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Show WARSHIPS ARE TO QO ON GUARD IN CENTRAL AMERICA Rebellious Spirit Rife In Honduras Guatemala, Nicaragua and Salvador Washington, Feb. 7 Storm clouds over Central America with the single sin-gle exception ot Costa Rica caused tho United States today to order four warships there. Reports upon which this government govern-ment took action como from many quarters, and though In most cases they nro somcwbnt vaguo and speculative spec-ulative they are Btrongly of tho smo genernl tenor that It was no longer thought wise to permit Amer tf-nn InlnCalilD I. PnnlMl Am.....!.... ... ....... ....... vote it, ..VIIUUI Wlll-1 lll IU remain exposed to any dangers. In Salvador tho attempted nBsns-slnntlon nBsns-slnntlon last Tuesday of President Aiaujo by a band or desperadoes Is believed hero to threnten trouble although al-though tho president has sent nssur-nnces nssur-nnces that conditions nre quiet. From time to time have como rumors ru-mors ot rebellious movements in Honduras and Guatemala, while In Now Orleans thero nro gathering soldiers of fortuno nnd ndherents of elnyn, tho deposed dlctntor credited with sinister designs on the government govern-ment of President Dinz of Nlcara-' gua. ' To meet tho situation so far as possible at this atago tho navy de partment hnB ordered the gunboat Annapolis now at San Diego, CnL, to proceed Immediately to Impala, Honduras. Tho cruiser' benver will proceed from Acapulco, Mexico to Ac njutal, Snlvndor, nnd the gun boat Des Moines, after finishing tnrgot practice will bo ordered from Snn Domingo to Dlueflelds, Nicaragua. To protest further tho Atlantic const tho gun boat Nashvlllo at New Orleans Or-leans has been ord ed to Puerto Cor tez, Honduras, or Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, |