chartered,
in conformity with what had been their
more definite plans all along.
United States District Attorney Be-
attic, in receiving General Altschuls pc
ition for official cognzance of the plans
0I GeneTdl IDTQOn W oilp lciHipiN S-
lnents to Bluefields, and asking that he
act in the matter said that he would
give the petition his attention He fur
Their said. however, that until he made
a thorough examination of the paper
he was unable to say whether the ac-
ton prayed for came within his jurisdic-
ton or within that of the state depart
ment at Washington.
Luis r. Corea, representing the Mica
raguan government at Washington, left
New Orleans tonight for the national cap
ital General Oltsehul, the designate
consul, is fully capable TO look out for
the interests of Madriz at New Or
leans said he.
The man declined to make any state
ment concerning the Nicaraguen stu
alton. Mr.. Corea's departure was con-
strued in some quarters as signifying
the accomplishment of mission direct
ed against sending of arms, ammunition
and men to the insurgent forces in Mica
ragua On the other hand supporters
Of the insurgent movement declare they
apprehend no trouble in forwarding a
proposed expedition srom this port.