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WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1909 ? T WENTY-T WO PAGES. TWO CENTS.
Weather
Fair tonight and Friday;
moderate west to northwest
winds.
PLEDGED DY ALBERT
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New King, Ascending Throne
of Belgium, Announces Policy
to Spread Civilization.
PEOPLE ACCLAIM RULERS
ON ENTRY INTO BRUSSELS
Democratic Speech Before Parlia
ment Wildly Cheered.
CAPITAL IS MAKING MERRY
Thousands Witness Brilliant Pa
geant?Princess and Diplomats at
Ceremonies in Chamber.
BRUSSELS, December 23.?Another
young: monarch was added to the reign
ing sovereigns of Europe today when
Albert I ascended the throne of Bel
gium. The official ceremony was bril
liant and the popular acclaim genuine.
Yesterday all Belgium mourned. To
day the somber symbols had been re
placed with the tri-colored oriflamme. If|
the Belgians respected Leopold II they
love Albert I. Everywhere there was
merrymaking; joyous cries filled the
air.
The scene in the house of parliament,
where the oath to the throne was
taken, was Impressive with its gorgeous
setting of royalty. Here the new mon
arch made an address destined by Its
democratic tone an4 unequivocal ex
pressions on the great question of the
Belgian Kongo to attract the attention
?f the world.
Humanity in the Xobgo.
Colonization should mean civilization,
paid the king. The nation desired a
policy of humanity and progress in the
Kongo, and no one had a right to doubt
her promise that such a policy would
be maintained.
At daybreak the streets were again j
crowded with thousands who sought posi
tion's from which they might view the
entry to the capital of Albert and Eliza
beth. Windows, balconies and roofs were
filled and mending room on wagons,
tables, chairs and ladders was sold by
enterprising speculators at extravagant
prices.
Preceded by Queen Elisabeth and the
two little princes. Leopold and Charles,
who occupied the royal coact). Albert
made a "Joyous entry" te the city. The
king was mounted upon a spirited charg
er and made a striking picture In the gold
?nd white uniform of a general.
He repeatedly aoknowledged the plaudits
of the people. He smiled with unc^ceal
e<l pleasure and pride as a shower of
flowers fell upon the queen's coach.
The arrival of the queen at the hail ef
deputies was the signal for an outburst
of applause. The demonstration that fol
lowed in honor of the king continued for
many minutes. A feeble attempt 4>f the
socialists to raise counter cries was
drowned in shouts of "Long live the
king!"
King Makes His Pledges.
Standing before the assemblage of bril
liantly uniformed princes and foreign rep?*
resentatives. bishops and senators, Al
bert was a man to be admired. In an
other setting he would have passed read
ily for a young college professor address
ing his. class. ,
The fair hair accentuated the youthful
appearance of a face that was at the
name time serious and one to attract
and hold the attention.
In an agreeable voice, and speaking de
li berately. the new monarch pledged him
self to work for the social advancement
of the nation and the elevation of the
moral and intellectual standard of the
people. He would seek, he said, to de
velop the system of popular education,
and labor unceasingly for the general
well-being of the masses.
He paid a high tribute to Leopold II
and the latter's policy in opening the
Kongo to Belgian activity. He outlined
e program of humanity and progress, and
was greeted with a storm of applause as
he declared proudly that Belgium had al
ways kept her promises, and no one had
m. right to doubt her word.
Later in the day the king received the
addresses of parliament.
Intimates of the king informed the As
sociated Press today that the new mon
arch proposed to apply himself with all
the resources at his command to the so
lution of the Kongo situation, and the
development of that dependency. It is
his great ambition to justify in the eyes
ef the world the sovereignty of Belgium
?ver the Kongo.
"Long Live Albert!"
King Albert and Queen Elizabeth made
?heir state entry into the capital from
(Laoken.
Cannon boomed forth a royal salute,
rhurch bells rang out merrily and hun
dreds of thousands of loyal subjects lined
*he route of the regal march, crying.
?"Long live Albert!" and "Long live Elis
abeth!"
When the procession arrived at the
chamber where the oath of ascension was <
to be taken, the successor of Leopold |
II was given a notable reception by the
assembled senators and deputie*.
