Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1910-03-04
RESURRECTION
IN NICARAGUA
CRUSHED OUT
REBELS CAMPAIGN PETERS OUT
AND SOLDIERS ARE NOW ONLY
GUERILLAS
STILL TALK OF NEW REPUBLIC.
Gen. Estrada May Proclaim Government
in Eastern Half and Ask United
States for Aid.
CHAMORRO DECISIVELY DEFEATED.

BLUEFlELDS, Nicaragua. March =;
The nsurrectionary movement headed
by Gen. Estrada against the Nicara guam
government has been practically crushed.
The insurgent compaign i'll the west has
petered out, and nothing is left to the
PROFESSIONALS but Il resort to Il guerilla
warfare, encouraged by the desperate
hope that the United States may inter
rene i'll wish to put an end 10 the
disturbed situation i'll the republic.
Today for the first time the CORE
SPondents and the more prominent per-
sOnagCs of this city were told the true
situation, which. however, had been Sus-
pected for Il week. The public generally
is still in the dark, and pinnins faith to
false reports circulated of msurgtnt sue
. cess. These reports have been given cur
rcncy not only III this city. but have been
sent broadcast with the deliberate puI-
pose of influencing opinion III til" United
States and elsewhere, and of attracting
recruits from the governments forces.
Chamorro's Campaign Fails.
1t is now admitted that Gen. Chumor-
res campaign was II failure. He had
hoped that the interior would welcome
and reinforce the insurgent arms. This
was possible up to the time that PreSi-
dent Ielaya resigned. His resignation
and the election of President Madriz
appears 70 have satisfied the people Of
the interior and the west generally. and
when Gen. Estrada's army reached the
heart of the country they were given
Il lukewarm reception and little or no
aid.
There is still talk of new republic
comprising the eastern half Of Nicara-
qua. Gen, Estrada may proclaim such
a government, and appeal to the Unit
ed States to protect the new republic
from inyr1 sion nv tho M1lJiZ
ment Additional supplies of ammuni-
ton are expected here, and will be used
to further guerilla warfare
The destructive blow fell at Tisma on
February - when Gen. Chamorro was
whipped to Standstill. III killed,
wounded and captured, the inSur@ent
general lost 500 men. ChamorrO himself
barely escaped and with 1906 or 200
men fled to San Vicente where Gen.
Mena was entrenched. Godfrey F0W
ler the American who was in charge of
the insurgent artillery under Cham0rro.
was wounded IL the leg and left at Il
plantation near Ilsma.
Gen ChamOrro is said to have reached
San Vicente Sunday, and 20 have wired
his report Wednesday. He estimates the
enemy's loss at 1000 men and explains
his defeat by the exhaustion of his
cartridges.
No Demonstration Expected.
Disquieting rumors had been i'll circu-
latlon here for week, but not until to-
day when Gen. Estrada let the higher
officials Of the provisional government
into secret was the situation known. As
this dispatch is written only the more
prominent people of Bluefields are in
possession Of the facts, but it may be
assumed that the population generally
will receive the unhappy news without
demonstration.
With the remnant of Chamorros force
there now at San Vicente 800 pro
visonal soldiers. Fifteen American re-
cruited at Panama started for the front
today and an effort is being made to
gather 800 additional recruits among the
Nicaraguans of this city. The sentiment
III favor of the intervention has been
growing since Mena's defeat at Santa
Clara nearly a month ago Information
as to Gen Estrada's willingness to allow
the United States to step in and super
wise the elections was conveyed to the
state department some time ago, bHt
elected no expression from president
Taft or Secretary Knox.