Show f FAMINE FEARED IN NICARAGUA Danger Railroad May MayBe MayBe Be Cut Off by Fighting Fighting Fight Fight- ing at Chinandega MANAGUA Nicaragua Jan 1 Continued AT gathering of liberal liberal lib lib- eral forces and the threat of fighting fighting fight fight- ing in the regIon in northwest Nicaragua are leadIng to fear for the food of the interior of the countr country I Reports received here say that large groups ot liberal soldiers are I I gathering at- at Somotillo Telica and San Pedro to wait wah for arms from J the gun runner Temporal has reached the Gulf of Fonseca I The conservative conser government also declares decla that another gun runner is en route from Mexico There is grave danger that the railroad line Une will be cut as soon as fighting breaks out at Chinandega Chinandega dega where it has been impending for some time As the food supplies supplies sup sup- plies of af the interIor are scarce because be- be cause of inability to harvest the crops and as a result of tire ravages ravages ages of locusts it is feared that the population there will face famIne famine fam- fam Ine and that Red Cross aid will be needed The conservative government is unde to need arms badly and andal al though although the conservatives have more troops than the liberals they are outgunned The American embargo on arms anna is still on The government it was learned has been hit heavily financIally by bythe bythe the present cIvil warfare because of the necessity of maintaining lar large e forCeS of troops troop and money which ordinarilY would go for public public pub pub- lic improvements is now beIng used for the army Dr Juan presIdent of the government is still at Puerto Cabezas where American marines have established a neutral neu- neu zone He is confident that his forces will control Nicaragua Nica- Nica |