A feeble attempt of the socialists to
tnake a republican demonstration failed
miseraibly. At every discordant note a
fresh burst of cheering drowned the
voices of the malcontents.
King Albert s speech from the throne
tras an eloquent tribute to Leopold I and
to his uncle, the late King Leopold II.
He declared that the latter had performed
a prodigious work in Africa, with the
constant thought of enriching the nation
and increasing the economic resources of
Belgium.
The new monarch expressed his grati
tude for foreign sympathy at the death of
Leopold, saying that the special missions
dispatched to yesterday's funeral testified
to the admiration felt In other countries
for the high qualities of the late king.
Albert Defines Policy,
Turning to the subject of Belgium's
future. King Albert said:
"We must continue our unshakable at
tachment to constitutional liberty and the
love of Independence, and thus hold sacred
pur patrimony while advancing toward
(.Continued on tiecond Page.J
Ambassador Says, "No Japa
nese Problem on Coast."
HIS WELCOME CORDIAL
Diplomat Declares He Feels at
Home in America.
WAS DELAYED BY BUZZARD!
Declines to Talk of His Country's
Interest in China or Relations of
United States With Far East.
Baron Yasuya Uchida, the newly, ap
pointed ambassador of the Japanese gov
ernment to this country, succeeding: the
recently recalled Baron Takahira, ar
rived in Washington today from San
Francisco, where he landed December 17.
Th? baron was delayed twelve hours in
his transcontinental trip by snow and
blizzard, which he encountered, -he said,
"from the Sierra Nevadas to the suburbs
of Washington." The baron, accompanied
by the baroness and their domestic suite,
was driven from the depot direct to the
ambassadorial home, on K street.
Baron Uchida began his work in the
diplomatic service of his country in Wash
ington in 1888, as an attache. He spoke
today of the pleasure which it afforded
him to come back as ambassador to the
country where he had done his. first
diplomatic work.
Feels Much At Home Here.
"I ^feel very much at home in the
United States," he said, "as though I am
among friends, you know.
"There is no pressing diplomatic ques
tion for me to deal with in the United
States just now," he continued, "and 1
know of nothing of importance that will
come up in the Immediate future? The re
lations between the United States and my
country are growing constantly better.
The friendly feeling between the two na
tions is becoming stronger every day, I
think."
"What about the question of Immigra
tion between the two countries?" the
baron was asked.
"That Is satisfactorily adjusted," he
replied. "We are keeping at home the
laborers and poorer emigrant classes of
our country, and only students ahd mem
bers of the mercantile and other privi
leged classes are coming here. As a con
sequence, the number of Japanese In this
country is decreasing. -
Laborers Be turning to Japan.
"Our laborers are returning regularly
to Japan, and none -la coming to take
their pladts here. The laborers return to
Japan simply because of a desire to get
back to their nativfe land. There will be
no problem to deal with in that connec
tion In this country. The existing agree
ment with the United States on this sob
"I was impressed with the welcome
given me in California, where I met Oov.
Oillett, Mayor Taylor of San Francisco
and the prominent men of the coast, and
was entertained by them. There was
nothing but cordiality and good feeling.
There is no 'Japanese question' on the
Pacific coast now."
Japan's Interest in China.
The baron declined to discuss the in
terests of Japan in China or Manchpria
or the relations of the United States with
those countries. There was nothing now
to be said on the subject, he explained.
He had been absent from Japan more
thai a month and knew nothing of the
recent developments in Korea. He had
read the newspaper accounts of the as
sassination of the Korean premier a day {
or twc ago, but did not know what effect I
the act would have, if any.
Tbe prosperity of Japan, the baron said
today, was on the increase. More atten
tion was being paid by public men to the
financial and civic problems, so that the
country was rapidly recovering from the
effects oi war. As to the Japanese naval
piogiam, he had nothing to add to what
was already publicly known.
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Forty Passengers Hurt in Wreck.
ST. PAUL., Minn., December 23.?St.
Paul passenger train No. 43, running
north at thlrty-flve miles an hour, spread
the rails one-half a mile east of Good
Thunder, Minn., near Mankato, and
plunged into the ditch last night. Forty
passengers were hurt, none fatally. It is
believed. The mail car rolled down a
thirty-foot embankment and caught fire.
