The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-04-02
II is fractional Native War
fare However, and MOI
Of His Making.
,GATLlNG GUNS USED
And Troops Of Soldiers Well
Armed When Americas
Premier Goes Through.

- - ~ t+oF1ItoS nicaragua
April 2.-7rf former PresGdena ,of,Nic.
aragua. zelaya. is following the tltplo-
matte trip ofisecretary Knox he NAV
be Interested to kno& that the author
Of the now, famous ..Knox note 10 ze-
laya," which finally broke the laatar,s
power and made him an exile, oecu-
pied in Managua the Presidential pai-.
oce-the first tenant .of that Empos.
ing example Of Moorish architecture
since II was hurrledly vacated BY the
I LIBERAL, president, Madriz, Estrada
and Diaz during their brief tenures
4 Of the Presidency contented them
selves with more humble quarters.
teut the palace was restored to some
thing liks2its oid-tlme grandeur in
honor OF: the American guest.
More pleasant news for zelaya will
he that he still has a following, in
Nicaragua who did their best to make
the visit an occasion for ana-AmerI-
can demonstrat lions. However, in this
Y they failed utterly.
Mr.. Knox found 5hbrself projected
into. bitter political fight or, more
properly two lights. The Liberals,
who were shorn OF power by the Es-
trada revolution, have never forgiven
the United States for the Siafuence
it exerted at that time. Some in the
party flooded the country with in
fiam1natory, leaflets attacking the
United States government and Mr.,
Knox and the Liberal papers in Man
aqua waged a bitter campaign against
the visit up to the day preceding the
arrival of Mr.. Knox, when most CT
their editors were put in jail, where
they remained until MT. Knox had
tleft the city, General Rodolfo. Espi-
nosa. perhaps the biggest man among
the Liberals. nass-aQ exile in Costa
Rica, calledF'upon the secretary OF
state during the latters stay at san
Jose and besought him to use his IN
fuence TO prevent the persecution OF
Liberals by the Conservatives in
r Nicaragua: OF course. the secretary
: of state could not NEEDLE in the AFFAIR,
: hut he would have been better pleased
aiif the Conservatives had used less
strenuous means to protect him from
insult.
AS matter OF. fact. when the agi-
tation was closely analysed it APP
: peared that the feeling was less anti
T American than anti-gsvernment, and
;. many liberals called upon the secre-
h tary Of state in Managua, disavowed
s the infammatory utterances and in
Y sisted that their grievance was against
= the Conservatives. who, they de-
. clared, had failed to fulfll their
promises for reform. Many denied
that they wished Zelaylsm restored
1T also seemed plain that the out-and-
out antl-Americanism was confined
chiefly to the uniformed, who in
ftheir ignorance of the real policy Of
the United States had been easily
made to believe that the visit of the
a secretary OF state was the forerunner
OF American occupation. This belief
has been found among the less In
formed in other countries visited.
The trains carrying the Knex par
le ty from cor!nto to Managua suggest
l. led ali armed invasion. First there
f. was pilot train consisting OF a loco
IN motive ana one car. The car carried
=, fifty soldiers and from the rear door
- n Colt automatic gun with a capacity
" Of two hundred and fifty shots min.
ute was trained upon the special Ave
y cars Immediately following. The pc.
Sc sitlon CT the weapon aroused mixed
In feelings among the countrys guests
I'd but fortunately freight car. filled
ne with musicians. and two coaches oc.
If cupled by Nicaraguan escorts. inter.
a. wened between the artillery and the
presidential coach set aside for tho
Knox family Closely following the
special was third train OF three cara
carrying a hundred soldiers and an.
I. other machine gun. At every sta.
e. ton soldiers lined the track on either
side, All the soldiers were fully
armed aud were In, iight marching or
= der The cartridge belts were fixed
on the automatics ready for instant
: use.
v All this precaution was not as reas-
Is surfing as 1t was intended to be, but
e as the trip progressed and nothing
d unpleasant happened the Americans
a became accustomed to the military
If display and rather enjoyed the ride Of
Is ninety miles, though 1t occupied six
"a hours. The train passed through a
a magnificent fertile. country. where
- neglected land can be purchased for
six dollars gold an acre.
AT Ameya. Chinamdega, chichigal-
pa and Posoltega small groups gath
cred at the stations, waved their hats
and shouted "saluate chammora"
# This is the General Chainmora who
Figured prominently in the revolution
and IS now ? candidate for the pres
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