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Liberals I'm Nicaragua Frankly Give
Views on Crisis.

BY Cable 10 The Star and Chicago Daily
News. Copyright, 1877.
COhy%TO, Nicaragua. January Is
While Washington debates the wisdom
and justice of Intervention in Mica
ragua, the only note discernible here
is regret that the American Marines
were withdrawn in 1925, and that the
State Departments policy has been
ambiguous so long.
The correspondent talked confiden.
TALLY with the most prominent Lib
erals who had reasons to know they
were absolutely safe in speaking
frankly They rivaled the Conserva-
tives in calling for strong military and
economic Intervention. 1t is their con
tention that had the American Ma
drawn in 1925, Nicaragua would have
been spared loss of lives. suffering and
loss of civil liberty incident TO the
banana revolutions and that $4,000. 900
would not have been added to the ma
tional debt by war losses.
One Liberal Speaks Out.
These are the views Of Liberals in.
Guiding Senators and former cabinet
members. One of the Liberals who
permits the use of his name In con.
nection with a plea for strong inter-
vention Is Victor Roman. He is a ply.
stefan, a graduate OF the University Of
Pennsylvania. member of leading
family, and brother of a Liberal cabi-
net member. He was saved from death
by Charles G. Eberhardt, the United
States Minister, when the Conserva.
tives raided a Liberal club party DR..
Roman, himself q Senator, said that
such lawless proceedings happened
only after the withdrawal of Marines
brought about on representation of
the Liberal President, Martinez.
Summing up the accounts from
American and Nicaraguan sources. 1t
appears that a dozen years of civil
liberty without any ostentatious lega-
ton guard camped in the presiden-
tial palace gave the Liberals the i'm
preston that Nicaragua could con-
duct her own affairs without Ma
rines.
But the Liberals reckoned without
the growing resentment of Chamorro,
head of the extreme Conservatives.
Chamorro, the only Nicaraguan to
rally an army Immediately, sulked at
his defeat by combination of
Liberals and mild Conservatives,
which put Solorzano and Sacasa in
Office. He forced Solorzano to make
him commander OF the army.
Solorzano Finally Quits.
The Liberals tried to guide Pres
ident Solorzano until that unhappy
man succumbed TO the double fire
and resigned. Chamorro dominated
Congress, which, in the meantime,
had impeached Sacasa for conspir-
ing against Solorzano. He was thus
disqualified to succeed to the presi-
dency and Chamorro was elected. DR..
Sacasa saved his life by flight to
Salvador and Washington, and. fail
ing to find support there, to Mexico.
The Washington treaties prevented
the United States from recognizing
Chamorro and Nicaragua was then
plunged into a year of intrigue, strife
and distress. Americans here say that
Sacasa might have had the presidency
If he had braved Chamorro, but lost
by his weak action in taking flight
He struck later, too late, and without
knowledge of the American Caribbean
policy.
DR.. Roman and others ask why the
United States did not act promptly
ard forcefully when Chamorro engi.
neered his coup detat.
THE ambiguity of the American
policy in those months" says DIR.
Roman, was an invitation to disturb
ance and injustice. 1t would have
been far better for Nicaragua If the
United States had frankly outlined it's
policy here, kept the Marines, super.
vised the elections and permitted
peaceful progress until we could get
along by ourselves"