Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-11
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Message to Congress
CONTINUED From rage oneJ

would clarity the situation to the
public mind.
In the house, Representative Rom
jue, democrat, Missouri, meantime,
hade introduced resolution to di-
rect the foreign affairs committee to
conduct an inquiry to the same enc.
That was the sum of the immediate
response to the message in congress
but there seems no doubt that it
will be potent factor in whatever
congress may do in the future.
In chronological statement, the
president reviewed the events which
had led up to the crisis. In 1929.
he recalled, the Central American
countries, at the instance of the
United States, entered into treaties
which provided, among other things
that none of them, would recognize a
government arising as the result of n
coup detat, or which arose with
certain connection with one. The
next year, Carlos Solorzano, con-
servative republican, and Juan b.
Sacas, a liberal were elected presi-
dent and vice president of Nicaragua
and were recognize by the United
can marines were withdrawn from
the legation at Managua where they
had been for twelve years and it
seemed as if tranquility was assured.
Then the following events took
place in the following order:
!. General Emiliano Chamorro, a
former president and a power in the
army, suddenly seized the fortress of
Iona, commanding Managua ana the
capitol of Nicaragua lay helpless be-
fore him
2 Chamorro compelled Solorzano to
sign an agreement by which Chamor-
70 supporters were placed in cabinet
portfolios; amnesty was granted t.
all who participated in the uprising.
and Chamorro was paid $4,000 for
The coup.
B. Sacasa fled the country.
4. Chamorro compelled Solorzano
to expel Is members of the Nicara-
guam congress and to supplant them
wit hthe 18 Chamorro supporters who
had been defeated in the election OF
1925
5. Solorzano resigned and Chamorro
caused himself to be made president
designate" and Immediately took of
flee as president.
The United States and the four
Central American countries refused
to recognize him.
Chamorros resign, however, was
short lived and in few months he
too, had revolution on his hands.
The United States landed marines TO
protect life and property and at
tpd 10 Al 1:c
between the factions. Chamorro Of
fered to resign, but the representa-
tiyes of the Sacasa faction broke off
the negotiations.
According to our reports" the
president told congress, "the Sacasa
delegates on this occasion, stated
freely that to accept any government
other than one presided over by Dr.
Sacasa himself would be a breach of
faith with their Mexican allies"
Chamorro resigned, turning over
the presidential power to a "desig-
nate" Sebastian Uriza The United
States declined to recognize him
also. Then followed another Sc
quenee of events which led to the
recognition of Diaz, and in the judg-
ment of the United States, the res
toration of constitutional govern
ment in Nicaragua. They were:
|. Uriza calle dcongress in ex-
traordinary session.
2. The eighteen members who had
been expelled, by Chamorro were re-
stored to their seats and the congress
was substantially the same as it
was before Chamorro forced change
in it.
3. By an overwhelming vote the
congress elected Diaz
4. AS President Solorzano had re-
signed and was then living in Cali
fornia and as the vice president, Dr.
Sacasa was in Guatemala, the United
States considered the selection of
Diaz legal and in accordance with
the Nicaraguan constitution and reco-
gnized him.
Then, continuing his message,
President Coolidge related how the
Diaz government had been assailed
by the Sacasa faction and recounted
that the Mexican government was
the only one which had declined to-
embargo arms to the revolutionists
AT that point. the president came to
his declarations that the government
had evidence that the munitions came
from Mexico
For the reason that the Sacasa
revolutionists@ were securing arms,
while the Diaz government could not
President Coolidge explained he had
lifted the embargo 20 permit them to
do so.
In conclusion, the president summed
up his policy in the following declar
alton:
"Manifestly the relation of this
government to the Nicaraguan situa-
ton, and its policy in the existing
emergency, are determined by the
facts which 1 have described. The
proprietary rights of the United
States in the Nicaraguan canal
route with the necessary implica-
tions growing out of it affecting the
Panama canal, together with the
obligations flowing from the invest
ments of all classes of our citizens
to Nicaragua, place us in position
Of peculiar responsibility. I am sure
it is not the desire of the United
States to intervene in the internal
affairs of Nicaragua or of any other
Central American reDublican. Never