Omaha daily bee., 1910-03-06
READY FOR INTERVENTION
( Insurgents in Nicaragua Hope United
Will Act.
MOVEMENT IS FACING DEFEAT
Generals Hold Frequent Conferences
filth cOnsuI-Residents ThInk
Agreement should Have Guar
antee Of the United states.

WASHINGTON, March 5.-Leading citl-
Gems and partisans Of General Estrada in
Blueflelds, Nicaragua, seem to recognize the
fact that the revolutionary party Is doomed
to defeat. This was shown in q telegram
received by the State department late yes
terday from Consul Moffat at Bluefields.
who stated in effect that the hopelessness Of
the revolutionary cause was fully
recognized by prominent people there and
they strongly hoped that the United States
would intervene.
In the absence OF Secretary Knox none
Of the officials would predict what steps
the United States might take looking to a
cessation Of hostilities. but in some quarters
the suggestion was made that the United
States would continue its policy Of nom
interference at least until one party or the
other was willing TO lay down It's arms.
insurgents Ready to Treat.
& BLUEFIELDs, Nicaragua, March A.
After three days OF secret conferences
there IL today every reason TO believe that
General Estrada. the leader of the revolu-
tionists and his advisers reluctantly have
acquiesccd in the demand Of American
residents In Nicaragua that a receptive ear
be turned to any proposal OF American
mLetNehlloAt hhlCh VIII guarantee 10 lnem
the rights demanded and the denial OF
which caused the revolution. The original
demands Of the revolutionists, included the
overthrow Of President zelaya, which was
accomplished. and the restoration to the
!, people Of the constitutional and common
rights Of citizens which It was alleged had
been taken from them under the regime of
zelaya.
While Generals Estrada, Dlaz and Rivera
: and the other conferees are contemplating
the matter, their frequent calls upon
. Thomas p. Moffatt, the American consul,
WIG also declines TO talk, give support to
this view.
1t 10 safe to say that General Chamorro's
defeat has not altered the views of the
? people on the east coast OF Nicaragua as
to the guarantees that are necessary to
peace. Undoubtedly they will demand the
fulfillment OF every principle for which
the armies have fought, as President Ma
Z drlz frequently has admitted the justice Of
h them.
Attitude of Americans,
r The American interests in Nicaragua will
insist that the payment Of the revolu-
ti9pary debts must be a part Of any agree
msE reached and in this view Of the stu
alton they have the adherence Of the
provisional government. Merchants have
extended to the revolutionlsts unlimited
credit on the assurance that the support of
the United States lay behind the revolu-
%tionists, and therefore they argue that the
Washington government is in duty bound
to safeguard their interests.
Nothing but intervention now can stop
the war. General Mena has spread his
forces between San Vicent and La Manga,
to resist every advance the government
n troops may attempt on Bluefields. He Is
also busy securing recruits ana ammuni-
II tion, while General Estrada hos stopped
the pay Of q small army of his staff Of
Ulcers who were more than
useful.
RevOlutIOnists in Full Retreat.
!. SAN JUAN DEL SUR, March 4.-The
p flight OF the remnants of the REVOLUTIONARY
army, led by Generals Mena and Chamorro,
continues rapidly eastward. General Vaz-
/, quez, commander in chief of the govern.
ment forces. reports that many more in
surgent officers and enlisted men have sur
rendered and that the trail followed by the
revolutionists 10 strewn with camp equip
ment, rifles and cartridges.
Generals Chamorro, Matuty and zeledop.
with scarcely 800 followers, arrived last
& night at Las Lejas and this morning must
have arrived at Muelle lie Los Bueyes, on
the Mioo river.
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