Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1897-05-10 | Page 1 | To Protect Americans

I TO PROTECT AMERICANS I United States Warship on Her Way I to Honduras I Washington May 9The interests of i United States citizens at Puerto Cortez Cor-tez the seat of the revolution now in will be looked progress in Honduras wi after by the United States cruiser I afer Marblehead The vessel is now on her way there from Key West orders haYing commander late ing been given her I yesterday afternoon to proceed at once These orders were issued at the request I re-quest of the state department officials i United States should I who felt that the I be represented in those waters by a warship so that if occasion should I dela in affording arise there might be no delay a I fording the necessary protection to citizens citi-zens of this government The latest information received by the minister of the Greater Republic this is that of Central America in city i the rebels at Puerto Cortez are awaiting await-ing the shipment of a consignment of Arms front Belise British Honduras r1S I about which some trouble had arisen owing to the representations made to the officials of that country Nicaragua and Salvador it is believed have already al-ready dispatched troops to the scene of the trouble but a the journey is a difficult one it is probable that they have not yet arrived