Show MAY TO INTERVENE President reasoning Is 15 plaus plausible plausIble ible enough nough when wh ho he argues that Groce and Cannon were amenable to t the laws of oC Nicaragua and that ho therefore had a I perfect right light to stand by Inactive and see bee them Mot ot to death He may have hare had a legal right to permit their execution but It Is not always best to todo todo todo do a 0 thing simply because It can be dono under the law In some parts of ot Africa the ruler of oC a a tribe might have had the right to let them be roasted and eaten but hut If Jf this had been done ch would have demanded that such a ruler luler r ler be taught an Impressive lesson And this may be the case with Zelaya notwithstanding his rights It may be necessary to teach him and others at the same samo time that the de demands demands mands mantis and Ideals of civilization are superior to tho the antiquated laws of oC any an country The two Americans were duly com corn commissioned ml officers in tho the Insurgent army It Is to be presumed that they had Joined the rebels because they conscientiously believed in that cause It Is Insurgents were wore not recognized recognized recognized as belligerents but they were such In reality and the two Americans would have ha been treated as prisoners of or war by any civilized government If Zelaya had been anything but a small despot ho he would have said sald to those two Americans Americana Gentlemen your our lives are forfeited but If IC you will Rive give me your word of or honor never again to take up arms against my government you are aro free tree He Ho would then have let Jet them go co and they would probably have left his country for tor ever But being a very Yen petty pett tyrant he let lot his minions take their lives lIvell And there is reason to believe that he did so to satisfy his thirst for Cor re revenge veng eng upon the United States There Is reason to believe that the bullets that pierced the hearts ts of or those thos two Ameri Amen Americans Americans cans were really aimed at Uncle Sam I In those two Americans Uncle Sam was vas as it were shot in effigy Zelaya Intimated that himself when he ho cnut onu enu enumerated to a a representative of oC the Aa As Press several Instances of hos hoe hostility against him in the United States through paid articles appearing In American newspapers In one of these instances he said ald I he was endeavoring to raise alse a 0 loan In France when his ene one enemies enemies mies persuaded the United States to In Interpose Interpose interpose an objection through the French embassy at Washington on the t that the money mone sought was in intended intended Intended tended for the purchase of oC war wal mater materials materials mis when In reality It was to have hoe been bc n used In the construction of or a rail rall railway way oray wa It Is evident that Zelaya thought he ho saw a II chance to getting even eon with Uncle Sam Sain for tor alleged acts ts of hostility and that the shooting therefore was an act of ot retaliation Under the cir clr circumstances the United States govern government government ment mont seems to bo be justified in accepting e challenge and see ae the matter through to a a finish The Central American states arc are all suffering from the misrule of or Zelaya One ne of or the chief obstacles to those Elates tates obtaining American capital Is the tho brutal autocracy of or an pres Ires president pr ident It Jt Is now believed that with him out of ot the way peace will come conie to all nil the Central American states and the tIre way vay will wilt be opened for their unification Central America is a afine country rich n resources The minus mins there are ato as os rich as any In the world and the agri agni agricultural cultural resources are arc simply Immense But ut capital is lIS i timid as long as the tho governments are arc uncertain With a united Government strong enough to I keep peace and protect Investments Investment capital would How in and Central I America would become a u strong lic lie Tho United States s may mo have to help matters mailers along for tor the protection pr te of ot American I citizens e and property I pelt |