The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-09-18
MINES RELIEVE
STARVING PEOPLE
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soNx or GRANADA IN NICARAGUA
il REAcHED M AMERICAN
TROOPS
IN DIREST STRAITS
srATA DEPARTMENT ISSUES
STRONG NOTE TO DrAz GOV
ERsmESF DEFINING ITS
III COURSE or ACTION.
III DIREsT STRAITS

WASHINGTON. sept 17.--Amers-
can marines. led by Major Smediey
= Batter, hare arrived at-Granadss an1
have relieved the starving town, ac-
cordine to dispatches to the navy de-
psrtuaent tonight The marines con-
yoyed y large quantity OF Provisions.
which was portioned out among the
inhabitants OF the Nicaraguan city.
themselves unable &c go beyond the
city walls IN search OF food. because
~ the rebel camp outside Granada.
The state department made pub
1ic tonight the text of direct ana
eY5pnaffc note to rhe Birx government
issued by Acting Secretary OF state
Huntington Wilson, and defining the
United States stand in the recent
Internal troubles in the Central Amer
lean republic. The note. one Of the
strongest ever issued from Washing
ton. reads.
1.-The policy OF the government OF
the United states In the present
Nicaraxuan disturbances Is TO take the
necessary measures for an adequate
feexticu guard at Managua. TO keep
open communications. and 10 protect
American life and property.
zslaya Not Wanted.
ssIn discountenancing Zelaya, whose
regime Of harbarity ard corruption
vas ended by the Nicaraguan nation
After b bloody war, the government
III the United States opposed net only
the individual, but the system and
this government could not eounte-
nance any movement to restore the
same destructive regime. The gov
sfnment of the United States VIII.
therefore. discountenance any revfvaI
81 zeiayism and will lend It's strong
moral support 10 the cause OF legally
constituted good government for the
benefit of the people OF Nicaragua.
whom 1t has long sought to aid In
their just aspiration toward peace
+ ma prosperity under constitutions
and orderly government.
Planters Want Protection.
IA group Of some one hundred and
twenty-five American planters residing
ii one region of Nicaragua have
! applied for protection. some two
dozen American Arms doing BUSINESS
la that country have applied for pro-
lection The American bankers who
81 sssx s. made Investments in relation 10
=ads and steamships In Nicara-
Id connection with a plan for
fsat relief of the financial distress or
that country, have applied for pro-
lection. The American citizens now
in the service Of the government of
Nicaragua, and the legation itself.
4 have been placed In actual jeopardy
under fire. TWO wounded American
ritixens are reported to have been
+ ruthlessly slaughtered. Besides The
1mery claim due American citizens.
ana the Indemnity for the killing OF
Eroce and Cannon In the Zeiaya war,
there are various American claims
and concessionary interest. Under the
Washington conventions. the United
States has moral mandate TO exert
tts Influence for the preservation of
the general peace of Central Amer
lea, which is seriously nsenaesd by
tbs present uprising, and TO this end
{ In the strict enforcement of the WASH
tn9ton conventions, and loyal support
~ their aims and purposes all the
Central American republics will find
ineans Of valuable cooperation. These
ore among the important moral. POI
titIcai and material Interests 10 be
prptactcd-
When the American minister calf
III "a upon the government OF Nicarau-
/ rus to protect American life and prop
erty, the minister for foreign affairs
replied that the government troops
must be used TO put down the rebel
lion adding. In consequence my,
government desires that the govern
naent of the United States guarantee
with It's forces security for the prop
Y Erty or American ciuzehs IN NleArA-
gna. and that they extend this protecr
ton 10 all the inhabitants of the re-
public
In this situation the policy Of the
government OF the United States viii
Il be to protect the life and property
OF its citizens III the manner indi-
Gated, and. meanwhile to contribute
It's influences In all appropriate ways
10 the restoration OF lawful ana orr
Derby government in order that Mica
ragua may resume it's program OF
reforms unhampered by the vicious
I Alements who would restore the meth
dds OF Zelaya.
.'7fsfffe revolt of General Meaaa is In
dagrant violation OF his solemn prom
ieHa To his own government, and TO
the American minister Thes nature
and methods of the present disturb
anees place them in the category Of
y anarchy rather than ordinary reyoli-
item a. Y e A'as'ss'
lSigned, "IIUNTLNGTON WILSON"