Show ZELAYA STEPS DOWN NICARAGUAN DICTATOR HOPES TO CHECK REVOLT BY TAKING TAK-ING THIS ACTION People Had Become Aroused at Last American Warships Were inSight In-Sight and There Was Apparently Ap-parently No Other Course ManaguaJose Santon Zolaya has resigned from the presidency of Nicaragua Nic-aragua He placed his resignation in the hands of congress Thursday morning morn-ing g Apparently there was no other course to take The people were aroused at > last The guns of the revolutionists threatened The warships war-ships of the United States lay In Nlc arauga ports Managua has been seething for days The spirit of revolt has spread even to the gates of tho palace Zo laya surrounded himself with an armed guard Unchecked the populace popu-lace have marched through the streets crying for the end of the old and proclaiming pro-claiming the new regime Who will take up the reins no one knows or cares It Is sulllclent that Zelaya hs dictator will be known no more There Is no doubt that con i gross will act quickly on his leslgna tlon for the people have demanded Accompanying nm resignation KC laya sent the following message to congress The painful circumstances In which the country Isplunged call for acts of abnegation and patriotism on the part of the good citizens who are the witnesses of the oppression of the republic by the heavy hand of fate The country is staggering under a shameless revolution that threatens the nations sovereignty and a foreign nation unjustly intervenes in our crisis publicly providing the rebels with arms which has only resulted in their being defeated everywhere through tile heroism of our troops To avoid further bloodshed and for the reason that the revolutionists have declared that they would putdown put-down their arms when I surrendered the executive power I hereby place In the hands of the national assembly tile abandonment of the remainder of my term of office which Is to be filled by a substitute of their choosing with the hope that this will result In good to Nicaragua the reestablishment of peace and particularly the suspension of the hostility of the United States to which I do not wish to give a pretext pre-text for Intervention Jose santos Zelaya has been In command In the republic of Nicaragua for sixteen years He ruled with a strong hand and has been called the stormy petrel of Central America Hi was always noted for his cunning and bravery and was remarkable too for his ability to surround himself with those who were ready to do his bidding bid-ding As a consequence Zelaya in later years was an absolute dictator He amassed wealth by taking to himself a large percentage of the profits from concessions and by formIng form-Ing a group of men who aided him in exacting millions from the people |