The injured persons were taken to Man
kato.
CRUISING YACHT LOST.
Magazine Writers Narrowly Escape
Drowning in Mississippi.
ST. LOUIS, December 23.?Stanley A.
Beadle, associate editor of a' magazine;
William J. Wildprett, a special writer for
thtf publication, and John Clell Baker, an
engineer, narrowly escaped death by
drowning in the Mississippi river near
Plasa, 111., thirty miles from St. Louis,
when their cruising yacht Racine was
jammed by the ice and sunk yesterday
afternoon. They battled with the swift
current and ice floes for a half hour be
fore they reached the shore, .completely
exhausted.
The party was nvaking a ten-thousand
mile water journey from New York to
New Orleans.
SPOONEB SORRY NOW.
Regrets He Voted for the Sherman
AnfrTrust Law.
NE3W YORK, December 23.?John C.
Spooner, formerly United States Benator
from Wisconsin, regrets that he voted for
the Sherman anti-trust law.
"One regret of my life is," he told the
members of the New England society last
night, "that I voted for some of the laws
on accouitt of which men and corporate
entities are being prosecuted, who do not
know, and wjtl not know until soon, what
the law means or whether they have
violated it oV not."
This reference was understood to refer
to the appeal taken by the Standard Oil
Company from the recent decision of the
ITnited States circuit court at St. Paul. ?
"Pessimists will tell you," continued the
speaker, "that in the strife for wealth
the American people have lost their deli
cacy of sentiment. For my part I do not
fear that the people of this country will
ever grow disobedient of the law, but
many men are puzzled to know what the
law Is."
Judge B. S. Liddon Dead.
NEW ORLEANS, La., December ^3.?
Judge Benjamin S. Liddon of Marianna,
Fla., former chief justice of the supreme
court of Florida, died here Tuesday night.
Judge Liddon was fifty-five years "old and
one of the best known jurists in the
south.
WILL REPRESENT JAPAN.
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BARON U CHID A, WHO ARRIVED IV THIS CITY THIS MORNING.
EVERY LITTLE HELPS.
Calls on the President Delib
erative Conferences.
PLENTY TIME IS TAKEN
Change From Methods Under Roose
velt Administration.
MATTEBS FULLY DISCUSSED
Some Differences Among Congress
men in Regard to Appointments.
Senator Nelson's Illustration.
It's a curious and interesting: little
struggle that's on between Congress, or a
portion of it, and the White House as to
appointments for conferences and the
general question of "getting at" the
chief executive.
And while it wages with deep emotion,
and some temporary bitterness, on the
part of a few congressmen, President
Taft takes it all as placidly as he does
everything else. The real sufferers are
Fred Carpenter, private secretary, and
Rudolph Forster, assistant secretary.
Each of these faithful coworkers of the
President and guardiana of his health
and time, when approached on the sub
ject, simply says that callers, be they
congressional or otherwise,, must get used
to the grinding of the new machinery.
They cannot and must not expect the
habits and methods that prevailed in the
last administration.
The kicker then was the man who was
pushed through the White House with
the rapidity of a pig being sent through
one of the big packing houses of the
west. The kicker now is the fellow who
has such important business that 1^ can
not wait to be ground through at alf. and
who frequently refers to the ease with
which he could see President Roosevelt.
Col. Roosevelt's Way.
President Roosevelt made comparative
ly few private appointments, and saw
the majority of Ma congressional and
other callers practically en masse, merely
iaking;one to one side at a time, finish
ing him or her in quick order, and then
taking a few steps to the next one.
Tnat'8 how many good news items leak
ed out of the White House. One caller
would overhear whac Mr. Roosevelt was
s iytng to anothor, and thien tell his good
newspaper triends. When Mr. Roosevelt
did see callers behind closed doors his
nervous nature quickly finished the inter
view unless the subject was one of ex
treme importance.
In the first part of his administration
President Taft could have little privacy,
iiis own room and the waiting rooms be
ing so closely connected that the voices
of callers could be heard Just outside the
closed door.
