Douglas daily dispatch., 1928-01-06
Congress Hears Renewed
Structures and Defense
OF Policy to South.
REINFORCEMENT
Detachment Reaches Be-
laguered Marines Beset
By General Sandino.


WASHINGTON Jan. up - The
momentary tranquility on the battle
front in Nicaragua was without coun-
~terpart today in congress where there
were renewed structures upon and de-
fenSes of the administrations course.
The verbal warfare was set off by
Seantor Wheeler, democrat, Montana,
with the introduction of resolution
calling for blanket investigation of
the whole Nicaraguan situation by the
senate foreign relations committee. !.
Senator Heflin, democrat, Alabama,
renewing his demand for a withdrawal
of the marines, declared there was an
'unholy', alliance between the money
changers of Wall street and the Ro-
man Catholic hierarchy" in Nicaragua,
by which American forces are being
held in the republic.
Finally, Senator Bingham, republi-
can Connecticut, came TO the defense
of the administration, calling atten-
ton that the United States had en-
tered into an agreement most of
he factions of Nicaragua whereby it
guaranteed fair presidential election.
keeping that agreement.
In a running fire with the Con-
necticut member, Senator Norris, re-
publican, Nebraska, renewed his crit
icisms of the administrations course
and inquired whether the United
States would not finally be supervising
elections in Panama, Ireland and other
places where there are contending fac
tiOns.
Debate in the house was compare
lively brief, Representative Huddles-
ton, democrat, Alabama, renewing his
attack on the administration policy.
He declared the agreement drawn up
| by Henry L. Stimson with the warning
factions was illegal and asserted that
| the presence of American marines in
! the Latin-America republic snlacked
of imperialism.
Again Representative Begg, republi-
can, Ohio, came to the defense of the
administration. He declared it was
| the obligation of the government to
keep marines i'll Nicaragua until 2 stable
government could be set up there
The navy department was notified
| by radio that detachment of ma
rines, sent out to aid the command at
Ouilali, had reached it's destination
| N>.sshout encountering any of Sandino's
men who in the past week have in
flicted casualties in skirmishes with
! the marines
! MEXICO CITY, Jan. (R)-In sup
port Of his previous statement as tc
the large number of marines killed in
the fighting in Nicaragua in the past
six months, Pedro zepeda, Nicaraguar
liberal, formerly representative in Mex
| leo City Of Dr T-'~- Sacasa, Nicara-
guam liberal leader, has made public
the account of General Sandino of 6
battle at Telepaneca of September 18-
19. This account, he says, was print,
ed by the newspaper FL Centre Amer
icano, of Leon, Nicaragua.
On that occasion the forces of San.
/ dino, against whom the United Stot'
i ssending marines in conjunction with
Nicaraguan constabulary opened fir
Iand gradually forced 40 noorines anC
constabulary from their positions out
Z. side the town, the account says. TIL
marines retreated to a group of forti
fled houses from which they kept up ;
continuous fire until davhroat San
dino's forces then withdrew with boot.
consisting cf three machine guns, a.
rifles and abou@ :" HAn ~o'7n1e of ma
chine gun and rifle ammunition.
SANDING does not mention the mum
ber of liberal casualties, but says: 9TH
enemy dead numbered ." ',etWeel
Yankees and the constabules"
zepeda agrees with the department
of state at Washington that larg
numbers of Niearaguans have beer
killed, declaring that more thnn 6nn @
his countrymen have fallen fror
American bullets.