The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-03-27
TECUCICALPA IN
HANDS OF REBELS
Government Forces Are Reported
in Wild Retreat, L0oting
and Burning.
100000 DAMAGE TO CITY
sluejackets Make foo-Miie Overland
Trip From Amapala = Foreigners
Menaced - Americans, British
and Chinese Are Sufferers.

San -Tegucigalpa, capital
of Honduras, has been occupied by
the revolutionary forces Of General
Tihurcio Carias and General Gregorio
Ferrera, according to advices received
here
The town was occupied after
fierce battle The last bulwarks OF
General Juan Angelo Arias and Gen.
eral Francisco Bueso, who assumed
dictatorial powers in Honduras on the
death recently of former President
Rafael Lopez Gutierrez. have been
taken over by the rebels
The rebel Generals Diaz, Zelaya anu
Nolasco. are pursuing the dictatorlal
forces, which are reported to be IN
wild retreat, burning or looting prop
erty and committing other outrages.
Washington.-A force of 1877 Ameri-
can bluejackets under tho command
o. nine officers from the .. 5. ). Mil
waukee haze been hurriedly dispatch
&c from Amapala. on the Pacihc
Coast Of Ho- duras, to Teguclgalpa,
where the lives of the American Min
lister, Franklin Morales. and hundreds
of American citizens are reported IN
imminent danger, it was learned at
the State Department.
Drunken de facto Government sol
diers have killed many innocent peo-
pie in the streets of Tegucigalpa, and
have fired into the American Legation
and Consulate there. Hundreds OF
drink-crazed Government soldiers
have pillaged and sacked the homes
and stores of the foreign population,
with a property loss of more than
$400. 900. American. British and Chi
nese citizens. who are powerless to
resist the uncomfortable soldiers in
their mad rampage of destruction, are
the principal victims.
State Department officials are
greatly concerned over conditions in
Tegucigalpa They are inclined to be-
lieve that American bluejackets have
arrived in Tegucigalpa. The landing
force had TO travel distance of near
" 100 miles over mountainous coun-
according to late reports to the State
Department it reached Savanna Grande
about half way between the two cities
Although both factions have been
notified that the presence of American
forces in the Honduran capital should
not be construed as armed interven-
ton. Stase Department officials de-
-, folr "a
precautions to protect American lives
and property 1t is known that Off
Gals of the American Government
have become incensed over the failure
OF both forces to preserve the rights
of neutrals in Honduras. Since being
informed of the Tegucigalpa outrages.
ii is known that these officials con-
template taking an even frmer stand
in the matter of protecting American
nationals. and will ot hesitate to
order a sufficient number of American
marines and bluejackets to Honduras
10 carry out their purpose
Ii was learned here that Eyre Hut
son. Governor of British Honduras,
had been ordered by British authori-
ties to render all assistance to Eng
lish subjects in Honduras.
State Department officials are loud
in their praise of American Minister
Morales. who has been exerting his
utmost influence to protect the lives
and property of citizens of the United
States. 1t was largely through his
forethought in obtaining a small wire
less and setting it up in the Legation
that the assistance of the Sailors from
the U. s. S. Milwaukee was obtained.
for communication through the regu-
lar channels has been paralyzed.
Drink-crazed soldiers turned their
guns on the large wireless station in
the city. with the result that commu-
nication was cut off. At best. the de
facto soldiers are considered poor
marksmen. and needless property de-
struction amounts to man. thousands
of dollars.