The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-21
Attack on American Blue
jackets Arouses State
Department to Action
REPORTS DESCRIBE
PITCHED BATTLE
Hints of Horrible Grimes Con-,
y
tlnue to Come in, Caus-
ing Great Uneasiness
in Washington

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20--A delav-
ed cablegram from Admiral Southern
iand' at Managua, Nicaragua, describ-
ing an attack made by I,200 rebels on
a column Of American marines and
bluetackets. has aroused the state de-
partaentr which has eeeH-tryins- to-
night but unsuccessfulIy. to secure
further details.
According 10 this cable, a battle
was fought between the American
naval forces and the rebels at Barran--
ca, fourteen miles south Of Manaeua.
the capital of Nicaragua. and an aonaI
Instance from Granada. city of eigh-
teen thousand inhabitants which
the marines Were marching to relieve.
Leaders Of the rebels refused to
open way southwark for the forcas
OF pacitication, and when Admiral
Soutnerland ordered the marines and
otne Jackets To proceed, they were
met ny rifle fire from the rebels. Re-
lnLorcements are reported TO have
been sent from Managua 10 tho sum
%ON@ VI SAD OF Americana.
Hints Of horrible personal crimes
committed at Granada by barbarous
and drunken revolutionists under
General Mena continue to come to the
department of state. and are caus
ing much uneasiness. Torture in
toathsome dungeons and all the 9TH
er accessories of mediaehal reprisals
ana punlshments are told in the Of
hcial reports received today by Hunt
ington Wilson acting secretary OF
state.
Great Alarm Is E.,It. -Z
oHicials do not, for publication. ex-
press their alarm over their failure
to receive news from the college girls.
VINO. according to last reports, were
impounded in their college building
at Granada, but alarm is actually felt
not only for these. but for the ma
rines which are supposed to have
taken part in the battle reported to-
day
w Mr.. Wilson tonight gave out the
Following officially from the depart-
ment.
Beg Protection.
According to the latest adyicas
from Nicaragua. conditions there. es-
peciaiy at Granada, are worse than
those which existed in the Congo and
III the futurnaEo. The legation has
received a letter from Pedro Rafael
tuaara' the present minister of f.
nance in the government of President
Diaz. and from Carlos Vuadra. MIC
araguan member of the mixed claims
commission. in which, in the name OF
humanity and civilization, they beg
Minister Weitzel to do all that he
can to protect their families which
they state are being ferociously PROS /
ecuted at Granada by General Mena.
and his agents, on account of their {
participation in the Diaz government.
They state that their brothers. al
though they are private citizens. and
have never held any public office. were
captured the day the outbreak c. /
CURED, and inhuman fortunes have
been inflicted upon them. that MANY /
times they have been for days deprived
OF food and have only been permitted
No obtain II when exhausted from
lack of nourishment by the payment
of large sums of money. for an unin-
corrupted period OF five days they were
crowded into tiny malodorous Gall. i
three DAYS of which they were ar
lowed no food and water When res
leased they were nearly dead.
Hold Men Hostages
Moreover. they have been informed
by Colonel Daniel Mena, who is in
command of Fort San Francisco, that
II the constituted government OF
Nicaragua should attempt to attack
Granada. they, the Cuaara brothers.
will be shot, They add that Mrs.
Cuadra. wife of the minister or A.
nance, is being hunted in Granada
in order that she may be tortured in
a similar manner. 1t is also reoo-ted i
through the British vice consul AT
Matagalpa. and the British CONSUL +
general at Managua, that, while
marching from Leon To NueVa Sego.
Via. the ~ssbels at Atchanna assassi-
mated two British subjects