| Show WASH L rL LL LETTER i s r ITS IT'S SECOND TIMI C U t S JUIS II I HA-I VI GOM TO AID DP OR OUR OLD OUI FRIEND DIAZ By Dy RODNEY DUTCHER S r Sen Ice lec Writer WASHINGTON Jan 5 History f repeats Itself Itsel In Americas America be- be befriending befriending be befriending ot of President Adolfo ot of Nicaragua Its It's the second time this country ha has gone cone to his aid ald Diaz while Nicaragua Nica asua's president president president dent jn In n 1112 trouble with one Siena lena much as IUS ho now Is In difficulties with Rebel nebel Leader In January 1912 11 the tir Nicara-BUan Nicara guan suan Constituent assembly or congress adopted a and promulgated ed the Nicaraguan n constitution which stipulated ted that Nicaraguan sovereignty rested in and that congress alone might au- au authorize authorize au authorize loans and levy taxes The assembly attacked Ameri Amerl American American can Interference claiming that the American charge chares had sought ought to monkey with the con con con- and its promulgation President Diaz who had come Into Inlo office when President Estrada resigned d under pressure promptly dissolved th congress which had elected Mena lena president of ot the country for tor the thA th following term I Diaz ordered Menas Mena's arrest and andi i Mena escaped to Masaya where he convened ao o 0 congress and nd organ organ- organIzed organIzed his hia own government Ac- Ac According Ac According cording cording to report Diaz soon found himself in rn sore core straits and unsafe I outside of Managua At this point the United States stepped In and its Intervention at ap- ap apparently ap apparently was all that saved the skin Eight vessels of or war oW- oW officers officers cers eels and 2600 enlisted men were used to support Adolfo They par par- participated participated participated in the tho bombardment ot of Managua a night ambuscade In Masaya the surrender of ot General Mena and his army at Granada the capture of the thc Mena Victoria and Ninety three the at- at attack attack at attack tack on and the capture of Coyo- Coyo Coyo the defense of ot Paso Bridge Bridee kind nd garrison carrlson duty duly at and else else- elsewhere elsewhere where It If you will look up these names on your Nicaraguan map you wil wH Viii note how closely Diaz was hemmed in m at Managua before this country stepped In The The most notable event durin during the campaign according to the secretary of ot the tho navys navy's report for 1913 was wa the thc assault and cap cap- capture capture cap capture ture ot of resulting In en- en entirely entirely en entirely crushing the tho revolution and restoring peace to Nicaragua assault lasting 37 37 minutes under heavy helvy fire front from the the rebel forces before the th position which was Impregnable by hy the federal forces could be bc taken American marin mariny stayed in Nicaragua and Diaz and his con con- conservative con conservative successor successors had thing things much their own way The elec- elec elections elec elections lions of Emiliano Emillano Chamorro and Diego Chamorro followed the Diu Dias term and these two were also al o given given cn en the whole-hearted whole support of the United States The Chamorro family became an Important one In Nicaragua Statistics Statistic of ot the Pan American Pan Federation of or Labor show that In 1921 thirteen gentlemen named Chamorro held the offices ot of pres president ident minister of ot the tho Interior minister to the United States president of ot the th congress coun coun- counsellor counsellor counsellor of the treasury chief chiet of police at Managua commander of Managua fortress director ot of In- In Internal internal In Internal revenue chief ol ot police at chief ot of the northern arm army consuL in San Francisco and ana con con- consul consul con consul sul in London Thus General Emiliano Chamor- Chamor Chamorro ro Chamor-ro ro had the thc nucleus of an army right there thero when he began beean his revolt against os the government go Eo late iste in 1925 The rhe EOV- EOV was a coalition of ot libel liber- liber la In and Chamorro antl-Chamorro conserva- conserva fa hes h 18 the president as us a conservative but a national national- nationalist nationalist national sl the vice vie president was a liberal |
