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believes. Will be sufficient to account
not only for the safety Of American
and foreign lives and property, but
also to prevent the Sacasa liberals
from selling Managua, the capital.
Admiral Eberle, chief Of naval
operations, acting under instructions
] from Secretary Of the Navy Wilbur,
who OKd the; State Departments
request, made the following an.
nouncernent:
s'Rear Admiral Latimer, command
ing the Special Service Squadron,
reports that q force Of six officers
and 100 bluejackets and marines
from the u. s. s. Galveston left
Corinto at 6 a. m. Thursday and
arrived in Managua at noon to act
as legation guards and for the, pro-
lection Of the lives and property Of
American and foreign citizens.
'This legation guard is COM
1nanded by Lieutenant Commander
Richardson, of the U. S. S. Gal
weston, which vessel IL commanded
by Captain Townsend.
Gin addition the following vessels
from the Scouting Fleet have been
ordered to report to Rear Admiral
Iatimer for special duty In Mica.
raguan waters: The u. s. s.. Ar.
COME, with an expeditionary force
Of 400 marines; the light cruisers
Marblehead and Cincinnati, the de.
stroyers Barker. Smith, Thompson
and Osborne.
"A detachment Of the marines
from the Argonne will be used to
replace the men from the Galveston
as legation guards in, Managua,
thus allowing the men from the
Galveston to return to their shin.
Meantime abandonment by the
State Department Of the last pfe.
tense Of neutrality reflected by the
lifting of the embargo ON arms to
the hard-pressed Diaz forces. and
Marines, aroused a veritable storm
pf opposition in the Senate today.
This Is intervention" said Sen.
htor Borah R1- of Idaho, chairman
Of the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee. "Under the circum-
stances and conditions existing in
Nicaragua It is nothing else"
ut IS an act Of war;" declared
Senator Norris R.) Of Nebraska,
while Senator Wheeler CD of Mon.
tana, asserted that "the mask is
now off the State Department.
policy Wheeler has a resolution
pending demanding the immediate
recall Of the Marines from Mica.
gagua.
Attacks on Kellogg
Secretary Of State Kellogg seems
10 be in for rough time
when he appears before the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee to ex-
plain his policy.
There were even intimations today
chat open demands for his resigna-
zion will be made.
"This last act Of the Secretary OF
State In permitting arms to be sent
Diaz. while forbiddlng their ship
nnent to the Liberals, IL unpardon.
able" declared Senator Wheeler,
His former statements to the ef.
feet that we were not going to take
sides in Nicaragua apparently were
given out for the purpose OF de.
ceiving the American people, out,
by reason Of the success OF the
Liberals, he has been forced to drop
the mask.
''This Is nothing more or less
than intervention to save the
,erumbling Diaz regime.
THE wabbling policy OF Secretary
Kellogg and his attempts to deceive
the public on this question have
shown him to be- entirely incom.
petent for the position he holds.
There appeared considerable
Democratic backing Of Wheeler'a
position. II the Democrats back his
resolution for withdrawal Of the
marines solidly enough, it might
pass, for the insurgents are with
them.
@The embargo should be restored, /"
bald Senator Copeland 3D. Of New
York. 1.-THE United States should