Deseret Evening News | 1909-12-29 | Page 10 | Zelaya Claims He is President

ZELAYA CLAIMS HE IS 13 PRESIDENT t Madriz Is Only a Provisional One And He Himself Has dot I ot Relinquished ish HIS WEALTH EXAGGERATED Docs E crl t Two To Million Dollars Gold American Surgeons Sand I nn Lives nt Un na Cordoba C bri Dec Jose ioe Santos Zelaya declared tonight that he ho IB te still lUll president of o Nicaragua although h he hemn may mn never go back to that country to enjoy ojO privileges of or the of office nee no lie assorted asserted Is only a 1 provisional president dent and that he has not re relinquished the Jin a statement made to an nn Associated representative on tho train In which hleb ho Is S traveling to Mexico edco City cna said he was still the head of Q the government He was leav leaving Ink ing Ms his country countr for Cor an period In the hope that affairs would quiet down lown wn In support of oC his declaration ho ht papers attached to which wl ribbons wore were ore government seals eals and Th ee papers he h said contained tho the proof of of or o the truth of hs his statement In Iii further support of or his claim It waa sva pointed out by b members of oC his party arty that the Guerrero floated the Nl Ni hug Hag at her masthead In addition n to 10 the Mexican flagS I The reports concerning his wealth Zelaya said uld are grossly exam His fortune Is not more than gold Old and Is Invested mostly In III Nica Ica government bonds He lIe claimed to have advanced the tho OOOO paid on I tho Emery claim as a personal loan out of his own funds there having been no thoney mone In the he government treasury This amount he said had never been refunded He H strongly that he had hod wrongly obtained any part of his fortune through concessions of oC which he be had the disposal He declared a vote of thanks had been tendered him officially before beCore he left leCt home for Cor sen sent t es rendered to his hili country