Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-01-04
United States Is the cause of the pres
ont trO1h1e

| Nicaragua is misgoverned by presi-
dent, five cabinet ministers and forty
representatives who comprise nation
al legislative assembly Of one house.
There Is no check upon this one house
congress except that supplied by the
president, who possesses such power
under the constitution and his own in
Iclination that he can overrule the law
makers and overrule them almost If
not quite at will. Thus Zelaya has
become a dictator, a despot, a czar, in
his own bailiwick.
! Universal suffrage Is said to prevail.
! Universal suffering also appears to be
the rule under the prevailing misrule.
There are few schools in Nicaragua.
A few years ago it was reported au-
thoritatively that Nicaragua's neigh
Dor, Costa Rica, had more school
teachers than soldiers and that Zela-
ya's country had three times as many
soldiers as schoolteachers. The prepon-
derance Of soldiers mas increased i'm
mensely since then, and 1t would be
hardly possible for the intrepid Will
liam Walker to win the presidency
now with only fifty-six Americans at
his back. However, the Nicaraguan
soldiery is not to be feared by any
military person who can shoot straight,
conform to discipline and eat enough
quinine to fend off malarial fever
Officers In Command.
Secretary Knox has told 1t to the
marines" who are expected to be able
to teach Zelaya his proper place with
out the aid of soldiers proper. Rear
Admiral William Writ Kimball is in
command of the naval expedition
against Nicaragua. Lieutenant Colo
mel James E. Mahoney of the United
States marine corps commands the
combined marine force. In the event
Of the landing of the marines, Mahoney,
whose full colonelcy Is likely to be
goes ashore, will direct operations on
land. 1t is not anticipated that any
general will be required, except gen.
eral efficiency, which Colonel Mahoney
Is known to possess.
Admiral Kimball, of course, is in
full command of the expedition. He
will reach the age limit Of 81 years
on January 9 and be retired, but 1t
is hoped by his department that the
incident will be closed before that date.
The admiral was selected for his ex-
perience and efficient service recon-
Latin Americans. He commanded the
gunboat Vixen in 1899 when she was
sent to Bluefelds to protect the in
terests Of American merchants who
had been ordered to pay customs du-
ties to two Nicaraguans. That was
during the Reyes revolution. Kimball
went ashore and settled matters In
about half an hours straight talk.
Admiral Kimball is Maine native,
with forty-four years navy service.
He has spent twenty years at sea.
During the war against Spain he COM
manded. the Caesar.
Colonel Mahoney has been twenty
six years In the marine corps. He was
brevetted captain for distinguished
conduct and public service in the pres
pSnce of the enemy at Guantana,
Cuba, in 1898.
For eleven years Colonel Mahoney
has been in command of the marine
barracks in Washington. His long ex-
perience and efficiency service recon-
mended him for his present assign
ment.
One Of the Bravest.
With Colonel Mahoney in the marine
expedition is Major Smedley D. Butler,
whose father Is a Pennsylvania con-
gressman. He was an officer in the
volunteer army during the Spanish
war. After he was appointed to the
marine corps he served in the Boxer
uprising in China. He was shot while
carrying a wounded private to safety
at the battle of Tientsin, but went to
Pekin before his wound was healed
and took part in all the fighting there.
He was wounded again at Pekin, but
refused to quit. For his bravery and
pluck ne was chosen to carry a mes
sage to Minister Conger within the be-
leaguered walls. He delivered this
message to Garcia" then collapsed
and was sent to hospital, where he
fought a winning battle with the SOL
dier's worst enemy, typhoid fever. La
ter he served in the Phili~@ines.
Lieutenant Colonel Frank ]. Moses
and Major Philip M. Bannon of the
marines are other distinguished Of
ficers detailed for Nicaraguan duty.
Moses was in command Of the first pro-
visional regiment Of marines in Cuba
for several years. Bannon was bre-
vetted for gallantry at Guantanamo in
1898.
Uncle Sam is confident that these
officers and the men under them can
hold down Zelaya and his entire outfit.
-Robertus Love.