The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-08-24
NEW GOVERNMENT
 FOR NICARAGUA Decree Is Issued Promising
 Regular Election PEACE IS PROVIDED FOR Jose Estrada, Temporary Head of the Government, Issues the Decree Outlining Policies of the New
 Forces in Power
PEACE IS PROVIDED FOR

Managua, August 23-In a long decree issued today Jose Dolores Estrada, who temporarily assumed the reins of govern ment when President Madriz vacated his office and fled the country, gives full rec ognition to the provisional government formed at Bluefeds last year with his brother Gen. Juan Estrada as president.
 In doing so however, he stipulates that regular and free election for the office of chief executive of the repub- lie must be held within six months.
 The decree also names the members of commission, the duty of which Will be to draw up and have signed by the hostile factions a permanent treaty Of peace. In part the instrument follows:
 "As a congressman and provisional president of the republic, and by virtue O. my legal faculties and realizing the necessity to put to an end the bloody CIVIL war that is exhausting us, l, as Jose Dolores Estrada decree:
 '1. To recognize as the provisional government of Nicaragua the one started by the revolution at Bluehelds on Oc- tober 10 last year, of which the provision al president is Juan Estrada.
 '2. The appointment of a commission or peace. composed of Rafael Cabrera, Sal yatore Castrillo, Hildebran Castellon' Gen Leon Castillo and Tomas Martinez, which will make known this decree to the military commander of the revolution, agreeing to a suspension of hostilities unti the arrival of the new president at the capital.
 @a That if the commission shall meet General Estrada en route to the cap ital. it is empowered to sign con vention of peace in accordance with this decree and will ask for a confer ence with the executive at once at convenient place.
 "4 That in case General Estrada is too far away from the front the com mission is auth orized to propose to the military chiefs that they select per- son who. in the name of the revolution and associated with the provisional ex- ecutive, shall organize a governmental! junta to act as the supreme power un- til the arrival of President Estrada.
 "5. That General Estrada must call a. free election for the office of Pres ident of the republic within a reason able time, not to exceed six months, the said election to be in accordance with the principles of the liberal and conservative parties.
 "6. That if any commissioners chosen are unable to accept this humanitarian and patriotic mission, the remaining commissioners will choose substitutes who will have power to act.
 JOSE DOLORES ESTRADA.
 A FALLA, Sub-Secretary." Senor Estrada said he would await the return of the peace commissioners to Managua when the revolutionary and the government soldiers would be dis armed and sent to their homes. The advance guard of the provisional army, consisting of 100 cavalry, arrived here today and are quartered at the barracks in the suburbs.
 The acting President today issues in structions that beginning September ] corn, beans, rice, lard, sugar. flour. kerosene, gasoline, candles soap, tall low, oils, acids and disinfectants would be given free importation into the re public.