Show SECY KNOX NO NOT f KEEPER n I Ji Titular President of Nicaragua Says He Is I Answerable Only To His Government i CHARGE AGAINST Asserts They Thc Were Verc CIC Engaged In Iii Battles the tho or Of tilL the Insurgents Mexico City Dee Dec 29 Mr Knox Is lie not my m judge I am urn only to my m government Jose Santos Zelaya who arrived this morning from SaUna Salina Cruz Oruz thus re replied plied piled to a question tonight as to what attitude he le e would assume should Secy Knox seek seck to extradite him from front this tub country c Zelaya Zelan refused to lo disc such auch n a probability but strongly 7 mated m that the secretary of ot state slate would K not have the right to request his pres pros presence prese ence e ce In the United States State I r have hava no nop p feeling f against the American people at nt atT T nor no the government ho he said sold Secy Sec Knox Kno has hns been systematically misinformed and public opinion In iii the th United States has been prepared L against me mc but the tho real zaI facts must be bc known In time and It Is to time i I trust for tor my m vindication L My 11 relations with the preceding 2 American government were welo exceedingly I friendly The Tue situation contains many man c unfortunate conditions Secy Seey Knox I nox had lad the complete confidence of ot Central America and his policies were wore drawing u j the people closer clos r together politically t nod and commercially I am afraid the at nt attitude atI I of oC Secy Sec Knox is undoing all that I work throughout Latin America 4 CHARGE AGAINST MARINES Zelaya said sold American marines en engaged engaged 7 In several severn I recent battles In Nic Nicaragua Nicaragua aragua aragun and that 20 of ot them were killed He Said Do you ou know lenow that there were j u t Americans fighting with the Insurgents at nt Rama Do you jou OU know at the battle of ot Colorado Junction on Nov O 1 I the bodies of oC 20 American marines ere picked up by b our forces all nil dead and andall andall all nil from American gunboats anchored In the river to protect American in interests Interests inI I The official explanation given me was that these men were vere de do deserters deserters Zelaya believes the tho confederation of or orall all Central American republics will ultimately be bo brought about as he says the great masses of the people ar art are unionists and the principal obstacle up to this time has been the Ule attitude of oC persons In power animated c by private Interests He favors a cen central central trot government rot for the new republic rather lather than a strong federal govern government government ment explaining that under a central government the various states would preserve their having of officers to transact such buch general business as might concern the of Central America and leaving such of the pres pros present present I ent republics more or less Independent and handling Its Interior affairs President Zelaya declared that tuat on Dec 20 1907 he had wired vired Washing ton his willingness to retire from the C presidency anti anil from Irom politics altogether If IC a confederation of flye tle Central American states Mates could lie be be brought about OUTLOOK IN CENTRAL AMERICA The immediate outlook In Central America said Zelaya is difficult to prophesy The struggle between the present government and the forces of or Estrada will vill probably reach a climax In a n short time but so many factors actors enter Into the result that It would be bo bea boa a very wise man Indeed who could dis discount discount discount count the tho future Estrada Cabrera Is the evil ell genius of ot our OUI people for we ve o oare are arc all Central Americans at heart without sectional lines Cabrera has the minds at Washington Ho He has furnished money mone supplies and men to the Insurgents in the recent fighting He will lo do this again a ln against the actual government of or Honduras but he will willner never ner be accepted by b our people and his ns must be exposed In time so he will be known for Cor what he Is The former dictator i reached cached here shortly after aCter 3 this afternoon and was wn tact mgt m t by b a delegation dele of oC Central Americans As he lie stepped from COm a Pull persons In the crowd shout shouted ed Vive he Zelaya Viva VIV lel Mexican can timidly cried Down with the tho Yan Yale kees lS and was hissed Zelaya was sas met duet 50 SO miles from the capital by b Francisco Castro Nicara Nicaraguan guan minister to Mexico und and a close friend of ef the dictator From the rail rall railway way cay station he was conveyed In a acoach acoach coach to the Palace hotel where here five ilc rooms ro ms had been engaged for himself and party part As Ac yet no o arrangements have havo been made for Cor Zelaya to meet President Diaz In n conference though it ho he will call upon the chief executive of oC Mexico during the next few t w days to thank him for tor his lila kindness J I In permitting him to come como to Mexico jon on the gunboat at General Guerrero Zelaya ela a said eaId ho o would not mak make any attempt to regain power powel in his country but bitt might return if he were asked to by his government when peace Is 13 re stored CASE OF CANNON CA NON AND A D GROCE Zelaya claims he never nover signed an or der cler for tor the execution of Cannon and Groce He made this assertion tonight but added that It was true he refused to Interfere fere with carrying out tho sen Son sentence sentence tence of ot the he court martial In regard re nl to It he said sald These men were CIO contracted for or in Guatemala to assist the revolutionists Cannon only recently r had hash been licen set n at liberty In Honduras upon his promise made mado before the secretary of ot the Ameri Amen American American can legation In Tegucigalpa and the American Ame consul to leave Central America forever Both officials acted ai as his Ills sponsors The men mon wore engaged at the tho time of or their capture In charting the coun country co country un try tr and laying mines In tho the rivers for forthe forthe forthe the destruction of oC the troopships of oC tho government They The also acted as spies They were wele tried by court martial martinI ac nc according according cording to law lass la and found guilty I ap approved apprOved proved the findings absolutely In the tile Interests of oC military discipline rho Tho stories of torture are absurd Tho The men mm wet were c not even Incommunicado us as Is customary but were allowed to use telephone and telegraph lines to communicate with their friends I have In in my m possession poe slon statements from both I men tUell in l which 11 they not t only tl admitted Il their r guilt u 1 completely n I e but asked for pardons N and offered to take commis commissions commissions with the government forces Corces |