Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-09
j. s. WARSH|PSBA
COSTA RIGA ACTION
No War Move Is Expected,
Although Nicaragua Has
Sought Protection.

| There will be no war between Costa
RIGA and Nicaragua. This is the gist
of significant statements made by off,
Gals in close touch with the policies
of the American government.
| 1t is announced that one American
warship is now lying of either coast
of Costa Rica. There also is a United
States marine guard at Managua.
That this country will step in and
prevent hostilities Is declared certain.
Would Result In Action Here.
II Gen. Tinoco. who Is declared to be
threatening the Nicaraguans. while
state, on the ground that the Mica
raguan government h asfostered the
present revolution against the Tinoco
regime, ventures across the Nicara-
guam frontier in violation of the spe-
, cific understandings that this country
has with Central and South America,
this government will take imm ediate
and definite action. according to the
best belief in official and diplomatic
circles.
| The Nicaraguan government in a
communication to the State Depart
ment has asked for protection against
| the Costa Rican government. Tinoco,
| it Is charged, is massing troops along
| the frontier in anticipation of hostile
action. The State Department is in
| vestigating.
legations Statement.
The Nicaraguan legations statement
follows:
Notwithstanding that the revolu-
| ton in Costa Rica which started
k,
| end; that the defeated revolutionists
who crossed the Nicaraguan border
| were disarmed by the frontier patrol;
that the government Of Nicaragua has
maintained strict neutrality from the
beginning of the revolution and has
| emphatically denied having given any
aid to the revolutionists. Gen. Tinoco
has been massing a big army on the
frontier Of Nicaragua. with large
| trains Of ammunition and supplies of
all kinds.
TT Is known that he has in the de-
partment Of Guanacaste, and not far
| from the frontier, about 5000 men
| under arms. with whom he expects to
| invade Nicaragua or else start a rev.
olution in that country headed by
Gen. Irias, formerly premier under
Zelaya; Gems. 'Sediles. Santos Baca,
Usaga and other Nicaraguan generals
Gen. Chamorro.
Nicaragua, in accord with the
financial plan suggested by the
United States government, is on her
| reconstruction period after seventeen
years of the Zelaya regime. It has
adopted strictly economic budget by
which the government can have under
! arms only 500 men and has no war
budget. The people Of Nicaragua have
no complaint at having followed the
friendly suggestion Of the United
States, as at tho end Of the last
economic year there was a surplus Of
100000 and it is expected that at the
end of the present year there will be
surplus Of 100000.
| We believe that the time has ar
| rived when the United States. in view
of the friendly attitude that Nicara-
qua has maintained with the United
States in giving this country the OPP
ton for building the canal through
Nicaragua and for the cession Of the
| two naval bases. one on the Gulf of
Fonseca and the other on the islands
of the Atlantic, and also bearing in
mind that Nicaragua entered the war
the United States and to aid the allies
| in every way in its power, should
| take a hand to protect Nicaragua
against her foreign foes.
The presence Of a hostile army on
our border. composed in part at least
Of men of our country who are openly
opposed to our government, is a con-
| slant menace to the peace Of Mica
ragua.
I'm accordance with the plan by
which the United States gives us
friendly advice. we think that the
United States should give US in this
emergency the moral and material pro-
lection Of a sufficient guard on our
frontier to prevent an invasion"