Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-03
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Gunboat at Amapala Where Stmson May Be Only Scratch
Revolt Has Occurred by Republican Voters.
ISL LAND IN STATE OF SIEGE EAST SIDE KEEPS COUNSEL
Result No Knowing Which Way Big
Of valladares Uprising. Phalanx Will Co.
PRESIDENT DAvILA READY SH0PKEEPERS ALSO PROBLEM
Send Against Greater New York
Revolutionists Are tory O. Isl Believed
Armed. Says o. NJ.
Gunboat at Amapala, Where
Revolt Has Occurred.
ISLAND IN STATE OF SIEGE
Martial Law in Honduras as Result
Of Valladares' Uprising.
PRESIDENT DAvILA IS READY
Preparing to, Send. Force Against
Revolutionists, Who Are Said to
Be Well Armed.

Martial law has been declared in Hen
duras as result of the revolt Of Gen.
Jose Valladares. the deposed commandant
of Amapala, against the government. ac
cording to cable advices to the State
Department today from Minister Nc
Creery at Tegucigalpa. The port OF Anna
pala has been closed and the island Is
in a state Of siege
The United States gunboat Princeton
is in the harbor at Amapala, ready to
take a hand in the revolution at the
first signs Of hostilities toward foreigners
or their interests. President Davila is
preparing to send an armed force against
Valladares. and in event Of the govern
ment's failure to regain possession of
the island, the United States probably will
be asked to interfere. 1t would not be
surprising IL Commander Hayes Of the
Princeton, acting under instructions from
the State Department, should send an
armed force ashore at any time to take
Valladares into custody. However, de-
partment ofhcials refuse to admit this
possibility, beyond asserting tlat Amer
lean interests will be properly safeguard
ed.
Commander Hayes cabIed the Navy De-
partment today. as follows:
The commandant of Amapala has in
formed the foreign consuls that he has
no intention of injuring foreign subjects
or foreign property. There is no disorder
at present"
Do Not Trust Valledares.
Little faith is put in valladares' prom
ises by officials of the State Department.
The Princeton has instructions sufficient
ly liberal to permit her commander to
meet any situation that arises.
LII
pala considerable American property pass
es through that port. One American con-
cern, the Rosario Mining Company,
whose gold and silver mines are located
126 miles inland, has exports and i'm
ports estimated at more than one million
dollars passing through Amapala an
nually.
NEW ORLEANS. November 3.-Cable-
grams were received last night by rep
resentatives of American interests in
Honduras confirming the Associated
Press dispatches Of the revolutionary
That the United States will within the
next few days take an active part In GUST
ing Gen. Jose Valladares, the leader of
the rebellion, from his intrenched posi-
ton on the little Island OF Amapala IL
the belief generally Of business men Of
New Orleans who are more or less inter-
ested in Central American trade.
AOuouIa1 Aas 0mau army.
The Honduran government has a very
small army. and as Valladares has sew
eral hundred armed followers and is re-
ported to have several modern machine
guns It IL thought that President Davila
will ask the assistance OF this government
In its efforts to get rid Of the trouble
! maker Of Amapala.
The friends here OF former President
Manuel Bonilla assert that he has no
connection with the revolt of Valladares.
| Noted for his hatred of foreigners. Val
| ladares recently publicly announced that
he had named his dog Taft" in order to
show his contempt for the American gov
ernment.