The sun., 1910-06-15
EVIL DAYS FOR NICARAGUA
Dn IDE THE REPUBLIC or LET
THE 4. & STEP IN.

Bu,nrss Men Whs'Ve HAD Deallngs
Thrre-Gran nan nlst. They say.
nder Irlaya's Ruie soSae Instances.
Americans and other foreigners Wh0 are
IN business in Nicaragua but who happen
,na IN New York for reasons of health or
otberwise manifested a keen interest
Yesterday IN the dispatches telling of
tr. intention Of Gen Estrada. the presi-
dent " the provisional Oovefnment. 10
sursaI 20 Washington for the reoOgnitiOn
NJ a republic a. be- known a. New Nioar-
aqua In the opinion Of several who we're
sen Yesterday the only means Of assuring
p.ars % that particular part Of this con-
pn.ri. without this co,lntry stepping In
and running t1inTs. is % divide the coun-
nv lr tN"
.Peuy.s up here don't really understand
hos ths evolution began. said ths visl.
t,r -fur the last eight years of his rule
Zalava had been granting ooaosssio1s
If almost ovcry privilege that could be
f,-,d out For instance, the priviloes
If .shag luor waS put In the hands of
prs concern the President getting a rave
- 4 a hig pat of the profits. Then
there va- the tnhaooo concession. fArmed
OF m me same prihCiple. The meat
business was controlled In a like fashion.
Another concession was for dynamite and
powder still alotner vas tae matsh
c,ncessi0n One company had tkia and
anlv ~ agents could sell mat0haa. Than
there we're two big mining concessions.
and " on rheee mining oonceaaionn
absolutely cloaed up the country 70 other
reople. and made u 20 that the po0r man
vas powerless n do prospecting on his
own hoOk
Al the same time while theae mining
concessions were given 20 osrtsin parties
they we're worked On = profit sharing
basis Lslaya got - per cent. % the profta
end tho cuncessionnaire the reat. There
had heen hardly q month for six Year,
preceding the beginning of the revolution
When the duty was not raised upon one
article or another. Every business had
hnally become taxed % the limit and the
Ahnring chlsses were ground down 20
that the population Of the east coast
vas ready a. do anything 70 frca them
selves from the oppression Of Zelaya.
'Ielaya had a new mining code made
about three years ago. under which
export duties IN gold were to remain
a. under the Old code. which ~s= shout
81 cents on the ounce. But he thought
the foreign miners were making too much
money and ought 10 be bled little more.
= he went to work and issued a lot of
honds intimating 20 the mine owners
that they must buy these bonds and could
Ater pay their gold export tar with them.
Ne aid he was short " cash and needed
money night away. The mine owners
we're willing 20 buy the honds 20 keep
neace IN the family, because they knew
Z they didn't they would come IN for
soms phase Of oppression To make his
.niimatioh carry weight Zelnya aid
nat II the mins ow9ers did not buy the
binds when they went 20 pay their duty
'hey would he soaked an additional 50
p-r cent.
We'll. there was rush 20 buy the bonds
~ ne date when they we're announcad
'o BE- for sale. hut n0t q bond could be
bought. Ielaya and \ bunch % HE friends
had gobbled up the whole ISSUE AZ the
nine owners could not rct them they
had 70 pay the hne aIynow There r.
nv number of othrr>lrs st. 1cet where
lava played a similar trick
Vow IN spite of Xeitvae absencs
b. = stlll the actual President of Nicar-
sC1a. Ever ybOdy dyNn tners knJws
NNN AAANMNM NNNNUNN NMM y NnNN. III
NtdriS should via out IN tle eastern eide Z
~ " country Ielaya will he hack IN the /
rrl'-v within siG months. and worse '
Than egerts
-HcW did the revolution start We'll.
the peorle sent compllints and patitiors B
20 /eAya % relieve the situation. but he .
uold not hsten % them. Whom they
Eui ~ no" point where they desnai-ed of
getunc lnvthiag from hifu they rsyol,ad
The means Well. u is not necessary
~ a. mo that The means were az hand
l-I -ee here are very few foreigners I
iuVn therr who dont want peace pre-
-erveo, there being soldiers of fortune
who are out for any old war they can get
INTO Al the same time thess foreiaasr.
believed that q chsnge was ABSOLUTELY
necessary Many of them had cone down
there ten or tWenty years ago when they
we're welcomed. They we're prolnigsd
lust avs A. long az promisls were
sept they did not kick. indeed not until
business had been iegislatsd 70 dsath
leAya used 20 taFe over q million dollars
a year out of the rockets OF the foreign
~ He had accumulated fortune of
over t9o.0OO 00. He was one of thA best
Trends oi Gen. Castro. the dictator o.
leneUIela II
Down on that east coast are not oalv
''.NTl IHAAAa NAh NAllMAlNNHt AH-Eul Afln MuaI q
snre fnglsh. They have put all thsy
had INTO the country. just AZ fast as thew
tega1 10 reap the reward Of long years
NJ hard work Ieiaya would make plans
~ get their earnings away from them.
.hsy worked all the harder. hut Yelaya
vas even more active IN his way. People
pp here should remember that the foreign
population down there had the best intsn-
''ns about abiding by the laws Of the
country. and actually did a. long az Il
1as possible All sorts Of inducements [
U@r" held out n them 20 invest thsir
ar'aI 90 the country. but when this bad
fe@u done the laws began % change.
Nicaragua j. divided geographically
NO 40 regions Ualy st certain seasons /
~ no wear IL u POSSIBLE 70 get from one ,
- n The other across country. and II !
ha. teen remarked that when tho rpvoiu-
'"aafv lrmy got cut Of its own lailiwiCk Z
p got Igked and the same fate has over I
zen Nadri1s army. Ths interests Of
70 80 PARTS Of the country continually /
lt,h and u Nlcara qua h kept intact thsre /
WI - DO permanent peace unleRs sOu1e
stronger Power likes hold Of thir q. On !
~ other hard the establishment of 4
Nfafsfe republic would solve the ques. I
2 0ns a. stake
PROW fING Man AGERg MEET ,