The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-01-06
NO SLAVERY FOR
SOUTHERN Land,
EX-ENVOY SAYS
Necessary to Destroy
All Inhabitants"

charged the Administration with
"butchering American marines" in
carrying out an imperialistic policy
toward a weak neighbor. He de-
manded the immediate withdrawal Of
all marines.
eve went into Nicaragua not to
protect our interests but to set up
bastard government" said Heflin.
1--WE are facing the remarkable situa-
ton of a president conducting war
in Nicaragua without the consent OF
Congress- 1t is useless, outrageous
and unauthorized"
Heflin demanded immediate action
by the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee on his resolution for with
drawal of the troops.
Helm quoted John S. Hemphill of
Ferguson, Missouri, father of a slain
marine sergeant, as charging the
United States was "doing no less than
murder to keep puppet president in
Nicaragua"
"God bless him in his sorrow"
Heflin added. "His son was butchered
in Nicaragua"
"It looks like our army is being
used to collect Wall Streets debts,
Heflin continued.
81 wonder if Washington and his
ragged continentals thought they
were fighting to establish a govern
ment such as would let these condi-
tons come about?
"Our troops are down there fight
ing to sustain bastard minority We
are holding an usurper in power by
force"
Helm referred to reports that the
Diaz government is seeking a loan in
Wall Street. He charged the loan,
if made, would be used to influence
the coming elections in Nicaragua sin
order to overthrow the will of the
: people there"
Heflin demanded that the senate
meet Friday and Saturday to con-
slider the withdrawal of marines.
Previously, the senate had agreed to
adjourn until Monday and when Hef-
lin asked for session tomorrow, Sem
ator Jones (R) of Washington OBJ
jected.
Prepare for War.
The marine force now on active
field duty in Nicaragua, about 400,
is to be virtually doubled. Two bat
talions, comprising 500 men each, are
pushing preparations for sailing from
this country, and additional units
have been dispatched from Panama,
Norfolk and other places to bring up
the marine strength in the field to
approximately 5000 rifles.
The fresh marines are in addition
to the dispatch of seven naval YES
sells, two cruisers and five destroyers,
to Caribbean waters.
The opponents of the administra-
TONS policy in Congress are charg-
ing that the State Department has
deceived the public" in it's accounts
of the situation in Nicaragua. They
are digging up past statements from
the Department picturing General
Sandino's Liberal forces as being "a
handful of nondescript bandits" and
are preparing to compare these with
later statements from the Navy De-
partment showing that SANDING is
leading a formidable force Of we'll
equipped. loyal and courageous fight
ing. men.
Twenty-Five enlisted men Of the
marine corps, who have been ordered
to the front in the war against
Nicaragua, left the marine barracks
in the navy yard, Brooklyn, today, to
go to Pier 25, foot of Franklin St.,
Manhattan, where they were to board
the Old Dominion liner Jefferson,
which was to take them to Norfolk,
Va. The ship was to sail at noon.
It was understood that at Norfolk
the men would become part of a
larger contingent of marines ordered
to Nicaragua. The marines will sail
from Norfolk on navy vessel, it is
understood.
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 5.-The charge
that American marines have killed
soc Nicaraguans in their operations
against General Sandino's rebels in
the region Of Ocotal was made today
by DR.. Pedro Zepeda, envoy of the
Nicaraguan revolutionists here.
DR.. Zepeda made a bitter attack
upon the American occupation in Mica
ragua and declared that while the
people of Nicaragua are preparing 20
welcome Colonel Lindbergh, the fields
az Segovia are again drenched with
~, N'ood of General Sandino's pa.
triots."
Zepeda Gives Statement.
while the Nicaraguan nation is
preparing to welcome Colonel Lind
bergh, the fields of Nueva Segovia
are again being stained with the
blood of patriots under General San
dino, who with greatest effort is
struggling in the hope of reestablish-
ing the peace and order disturbed
by the presence of the occupation
forces