Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-08
IN THE PRESS DISPATCHES
Total of 1850 American Bluejackets
Protect Foreign Interests.
WAR ON INsURRECTIoNIsTs
Funeral Services for the Marines
Who Were Killed in the Attack
on Barranco.

NO word comes to the Navy DEPARTING mt
or TO the state Department in contirma-
ton of press dispa tches announcing the
capture of Leon, the last strong hold OF
the InSurrcctionists in Nicaragua. The
NfcaraSJan legation has no report to
show what has happened. and the Mica
raguan minister. Senior CastriIlo has
gone to New York city
In connection with the recent news Of
operations by American forces in Mica
rasua. figures are given out as to the
american force of marines and sailors
ashore on active duty in protecting lives
and property of Americans and other
foreigners. and in keeping open commune
Cation
There about 2.:;:,o officers bluejack-
cts and marines in Nicaragua. This fore,
consists of the landing parties from the
California. Colorado, Denver. Cleveland.
annapolis and Tacoma. amounting to
about l.a5o officers and blueiackets and
eff about Leo officers and marines in
Guiding the forces sent from Philadel-
phia and the Canal Zone and the marine
attachments of vessels in Nacaraguan
waters
Services for the Dead
Funeral services for the four ma rincs
killed in the attack on Barranca were held
Saturday. Admiral Switzerland reports
President Diaz and his cabinet and other
nigh officials OF the government and
many prominent men in the republic at
tended. as a public tribute to their hero
ism The bodies of the marines, Privates
Bobbett. Durham. McC;il and Pollard,
were temporarily entoInbed at Managua
PENDING expression of the desires of rel
atives as to the disposition to be made of
them They will be brought home for
Il int
such wish.
The State Department officials here
Iave been advised of conferences between
the rebels and the government forces
which forecast surrender. if. indeed. the
insurrectionists have not already asked
quarter.
Minister WeitZels reports thus far in
dicate that the negotiations are between
the rebels and the Ncaraguan govern
ment. rather than with the commandant
of the American forces. Department Off
Gals expect early advices telling the
terms of the surrender of the last REM
nant of the rebel band.
In a telegram dated Sunday and re-
ceived at the State Department yester-
day, Minister WeitZel tells what manner
of man was the late Gen. Zeledon. He
not only deserted his men at the Bar
ranca hills after urging them to resist
the marines and government forces but
later violated "a truce which he sought
in a church. bore his final inglorious
flight. which was cut short by a rifle
bullet as he was making his way toward
Costa Rica.
Rebels Violate Truce.
Refugees report that the rebels around
Zeledon in the church at Masaya hoisted
a white flag, which was signal for
three government officers, among them
Col. Alberto Chamorro, a cousin of Gen.
Emiliano Chamorro. to approach to ac-
cept the supposed surrender. But the
rebels who had raised the white flag met
the government officers with a whitening
fire. In which all three We're seriously and
perhaps fatally wounded.
Following this episode. the government
forces planted field piece before the en-
trance of the ancient church and bat
tered down the door. Later Capt. Ed
ward a. Greene, at the head of Company
A, first battalion of marines, arrived and
took charge of the situation. 1t Is said
the government forces engaged in some
reprisals before the arrival of the Amer
leans.
Zeledon was captured said the rebel COM
mander and twenty-five of his COM
panions. while fleeing toward Costa Rica,
murdered three women in cold blood to
prevent their carrying news of his move
ments to the pursuing forces.
Effect of Intervention.
NEW ORLEANS, October S-Lee
Christmas. commandment Of Puerto Cor
tez, Honduras. declared here today that
the intervention of the United States in
the Nicaraguan revolution had averted
what otherwise might have proved
the bloodiest general revolt in the his
tory of Central America. Nothing but the
Of American marines. said Christmas,
prevented the Nicaraguan revolutionists
from capturing the government.
IF the liberals had won in Nicaragua
the revolution would have spread to Hon
duras. Guatemala and possibly Saliva
dor" declared Christmas. He arrived
here today on a twO-month leave of
dbSence.