Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-08
Rests Under Suspicion of Fur
nishing Money to Madriz.
OFFERS TO RECALL VENUS
Taken to Mean That He Financed
Equipment Of Vessel.
LARGE INTERESTS AT STAKE
Former President Of Nicaragua Re-
puted to Be a Millionaire
and Wants Protection.

EHortS are being made by the or
f1cials Of the State Department TO as
certain to what extent Zelaya. the de-
posed president Of Nicaragua has aided
and abetted the cause of Gen. Madriz.
who succeeded him in control of the
Nicaraguan government. To that end
special instructions have been given to
ascertain the foundation for recent
rumors that Zelaya had contributed
considerable money and munitions of
war to aid his successor in the presi-
Dental chair in suppressing the
revolutionary movement inaugurated by
Estrada in eastern Nicaragua.
Zelaya is said to be a millionaire He
is personally inimical to Estrada,
for the reason that the latter was
mainly instrumental in bringing about
his downfall. Therefore. he is said to
have taken radical steps to revenge
himself
According to common gossip Zelaya
contributed most of the money for out
fitting the steamer Venus at New Orleans
and sending her against Bluefields, the
stronghold Of the Estrada forces.
Zelaye Wants Protection.
Because of these circumstances, more
than usual significance is attached by
oficials generally to the latest rumor
from Blueflelds to the effect that Zelaya
has offered to withdraw the Venus from
the scene Of action on condition that he
be protected in his property interests in
Nicaragua and reimbursed the fifty thou
sand dollars paid him In part settlement
OF the Anglo-American Emery claim.
according to the story Zelaya's offer
was made to Estrada's representatives at
Blueflelds
II that is so 1T indicates, according to
washington omcials. that Zelaya has
concluded that the cause of Madriz is
hopeless under existing conditions, and
that 1t Is useless to attempt to stem
the tide of popular favor in the cause
authentic Information as to the acts
and purposes of Zelaya the officials of
the State Department decline naturally
to make any comment on the subject.
Concentration Is Ordered.
President Madriz Of the de facto gov
eminent at Managua has adopted stern
measures to stamp out insurgency in
western Nicaragua. BY his direction
Sebastian Selinas. commandant Of the
A1adriz forces at Grenada, has estab-
lished the system of concentrating the
people of the disaffected district in
cities. where they can be more easily
watched. He issued the following order
| to the people of Grenada:
within twenty-four hours of the pres
| ent moment all Inhabitants Of the Nom
bacho ridge shall assemble at Grenada
without distinction of age or sex. Per
| sons not complying with this regulation
will be regarded as revolutionists and
treated as SUCH
The view that the Madriz government,
! is spending money to control certain
| Central American newspaper was ex-
pressed here today by officials.
Coalition Against United States.
The United States delegation to the
| Pan-American conference at Buenos
| Aires. Argentine Republic was due tc
| arrive at its destination today, and con.
temporaneously a newspaper reached the
| State Department containing what is
| officially interpreted as threat Of a
Latin-American coalition to counter
balance this governments influence al
| the coming. Pan-American conference
| The editorial Is quoted from La In
| formaca of San Jose. Costa Rica-
So far the State Department has re
| ceived no official indication of any sucl
movement. But expressions have beer
received at the department from Ven
| ezuela and elsewhere indicating of1cia
| eernments attitude in Nicaragua.
| The official view here is that ther,
would be no justification for airing tn,
| United States-Nicaragua case in the com
| ing conference any more than there
would be in taking up the Peru-Ecuado
boundary dispute and other analogous
matters.