Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-15
SACASA TO BATTLE
TO LAST EXTREME,
MESSAGE ASSERTS
Diaz viii Issue More Detailed
Statement of Program
Here Tomorrow.
CUBA AND SAN SALVADOR
WITNESS ANTl-U. S. BIAS
Private Advices Tell of Insurrec-
ton in Leon, Nicaragua's
Second Largest City.
BY the Associated Press.


As Congress continues to debate the
Coolidge administration policy in
dealing with the Nicaraguan-Mexic
situation, cable advices presenting a
Kaleidoscope picture of reactions to
this country's attitude are being re-
ceiyed from many points.
Foremost in Importance perhaps is
a cablegram sent to the Associated
Press at New York by Juan 3. Sacasa,
Liberal, engaged in civil war with
Adolfo Diaz, Conservative President
of Nicaragua, denying reports that he
contemplated giving up his fight and
leaving the country, and declaring he
would remain at his post ito the last
extreme
a message indicating "the DISPOSE
ton of my government to accept
American supervision of elections i'll
1873 also was sent the Associated
Press by President Diaz. He added
that more detailed statement of his
program would be issued by the Me
araguan legation here Sunday.
To Keep Post.
Despite the effective blockade
which is being made more and more
pressing each day against my govern
ment and army by the American ma
val forces throughout the so-called
neutral zones" Sacasa said, II main.
tain my determination to remain at
my post to the last extreme"
NO information has been received as
TO what progress is being made in
the attempted mediation of the dis
pute by Costa Rica.
Meanwhile, San Salvador dispatches
say that more than 1000 persons
chiefly students and laborers, marched
through the streets of that city in
protest against the policy of the
United States and listened to the ad-
dresses indorsing the attitude of Pres
ldent Gales of Mexico and denouncine
American imperialism" There was
no disorder.
Cubans Attack United States.
Cuban dispatches report the arrest
of Cloduardo Alvarez, a student. and
Manuel Surf, printer of Mexican na.
tlonaHty, on charges of distributing a
pamphlet, signed by 81 students. at.
tacking the American stand in Mica
ragua.
The pamphlet. suppressed by Cuban
authorities, declared "once more the
boots of the capitalists of Wall Street
IN connivance with the White House
have violated the integrity of a sister
nation" and added:
This new attempt against the
liberty of Latin America makes pateut
the political perfidy of the White
House and constitutes a dark presage
for the future of the continent"
Sacasa Issues Threat.
Sacasa, who has been recognized as
President of Nicaragua by Mexico. is
reported in Guatamala City dispatches
10 Mexico City as having sent a note
to Secretary Kellogg protesting
against North American intervention
in Nicaragua" and demanding with
draWal of American marines, with q.
threat that unless this was done he
would ask all Spanish American
countries to give armed aid in COM
batting the Yankee invasion"
Another protest against American
action is contained in a letter dated
December "a last, a copy of which
was received by the Associated Press.
addressed to the State Department bv
Rodolfo Espinosa, Sacasa's minister
of foreign affairs. The letter makes
strong protest lin the name of the
people and the government of
Nicaragua" and asks: HAS the
United States Of America forgotten
that small nations have a right to
Independent life in the international
conCert?"
Churches Oppose Force.
While the United States position
was being attacked and defended in
the Senate and House yesterday, DIR.
5. Parkes Cadman. president Of the
Federal Council of Churches, declared
In q statement that the churches OF
the country We're opposed to any
resort to force to settle the difficulties
in Nicaragua and Mexico.
From extensive contacts with
representative church leaders in all
denominations" he said, II am wholly
convinced that the churches of this
country insistently urge that the
present difficulties between the United
States and Mexico shall be settled by
some form of arbitration. Loose talk
of military Intervention, either i'm
Nicaragua or Mexico, finds no support
among any of the church groups with
which l am familiar"
Differ on Conference.
Different opinions as to President
Coolidge's statement in his message to
Congress touching on the part played
by the Sacasa delegates to the
Corinto peace conference have been
expressed here.
Referring to the Presidents re-
marks that the Liberal representa-.
tiyes had said that to accept any
other government than the one pre-
sided over by Sacasa would be q
breach of faith with their allies" the
Nicaraguan Minister declared last
night that this statement by the
Sacasa followers could be fouH2 In
the conference minutes
on tsso - hand. Benjamin
Abl.nza, who signed himself one of
the three members of the supreme
committee of the Liberal party and
delegate to the CorintO conference,
said in a statement that such an
imputation is absolutely false
Fighting for Justice"
"On the contrary" he added, Eve
were willing to eliminate Vice Pres
ident SacaSa and TO submit the con-
fiict to the judgment of an impartial
tribunal composed of the Washing
ton government. associated with the
four other governments of Central
America. Finally, we proposed as
candidate either Don
Salvador Calderon Ramirez or Don
Manuel Antonio Carazo, citizens who
do not belong to the Liberal party.
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