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Show WILL LAND SOLDIERS President Orders Troops In Panama to Proceed to Nicaragua Washington, Aug. 28. American soldiers will be landed in Nicaragua within forty-eight hours. On advice of conditions so severe as to justify their intervention, President Pres-ident Tnft today directed the Tenth United States Infantry, now on the Panama zone, to Nicaragua to gnard American lives and property. Dispatches Dis-patches of last night and early today pictured the situation as being so acute that an immediate movement of a large force of troops was necessary. nec-essary. Allegations of conditions bordering on barbarism and acts even worse than those which took the troops of the unltod powers into China to quell the boxer rebellion have been received at the state department de-partment within the last twenty-four hours. The deliberate murder of two Americans, Dodd and Phillips, after they had been wounded and were helpless, following the massacre at Leon on August 19 focused attention atten-tion on the previous reports of burning burn-ing of soldiers, starvation of political politi-cal prisoners held in dungeons, and other alleged acts of cruelty. Protection Necessary. The latest reports made plain that immediate protection for Americans was necessary and that it probably would not be safe to wait for the arrival of marines now enroute. Francisco Alfschul the representative representa-tive of the revolutionist junta In Washington, denies the charges of barbarity brought against the troops fighting the Nicaragnan government. He alleged that the burning of bodies of soldiers as necessary to proper sanitation and that it applied alike to dead of both 3ldes. He contended con-tended also that American interests would not have suffered If no attempt had been made by American forces to prevent the capture and operation by the revolutionists of the railway between Managua and Corinto The junta asserts that the railroad is a national institution and should not be classed as an American property, prop-erty, except as it is being administered adminis-tered to secure a loan by New York bankers. Reports that women were shot are condemned eipph.atlcally by General Altschul. who says that the barbar-oansimethads barbar-oansimethads wore employed by the gnvernitfent forces when women were sent to the line as ammunition carriers. car-riers. Rebel firing upon flags of truce borne by loyal Nicaraguan troops as well as American marines, is said however haa been frequent within the last few days New attacks at-tacks upon women and children and other non-combatants are reported. Tn the rebel shelling of Managua during dur-ing the first davs of the revolution American Minister Weltzel reported that the firing had been indiscriminate indiscrim-inate noon the section of the cltv occupied by the non-combatanta and that an American collector of customs cus-toms named Ham -ind several other Americans, narrowly escaped injury by bursting ehells Landing of Troops. The United States is assured that the landing of troops has the approval ap-proval of the Diaz government. Following Fol-lowing a further demand by Minis-tor Minis-tor We'rtzel that Americans and their property must be protected, the Nlc-araguan Nlc-araguan government is understood to have confessed Its inability to meet the situation and to have consented frankly to permit the landing of American troops to protect United States citizens. The state department has proceeded proceed-ed upon the conviction that its action ac-tion involves no infringement of the war-making powers of congress or the president. Officials point to the fact that there is even now a whole regiment of United States infantry engaged in policing the Chinese railroad from Chlng Wang Pao to Peking. And of course, American troopB have been freely employed in the maintenance of peace In Cuba. It is true that In each of these caso3 there was special spe-cial warrant by treaty for the employment em-ployment of American soldiers, but stale department officials feel that a like obligation has been Imposed upon the United States bv the Dawson Daw-son agreoment which terminated the Zalays rebellion Hao the Right In any question of treaty authorized author-ized th administration is said to be satisfied of Its right under the principles prin-ciples of international law to employ any part of the army and navy of the United States ir support of the de factQ government. The employment of troops for protection pro-tection does not indicate war In auy sense, there being no territorial acquisition ac-quisition in view The state deparlmeut beliees that while there are few precedents for employing regular troops in landing expeditions that fact Ib accounted for by the far gi cater mobility and availability avail-ability of marines and bluojackets. Although the course of the United States in landipg military forces on foreign soil without express approval approv-al of congTess Is now under investigation investi-gation by a special senato committee, commit-tee, named at the instigation of Senator Sen-ator Bacou, who has vigorously opposed op-posed sending troops outsldo the United States, the state department tnkea the position that It is supported support-ed not only by precedent in China nnd Central America but is also bound by the Bo-called Washington convention to protect rights and property of foreigners and to further see that the administration in Nicaragua Nic-aragua Is changed only by a fair and free expression by a ballot. (Continued on Page Elht.) WILL LAND SOLDIERS (Continued From Page One.) Panama Precedent. The same attitude recently was assumed in Panama when this government gov-ernment supervised enc elections Furthermore. It Is said there are fully 10 Americans owning plantations planta-tions In Nicaragua, who must be protected pro-tected from attack and looting of their properties. Many demands that this government piotect American Amer-ican interests there have been reg-. reg-. Istered at the 3tate denartmont. A large number of New Orleans merchants, having Central American interests, only a few days ago went so far as to protest to the department depart-ment against the attitude of Senator Bacon They declared American prestise in Central America 'would suffer immeasurably If this government govern-ment failed to protect its citizens and property. They even predicted the spread of tho unrest throughout oth-I oth-I er Central American states if the situation was not promptly taken in hand. Senator Makes Charge, Senator Bacon virtually charged on the floor of the senate that this government's interference in Nicaragua Nicar-agua had a connection with the .failure .fail-ure of the loan convention by which Nicaragua was to have borrowed 'several millions from American , bankers and under which treatv the Nicaraguan railroads, steamships, j customs house and national monopolies monop-olies were to be administered bv representatives rep-resentatives of the American financier?. finan-cier?. The Diaz government against which tho political revolution is be- llng directed. Is 3aid to have approved I the attitude of the state department ", In regard to the loan convention. It has been reported that Zelaya, the I dictator deposed and exiled to Eur- opc In 1909. after the murder of the two Americans. Cannon and Groce. was beblnd General Mena. leader of the revolutionists. This, however is denied by the prominent liberals who support the revolution. |