The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-01-13
ESTRADA ESTRADA GETS GETS
RE|NFORCEM
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Is Preparing to Push Campaign
Against Government.
AMERICANS EsPoUsE CAUSE
State Department Is Advised That
Commercial Interests at Blue
fields Approve Rebel Gen.
i eral for President.

Washington, Jan. 12.-With strong
achievements of armed men, and
more money. Gen. Estrada, head of
the Nicaraguan revolutionary army, is
preparing to push the campaign which
has been planned against the govern
meIt forces.
This was the information which
reached the state department from
Consul Moffat at Bluefields, about the
same time that the department re-
ceived joint telegram from the
heads of a dozen American CONNER
cial and Industrial establishments
throughout Nicaragua espousing the
cause of Gen. Estrada as president
of the republic.
Names Not Made Public.
The department announced that it
would be inexpedient to make the
names public, but said that the mes
sage was signed by people who were
known to the department as of un-
questioned standing in their partieu-
lar lines.
I'VE believe that Estrada's election
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interests which demand govern
ment hostile to that of 2elaya which
oppressed the eastern coast with
higher duties, heavier taxes and more
onerous concessions than imposed
upon any other part of the country"
the message declared, in making it
clear, according to the department,
that they considered the Madriz ad-
ministration merely an extension of
the one which they denounced.
Praise Estrada Highly.
The petitioners in emphasizing the
need for honest courts and incorrupt-
ible judges praised Gen. Estrada most
highly. They indorsed his presen.
methods and were in hearty sympathy
with the pledges he had made, in
case OF his elevation to the presf
dency.
This activity in behalf of Estrada
Is taken here to mean that conditions
in the western portion of the republic
may be expected to undergo a change.
1t is believed that an engagement be-
tween the government forces and the
revolutionists cannot be delayed much
longer. 81
1t was presumed that the lack of
ready money delayed aggressive &C
ton. This drawback no longer exists
for Consul Moffat reports that Es
trada has sufficient funds in hand
now to relieve the American Red
Cross from further expenditures.
He will get reinforcements to his
army from a majority of the prison
ers and be able to care for them all
without trouble, says Moffat.
Decline Madriz' Tender.
1t was in connection with this mat
ter OF relief for the Bluefields' desti-
tute that the state department again
indicated its intention of denying
recognition to the Madriz government
President Madriz rendered $4,000 to
assist in the care of the Zelayan pris-
oners and endeavored to secure the
distribution through the American
consul, but the latter official had
been notified the funds should go to
the Red Cross. Should the United
States act as an intermediary and the
money prove later to have been a
government appropriation there might
have been a bothersome question to
solve. The state department says it
does not care to be placed in any such
position, as it continues to recognize
President Madriz merely as the head
of faction. ........