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Show ESTRADA SAYS NICARAGUA PLUNDERED I i i i 'if ri, $ 1 I "Zelaya's government plundered Nicaragua so shamelessly that In spite of its Inexhaustible natural resources re-sources our country is bankrupt Neither the state nor private citizens have at their command .. the capital necessary to develop Nicaragua. When I overthrew by the force of arms the Zelaya clique I hoped that peace would finally reign In my country. coun-try. General Mena has shattered my hopes. I know now that we should no longer jeopard our future by a silly pride In our anarchistic independence. Some larger nation must help us out, and If the United States cannot do it, who can?" According to Gen. Juan Estrada, former president of Nicaragua.- such is the present situation. The general is now In this country and Is living in Brooklyn at the Hotel St. George with his political associate, General Moncada. The ex-president is a strikingly handsome, powerful and impressive man of forty-five, with large flashing eyes, an olive complexion and blue-black hair. His clear-cut sentences, his rare but forceful gestures, reveal the man of action. General Moncada, shorter in stature, gray-haired, softer in Bpeech, gives an impression of polish, culture and statesmanlike ability. "Revolutions," General Estrada said, "can no longer help us. I personally person-ally thought for a long while that petty tyrants could be done away with through popular revolt. I know better now." |