Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-03-31 | Page 4 | Nicaraguan under Conspiracy Charges

1GK1! UflR COiPISIfffi Said to Have Planned the Overthrow of Central American Republics. NEW ORLEANS, March 30. General Gen-eral Julian Irias, Nicaragtian revolutionist revolu-tionist arrested late last night here on a charge of being in the United States illegallj-, is understood to be held for investigation of his possible connection with an alleged conspiracy of some .magnitude said to be backed by German Ger-man influences in Latin-America. Although Al-though federal authorities refused to divulge the charges against him. it was learned that they are investigating charges of violations of neutrality. The alleged conspiracy, according to well-informed Latin-Americans here, had as its object the simultaneous overthrow over-throw of the governments of every Central Cen-tral American country and the formation forma-tion of a union of Central American states, fostered by German influence. The authorities have been informed that Irias recently was in Mexico City when conferences were held by representatives repre-sentatives of alleged revolutionists of Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala. Salvador Sal-vador and Costa Rica and it was reported re-ported a German agent participated in them. Federal agents declined to confirm or deny these reports. Friends of Irias said todav that he had refused to participate in the alleged al-leged German plans and denied he was involved in any revolutionary plots in Central America.