Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-09

apparent or real. whichever it may have
been. caused in the ranks Of the exiles.
When this happened the treaty was under
consideration in Washington which led to
the construction of the international court
at Carriage. Suddenly Central America
was startled TO learn that DIT. Madriz has
been invited to Managua to confer with
Zelaya-and ever more amazing. that he
had accepted.
Later came the announcement that Ma
driz would be Nicaragua's representative
on the court. After what had already hap
pened nobody was much surprised hat
Madriz accepted the place. He was sub
seouently elected president Of the court.
That the court has not done much since
it's organization may or may not be due
to Zelaya's skill in frustrating the objects
for which It was established. II you ask
an Estrada supporter why Madrlz was
sent Carriage, he will shrug his shoulders
and intimate that it was in zelsya's in
terest. Yet Il should be remembered that
Madriz is Nlcaragua's foremost lawyer;
that in Carriage only the ablest men could
be Of service to Nicaragua; and that ze-
laya is a keen Judge Of men and by no
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sions to i~ncapables. When all this is con-
sldered it may be an explanation Of his
relations with Madriz which reflects no dis
credit upon either of them.
The resignation Of Zelaya from the presi-
dency Of Nicaragua removes from Central
American politics one of the most pictur-
esque personalities that has ever figured
therein. The man who brought about the
dictator's unwilling retirement in Juan
Estrada, general. and sometime governor
Of Bluefields. For years Zelaya had no
ADLER or more devoted follower than
Etrada. But when the latter was sent to
the east coast, six or seven years ago as
governor of the department, or state, of
which Bluefields is the chief town, their
paths began to diverge. Estrada inbibed
the progressive ideas winch were current
in Bluefields, brought thither by the
foreigners, Americans and English. who
then constituted the bulk of the population,
He shared their disgust over the meat con.
c~esslon, by which the sale of beef was
committed to a single person. He saw thai
the time was at hand when this and other
equally odious monopolies must be abol-
ished. He took the matter to Zelaya and
recommended action. Zelaya promised
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ten months incumbency Estrada resigned
the governorship. Estrada is the second
of three brothers, all OF whom have become
prominent in Nicaraguan affairs. They
do not owe their advancement to birth Of
family connections. They began lf'
humbly and have mad their way by sheel
ability and good fortune.
The breakup Of the Zelaya regime Il
bound to produce a large crop of problems
for the Nicaraguan statesmen to worl
out. This is inevitable from the characte
and history of the four great politica
parties which exist there. Among thes
the oldest is the conservative party. Tn
leader of the conservatives is DR.. Car
denas, a man now nearing his Goth year
He is a physician, and was formerly yer.
wealthy, He attributes the loss of tn
bulk Of his fortune to the enmity o
Zelaya. Cardenas was once president o
the republic. He it was on whom tn
political exiles in Costa Rica, withou
reference to their political affiliations
agreed as their choice to succeed Zelays
Cardenas, however, as once let it be know