The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-08-20
The Government of Honduras
Against SANDING

On July II the Associated Press said that
the press of Honduras criticized severely the
Honduran government for permitting the
passing of American troops under command of
Lieut.. Russell through the territory of Hon
duras at the request of the American Minister
George T. Summerlin.
A few days ago the metropolitan press an
nounced that the government of Honduras had
forbidden the press to publish any kind of
news related to the campaign which many
bandits carried on against the legally consti-
tuted governments of Central America" AS
result of this order, six days ago the maya
zine Ariel" was suppressed. This magazine
was edited by Froylan Turcios, a Honduran
poet and Sandino's representative in Central
America.
1t is easy to explain the nlaneuver of the
Honduran government. They wanted the press
silenced in order to cover up the betrayal of
Latin America by permitting American troops
to attack SANDING from Honduran territory.
In an "extra-offciar' way-always as I'M
foreseen accidents, the airplanes which left
Miami for Nicaragua, landed in Tela, Hon
duras-they Ibid not violate Honduran ter
ritory-it was merely accidental"
But this which one might have expected
from the government of Paz Baraona, lackey
of Yankee Imperialism, we must relate with
the recent boundary dispute between Qua
temala and Honduras, now revived after many
years of silence. The object of this is to pro-
woke a war between Honduras and Guatemala
for the purpose of American intervention
landing troops in Honduras for the purpose
of more easily "pacifying' Nicaragua.
This plan was denounced by the Continental
Committee of the Anti-Imperialist League, last
May. 1t was Immediately understood by the
America, by the students and intellectuals
who formed a united front to fight against
this threat of war between the two countries.
From the border of Honduras regiments of
Honduran troops went over to the side of
SANDING. They were all of the opinion that this
maneuver was to extend the American front
against SANDING
In this boundary dispute the government of
Guatemala has accepted all conditions for
reaching an agreement, but Honduras refused
and continued presenting difficulties and pro-
voking further conflict-such as modifying
troops ON the border and mobilization in the
entire country.
Fearing also that the stay of General Fer
rera, agrarian leader of Honduras in Guate-
mala, might result in his utilizing this occa-
sion to become the SANDING of Honduras, trans
forming the war between both countries into
a war in coalition with SANDING against Yankee
mala asked for Ferrera's expulsion from that
country last July.
At this time we do not know whether there
will be war between Honduras and Guatemala
but in view of the attitude of Guatemala, de-
string to avoid war, and the fact that Paz
Baroan has permitted the passing of American
troops against Sandino-shows us that the
struggle of Nicaragua has entered definite
phase and urges us to redouble our energies
and our efforts. Against the completely of the
government of Honduras, against the man
euver of United States Imperialism, we must
make our protests heard. For now, not alone
the Nicaraguans will take the field, but the
prosecuted Hondurans will form an alliance
with them against Yankee Imperialism.
The workers and farmers of the United
States should protest more intensively and eff
fectively against the sending of additional
marines into Central America.