The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-19


irons Of the Coolidge-Mellon-M Morgan
navy.
The peace proposals" reveal the
sinister ambitions of American
great finance not only toward Nicar-
aqua, but toward all Latin-American
countries. The suggested "peace"
cannot be placed as a moose about
the neck of the Nicaraguan people
without also strangling the rights
of all countries south of the Rio
Grande, further enslaving them to
the tyranny of the dollar. These
slavery terms offered the Near
aguan rebels are as follows:
1. Agreement that Adolfo Diaz
and his government, ,subservient to
Washington, remain in power for
nearly two years more, until Dec.
1928.
2. Promise to select" represent
alive liberals for executive and
judicial posts, giving the party
fair participation" in the govern
ment.
3. The holding of free elections
in 1928, for which my (Diaz) gov
eminent accepts in advance Amer
lean supervision to be requested of
the United States government.
4. A mixed claims commission,
with equal conservative, liberal and
American representation, to settle
impartially all revolutionary claims.
s. / (Diaz) hope as soon as peace
is re-established the American gov
eminent will grant our request for
the detail of an adequate military
mission to reorganize and discipline
our national guard.
These are terms that only an ar
rogant profit taskmaster, secure in
his place of power, could impose on
his beaten slave. They are not the
proposals of Diaz. They are the Of
ferings of Wall Street Imperialism
itself, that Diaz meekly and ODE
diently serves as catspaw.
The Diaz government, that has
been placed over Nicaragua by a
huge war feet and thousands Of
marines, demands that it be allowed
to remain in power two years. This
demand is guilty confession in It,
self, that Diaz has no mandate from
the Nicaraguan masses.
Wall Street is again playing the
game of 1909, 1912 and 1925, when
it fought to keep Diaz in power.
The American marines guarded
the polls" in 1912, just as Diaz now
proposes to hold free elections"
The story of 1912, taken from
dollar Diplomacy" that Diaz at
tempts to repeat in 1927, is as fol-
lows:
con Sept. 4, 1912, the state de-
partment (at Washington notified
the American minister at Managua
(Nicaragua) that the American
bankers who have made invest
ments in relation to railroads and
steamships in Nicaragua, in con-
nection with a plan for the relief
of the financial distress OF that
country, have applied for protec-
| tion.'
"The American marines at once
took drastic action against the re-
volutionists. According to the report
of the United States secretary of
the navy for 1913, the following
naval vessels with approximately
125 officers and $500 men partici-
pated in the subjugation of the rev.
olution: California, Colorado, Cleve-
land, Annapolis, Tacoma, Glacier,
Denver and Buffalo. The officers
and men participated in the bonn
bardment of Managua, night am
buscade in Masaya, the surrender of
General Mena and his rebel army at
Granada, the surrender Of the rebel
gunboats of Victoria and Ninety
three, the assault and capture of
Coyotepe, the defense OF Paso Ca
ballos Bridge, including garrison
and other duty at Corinto, Gilman
dago, and elsewhere. The most
notable event during the campaign
was the assault and capture OF
Coyotepe which resulted in entirely
crushing the revolution. The leader
of the revolutionary forces surrend-
cred to Rear Admiral Sutherland
and was exiled to Panama aboard
the u. S. S. Cleveland. The part Of
the American minister in crushing
the revolution consisted In sending
notes TO its leader, General Mena,
to surrender the railroads which be-
longed to the American bankers. In
this line OF action he was assisted
by the bankers representatives.
Following the defeat OF the rev.
olutionists AN ELECTION WAS
HELD IN WHICH THE AMER
ICAN MARINES GUARDED THE
POLLS. On Nov. 2, (1912) Diaz
Cthe same Adolfo Diaz again serv-
ing American financial interests)
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