Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-21

gressive Nicaragua has been adjudged
In the wrong and guilty of injustice
to its neighbors.
In 1925. the Nicaraguan Congress
duly elected SolorZano President and
Sacasa Vice President. Solorzano was
Conservative and Sacasa Liberal.
The Presidents cabinet was made up
of coalition of both parties. Gen.
ChamOrro, an aristocratic Conserva-
tive, was minister of war, and, object
ing to the Liberals in the cabinet, he
took control of the army and of a
fort commanding the capital, Blue.
fields, and threatened to lombard the
capital if the President refused to get
rid Of the Liberals. President Solor.
zano did GUST the Objectionable Lib.
erals, but, month later, Gen. Cha.
MORO again seized the fort and drove
Solorzano out of Office. Sacasa had
fled from the country and was in Qua
temala. The constitution makes the
Vice President succeed as President in
case the elected President becomes dis
qualified or leaves the country, but as
also Vice President Sacasa was absent
Though he claimed under duress)
Chamorro packed the Congress, after
ousting all Liberals, and had himself
declared President.
AS this was an act of force, the
United States and several Of the Cen
trail American countries refused to
recognize Chamorro. yet he held the
office about a year, before a revolution
led by Gen. Moncado, Liberal, forced
him to support Diaz's election by the
Congress. awith reinstatement of all
the ousted Liberal members. prior to
that election. There is not the shadow
Of illegality, therefore, in President
Diaz's right to the Office, and he has
been recognized by all countries, ex-
cept Mexico, which supported the
claims of the absentee Vice President
SacaSa.
At about Christmas, 1926, President
Diaz requested our support against the
rebel Moncado. and we landed 1900
Marines for the protection of United
States interests and lives. We own
the right to build an interoceanic
canal, for which we paid Nicaragua
100000 in money. Americans have
invested there millions in mines.
American finance came to the sup
port Of Nicaragua with the loan of
millions, for which they took over the
nationally owned railroad and bank
as security, with the agreement that
Americans should be customs collec-
tors and apply a certain sum from
those customs for the running of the
government, the balance to apply on
interest and principal of the loan.
Result, the revenue became unprec-
edentedly large, so that the debt was
wiped out and the government re.
gained possession of both railroad and
bank.
1t Is stated that recently President
Diaz has again applied for a loan
from Americans upon the basis of
similar terms, but details are not
| known.
In the meanwhile the Moncado re-
volt continued until last April, at the
| request of President Diaz, the United
/ States sent our former Secretary of
War, Mr.. Henry l.. Stimson, as a
peace agent. and Mr.. Stimson was
| successful in securing mutual
agreement with Gen. Moncado and
President Diaz which ended the war.
| Moncado forces were to surrender all
arms and receive immunity. All
rebels have done as agreed except
| Gen. SANDING, who has continued as
an outlaw, with a band of some hum
dreds of desperadoes. Selling an
American-ownedg gold mine in which
he had been an employee, and defying
both the Nicaraguan constabulary
and detachment of 20 United States
Marines. The news of the result of
that defiance is too fresh to need
recital now, but in the light of the
resolution under consideration of the
Pan-American labor conference, 1t
i i@ 60 oH>nx@ H&n% A tao q
In Nicaragua at the request of the
| Nicaraguan president supported by
the former president. Gen. Chamorro,
and by the recent rebel, Gen. Mon