The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-03

LONG EXPECTED
REVOLT AT HAND
Davilla Prepares to Make Des-
perate Resistance, but There Is
Doubt as to Loyalty of
Troops-Appeal to Wash
ington and Wall Street
Comes Too Late.

New Orleans, January Re enter
ing the country over which formerly
he ruled and from which lie was prac-
tically banished after being deposcd
three years ago, Manuel Bonilla to-
day proclaimed himself constitutional
President of the Republic OF Honduras.''
The news of the landing of the Boz
nilia revolutionary :orces on the AL
iantic coast of Honduras. near Puerto
Cortez. and of the Issuance of the for
mer Presidents proclamation was re-
Geived tonight BY l member of the
honiua junta here in cable from
Puerto Barrios.
combined naval and land attack
Upon Puerto Cortez is expected at any
| moment. II is said to be the plan o,
Bonilla to she'll the town with the
gunboat Hornet If the commandment
refuses to surrender. and TO capture or
sink the Honduran eunboat Tatumbln
which is anchored in shallow water
near the docks. An advance guard OF
! cavalry is to cut the railroad line on
poslte Omoa, and line OF infantry.
with one company OF artillery, Is to
march against Puerto Cortez
Advices from Puerto Cortez o-night
state that Davila has 500 trained
troops in Puerto Cortez in addition 10
Il small battery of machine guns The
dispatch added that che loyalty of the
men was doubted. Just how much or
position would be given Bonilla in
Undertaking to overthrow Davil1 and
again placing himself at .hs hea OF
the stormy lItlu Central American re-
public is largely i mat.or Of caniec-
! lure BoniI. was cist out rs a result
! OF the war which President Santos
| He!aya, of Nicar;sr,. br2u;,n, about
- one OF the first steps ir the latter'z
am@itious plduf To place himself 1T
: the head OF nation made UP of all
laya's dream WAS short-lived He
! reckoncd with the Weaknesses of his
| neiShhor!ng countries, but failed IN
reckon with those Of his own Earely
| two Years had passed when he found
himself deihroned and refugee like
| Bonilla
! Plans Take Shnpc.
This presented Bonilla with his long
sought opportunity He ana his SYM
/ pathizers dreaded Davia as the repre-
sentative in Honduras of Zelaya, but
with the support OF the tyrannical
! President of Nicaragua no longer To be
feared the task of promulgating a
revolution Immediately took definite
I shape,
Last summer Bonilla purchased an.
island off the coast of British Hon
duras. supposed for agricultural pur-
! poses and here the work OF reorgani-
cation began silently and apparently
without notice the officers who had led
Bonilla's forces In his disastrous war
with Ielaya began to leave New Orleans
for the scene OF hostilities. That at
tempt OF Bonilla's to regain the presi-
dency proved fiasco. but 10 the Bo-
nilla leader in Puerto Cortez allowing
the plans OF revolutionists TO fall into
the hands of the government
y few days following the abandon
ment of that expedition in July, Boniila
and General Christmas We're taken
prisoners by the Guatemalan govern
ment. President CABRERA expelled them
in November and they came TO New
Orleans. where they soon had the plans
laid for another expedition
4 he former American gunboat Hor-
net was purchased. and sailed from
here December 30. Later. it Is said, the
boat was fitted with modern rifles and
machine guns simultaneously with
the departure OF the Hornet, Bonilla
General Christmas and other persons
noted for their revolutionary ten.
1 denotes. quickly left the city. General
/ Christmas is believed to be At the head
OF the land forces for the revolutions
lists.