Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-01-16
WHY ZELAYA WAS ALLOWED TO
ESCAPE.

The New York World prints a long
circumstantial account of the
reason Zelaya, deposed president of
Nicarauga, was permitted to escape.
AS will be remembered, Sect. Knox
threatened all sorts of frightful pun
ishment for Zelaya for the killing of
the two Americans. He was, judging
from the fulimations from Washing
ton, to be shot on sight, or hanged,
drawn and CHARTERED, or otherwise
made fit atonement before the world
for his alleged cruelties to the two cit
liens from this country who were aid
ing the instruction. But when Zelaya
sought refuge on small Mexican war
vessel, the great guns of the American
feet near by remained silent and Eel
ava was escorted to Mexican soil
where he now reposes in safety and
apparent tranquility of conscience, a
semi-hero to the greater populace.
1t looked very much like an Ameri-
can bluff that had been successfully
called by Zelaya and the Mexicans 1t
certainly did not add any credit to the
reputation of this country among the
peoples of Central America Much
wonderment was expressed at the
peculiar position Sect. Knox allowed
himself and the administration to be
put by this peculiar episode in our in
ternational affairs. The World cores
pendent proceeds to explain it as fol-
lows:
In this matter of Zelaya and Near
aqua the United States Government
has moved in most mysterious way
its wonder to perform.
In the beginning it was spirited and
finely dramatic. Throug out several
acts it remained spirited and finely
dramatic. Then it shaded off.
Here was the situation: Nicaragua
was in one of its periodical revolut-
ions, Zelaya had made himself OBJ
noxious and conditions in Nicaragua
'intolerable." By Zelaya's orders two
Americans had been shot. Diplomatic
relations with Nicaragua had been
servered. Zelaya had been pilloried by
Secretary Knox in the most savage
note that ever emanated from the State
Department In the Senate of the
United States a resolution had been in
troduced denouncing Zelaya as an out
law, and demanding his punishment as
such.
Presumably for the capture of this
outlaw a naval squadron, almost as
ronarf,,I oC uos the opa xr;+I, 11yb;nb
Dewey fought the battle of Manila,
had been assembled ON Nicaragua's
eastern and western seaboard. A force
of marines more numerous than the
one landed in Cuba at the time of the
war with Spain had been hurried to
the scene; in all, eight cruisers and
gunboats, 1,400 marines, two trans
ports, two GOLFERS Plainly it was now
all up with Zelaya Equally plain was
it that this outlaw must needs make
cessible to watchful warships or hik-
ing marines if he meant to save his
precious neck.
Then it came, the unmatched spec
tacle of this supposedly hunted fug-
tive calmly sauntering through some
700 marines ostensibly sent here to eff
ACot ms SaptuAC y paoI 5unpoalS esno
cruisers, supposedly on the same mist
sion, the object of State Department
venom, the outlaw" of Senate resolu-
ton graciously lifting his hat to Ann
erican warships and marines as he
swept past them on his unchallenged
way out of Corinto harbor on board
dinky little gunboat flying the Mexican
flag.
Perhaps this was all the United
States Government wanted, possibly
this was all it intended to bring about