New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-04
Three -fourths Of Road Disabled.

Three fourths OF Road Disabled.
+ Practically all OF the bridges between
. Corinto and the town OF Nagarote, eigh-
teen miles from the capital have been
destroyed. go that three-fourths Of the
/ railroad is disabled
The force OF marines. 80 strong. being
brought 10 Corinto by the cruiser Cali
I fornia. will start tomorrow for Managua,
making a total American force OF l.l5l
there. Colonel Pendleton will open W the
southern extremity OF the railroad 70
/ Grenada.
In dispatches 20 the State Department
/ Minister Weitzel declares that conditions
are worse. and that there is still grave
danger 10 Americans. lie states that the
situation in Granada is particularly bad.
and that there Is a possibility Of famine
and pestilence The inhabitants be- says.
are in favor OF constitutional govern
ment but have been terrorized by Gen
eral Mena, who holds the for, and Mill
tary supplies, and has brought about a
condition OF AFFECT suffering.
Minister Weitzel also reports that Presl-
dent Diaz has sent a force % federal
troops 10 Mstagalpa, which u about
eighty miles east Of Managua, % pro
tect foreign interests. There has been
much concern over the safety ~ about
l25 Americans living at that point The
British government also has male an
appeal for the protection Of Is subjects
AT that place
General Mena's violating o. the truce
which had been arranged through the
Salvadorean Minister has 20 incense'i
President Diaz that he has refused 20
enter into another armistice The Car
tago peace commission has abandoned its
efforts and returned 20 Costa Rica.
Red Cross to Supply Food
The American Red Cross to-day al
lowed 8 Oo0 cor the purchase 81 food SUP
plies for the suffering people an Mica
ragua- Through the State Department
the Red Cross has received reports
telling OF almost unbearabio conditions
facing the non-conl hatants ~ the pres
ent rebellion. At the present stage n
appears from the reports that lighting
hunger Is an even harder battle than a
siege Al the hands % tho rebels
The first part OF last month the Red
Cross allowed g. On for the purchase OF
supplies for Use IN Nicaragua, but the
scarcity OF money and food IN tho re-
public. coupled with the failure of crops,
made the amount OF supplies bought with
this money look small when tho number
OF persons 10 be fed was considered. The
supplies were bought from the govern
ment commissary on the Panama Canal
zone.
A continuance OF the present famine
conditions is likely to aggravate the re-
bellious state OF affairs already existing
in Nicaragua. To avoid this IL Is believed
the Red Cross and the State Depart
ment will DO all in their power 10 al
leviate the suffering on account OF
the scarcity OF money and food.
San Juan del Sur Nicaragua Sept .
| Delayed - Fifty American marines
reached Managua to-day. Rear Admiral
Switzerland. commander in chief OF the
United States Pacific fleet. controls the
situation. American naval contingents are
garrisoning the principal towns along the
railroad The rebels have suspended OPP
erations.
A detachment Of marines from Corinto
reached Leon ON Sunday The populace
showed evidences OF indignation at the
coming OF the Americans, but their lead
ers kept them we'll in hand. At the small
towns along the railroad from Corinto 10
Leon the people generally were friendly "a
the Americans. At numerous points the
marines found the road impossible and
were forced to build bridges. The United
States cruiser Denver is lying at anchor
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