The Washington herald., 1910-08-09
HONDURAN REBELS
HOLD THREE POINTS
Outbreak Is Assuming More
Serious Proportions.
BOTH ARMIES WELL EQUIPPED
FiIibusters and Government Troops
I'm UndeciSive Skirmish Many
Americans Enlisted and VIII Take
Part in Warfare-Gen. Lee Christ
mas Plans TO Capture Ceiba.

New Orleans, Aug. s.-The Hondursn
revolution becomes more threatening
now that the obscurities are cleared
away and the movements OF Bonilla's
hlibustering expedition are better known.
II Is admitted that the Ceiba revolu-
tionary outbreak was premature and un-
settled Bonilla's plans He had meant
TO land there with his army and 70 con-
6uct the revolution against Davila from
that point The government got word of
this through treachery. and, bringing
troops 70 Ceiba, easily suppressed the
outbreak
Bonilla then changed his plan Of at
tack 10 Puerto COrteZ, sailing for that
port with his expedition in two schoon-
ers The Honduran gunboat o O@atepe
opened fire on the schooners. and The eX-
pedition sailed away, fearing the schOon-
ers would be sunk. The Omatepe. which
is not in condition TO go to sea, did not
pursue them.
Divide Into Two Parties.
The mibusters then divided into two
parties. One Of these. under Gen. Lee
Christmas, sailed 70 Utlla, one OF the
bay islands belonging to Great Britain
Christmas landed AT Utilla from three
schooners and several naphtha launches
There was no opposition. the Honduran
officials joining the revolution. and the
collector turned over TO Christmas ali
the governments money accumulated in
the customs house.
The other under Bonilla, sailed back
toward Puerto Livingston, on the Guate-
mala frontier. landing at the small river
which divides Honduras from Guatemala
There he has been in camp strengthening
and dlscipling his army. with the evil
dent purpose Of marching on san Pedro
by flank movement and capturing the
railroad and telegraph system of the re-
public
Nearly all the vessels running from
Central America TO New Orleans stop at
the bay islands. and Gen. Lee Christmas
has been interviewed there by a dozen
New Orleans men who knew him int-
mately. for he is New Orleans boy. He
announced his purpose to descend on
Ceiba and capture IL
Leaving sufficient garrison in Uulle.
only fourteen miles from Ceiba, and then
in the naphtha launches went 70 the
main landing at Truxillo about thirty
miles east-of Ceiba. capturing that town.
March on FIIIbusters.
Gen. Diaz. in command Of Ceiba.
marched on the hlibusters. A number Of
his men mutinied. and 200 OF them were
imprisoned in the Puerto prisonN which
already contain 80 political prisoners.
adherents Of Bonilla. The two armies.
however. finally met in an undecisive
skirmish at Pedro Pintado. Col. Montedo.
commanding the revolutionists, being
killed. 1t seems. therefore. that the revo-
lutionists are now established at three
points in Honduras-at Utilla. in the bay
islans. as their base; at Truxillo. on
the coast east OF Puerto Cortez and near
the Guatemalan boundary. west OF the
town.
All the armies are well equipped with
cannon. guns. and ammunition. and
very considerable proportion OF the SOL
diers are Americans. Great confusion
exists on the coast. especially at Ceiba.
which Christmas will attack this week.
At Paru. where a fight occurred some
days ago, at which thirty OF the govern
ment troops were killed. the bodies OF
the dead men are still lying exposed.
and the entire population Of 1.5OO has fed.