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Show UNCLE SAM PROBABLY WILL TAKE A HAND By Leased Wire to The Tribune. WASHINGTON. Feb. 19. It Is believed the time has come for the United States to Intervene in NIcaraugua.' The move has already been made by the state department. de-partment. On March 15, John Barrett, an American Ameri-can dfplomat. now at the head of the bureau of American republics, and a commission representing the United States will go to Nicaragua to Investigate Investi-gate conditions. The report will determine deter-mine the future of the government of Nicaragua. Mr. Barrett is now In New Orleans, lie has kept iu touch with the Nlca-raguan Nlca-raguan situation ever since Secretary of State Knox handed Scnor Rodriguez, the Nicaraguan charge d'affaires, his passports pass-ports on December 1. Mr. Barrett is in personal contact with those who know Central American politics best the people peo-ple of the port which deals most extensively exten-sively In Nicaragua. In the three months nearly, which have elapsed since Secretary Knox ousted 55e-laya, 55e-laya, Scnor Estrada has been unable to move an Inch toward the capital without with-out encountering the stubborn opposition of an army as big as his own. Madrlz has been able to lalse money and men. Ills faction is as strong as Estrada's ami either faction Is particularly unmindful unmind-ful of the interests of foreigners. The acts of the government troops which have been disadvantageous to American residents, resi-dents, have been repeated In the face of warnings from the American consular officers. of-ficers. These ncls have borne the fruit that was expected and have proved that the Nlearaguans will have to have, a guiding hand in orcl.r to put their gov-I gov-I ernmenl on a firm basis. |