The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-07
ESTRADA ISSUES
 4 PROCLAM Platform for Governing Nica-
 ragua Is Outlined PEACE PROSPECTS FADE 1t Is Not Believed That Peace Can Be Arranged With Madriz and
 Much More Fighting Will
 Occur Very Soon.

Bluefields, Nicaragua December 30 (via New Orleans, January e1-Provi- sional President Estrada today issued a proclamation to the people of Nicaragua outlining the platform on which he in- tends to govern the country. He merely hints at a project which he has dis cussed more fully in interviews, namely. the dissolution of the standing army. In the proclamation he expresses the de- sire ito forego armed peace" but his ideas on the subject are fully developed. It is his expressed purpose to do away with a standing army and to maintain a small police force to secure individual good order
 The proclamation is begun with the declaration that the triumph of the revo- lution may be considered as accom- plished. T desire" Estrada says, ito turn sword and rifle into ploughs and tools for the cultivation of our fields, the exploitation of our mines, the con- struction of railroads With the as- sistance of the patriots of Nicaragua, peace at home and abroad will be main- taIned, and we will be able to forego the armed peace, confident that correct, just and equitable demeanor will always eliminate the dangers of war and dis order" He announces that he will strive and assist ito maintain the solidarity of Central America by intimate and loyal relations with other Central American nations"
 The provisional President pledged his efforts to secure a tightening of the bur dens of the laboring classes, a restora- ton of the properties unlawfully confis cated by the former government, the abolition of monopolies, an untrammeled judiciary and substantial encouragement of public education, agriculture and com merce.
 Within the last three days the convic ton has become complete that further support from the United States is not to be expected At a meeting attended by General Estrada, Gen. A. P. Farnos-Diaz, Chammoro and Secretary of State Adolfo Diaz it was determined to send General Fornos-Diaz to Madriz to negotiate for terms of peace. It is known that his instructions do not flatly insist that the basis of negotiations shall be the recog- milton of Estrada as provisional Presi- dent until elections can be held For nos-Diaz is an old-time friend of Mad rig and will attempt to convince him that the peace of the country demands the acceptance, temporarily at least, of the provisional leader. He has conf- dence in his own ability to do so, but it is not generally shared It is true that the provisional government reserves the right to review any agreement made between Madriz and the provisional com- missionary, but that clause apparently was inserted in his instructions to keep the way technically clear for further mill itary operations. In a word, Fornos- Diaz is leading a diplomatic forlorn hope. News of his failure will be followed by an aggressive campaign beginning at Greytown. Not much resistance is to be expected there, but it is believed that large forces would have to be met in the state of Chantales and again in front of Managua.