The New Way. '
The new addition to the executive offices
has changed all this. The President has
a large, comfortable private room sepa
rated by a wide hall from the waiting
rooms. He does ..not see the impatient
strides of Senator So-and-So as he walks
backward and forward across the con
gressional waiting room, often glancing
toward the presidential door to see how
soon he will gel in. The President is
content that he is having a satisfactory
talk with the man ahead of the senator.
He doesn't see the congressional callers
going away from Mr. Carpenter s door
with wry faces because they have been
told that the President's appointment
list is crowded torn the next week or ten
days and that it will -be impossible to
make a date before that time. He does
not see the half dozen congressmen who
have strolled in without appointment,
hoping to strike an opportunity to get in
anyhow, as they go out sore because in
the past they had no trouble in seeing
Mr. Roosevelt, even if they did have to
wait an hour or two. possibly more. They
know that there will be no chance at all.
witli th* large appointment list of the
President ahead.
Poor Fred Carpenter, however, hears
and knows It all. Once in a while he"
ventures to speak >of It to the calm biff
man sitting in the main office.
"Can't help it." says the big boss, In
that pleasant way of his*. "I want to
see and talk with people when they
call on me."
Callers Not Hurried.
And he does that very thing, too. Mr.
Carpenter makes the appointments at
internals of fifteen minutes during the
day. The President generally keeps a
caller at least thirty mlihites. Result:
The schedule is from one to two hours
behind each day, but every man who
sees the chief executive goes away sure
that he has had a chance to tell the
President his whole story. x
Many times a caller arises from the
chair and starts to go. "Sit down," quiet
ly remarks the President, and he proceeds
in his judicial manner to go most care
fully Into the subject under considera
tion, and many times branches into other
subjects. \ He gets information he is after
and gets It In his own way. ITie caller
is satisfied, the President satisfied. The
machinery has worked slowly, but It has
"got there," In modern language.
"Yes, they will get used to it after
awhile and they will like it all right,"
says Mr. Carpenter. "It's the President's
way, and nobody can change him. He
dislikes to call time on a visitor or indi
cate that an interview Is terminated."
The President plays no favorites. He
has no kitchen cabinets. Nearly all men
of brains look alike to him. The conse
quence is that the man who thinks he
ought to be a favorite is much put out
when he fails to get an interview at the
time he asks for it.
The President has been told that his
new private office will make enemies for
him and that he will be imposed upon b?
many men who will take advantage of
their opportunities alone with him to fair
ly eat up his time. But he continues in
the same way and there Is no prospect of
a change.
Joke on Senator Nelson.
Senator Nelson got up to leave' the
White House offices. Senator Cullom
was sitting next to him.
"Cullom, here's how I used to put on
an overcoat when I was a boy." Swing
ing the piece of wearing ^.pparel around
his head, Mr. Nelson had it on in less
than a minute. .
Mr. Cullom was amazed. "By George,",
said the Illinois senator, "you are certain
to live to be ninety years old."
i "Well, my mother is still living at
ninety-six years of age." answesed the
Minnesota senator, as he went out with
the coat on.
He got as far as the front door of the
building and then discovered that he had
donned another man's coat." He hastened
back for his own.
Not in Harmony.
Senatorial harmony as to appointments
is lackingvin more than one state. Nearly
everybody knows about the little differ
ences between Hale and Frye of Maine
over an appointment In that state, the first
falling out they ever had. There Is also
the difference between Secretary Nagel
and Senator JVarner over a Missouri ap
pointment; the long-drawn-out sorap be
tween Senator Bradley and part of the
Kentucky republican delegation on one
side and Representative Edwards of Ken
tucky on the other, also over appoint
ments, not to speak of numerous others.
Now there is a ruction on between the ag
gressive William AJden Smith, senator
from Michigan, and his colleague, Bur
rows~of the same state.
"Just exchanging Christmas greetings
with Mr. Taft. He's a great man," de
clared Senator Burrows, this morning,
after a conference with the President.
Mr. Burrows refrained ftom mentioning
that ruction over the collectorshlp of
customs at Marquette. Mich., an im
portant post. The two Michigan senators
somehow failed to divide up the patron
age in the state, and Mr. Smith wants
Charles Byrnes made collector at Mar
quette. Mr. Burrows declines to ac
quiesce. He Indicates that he will never
agree. Each is willing ftr the President
to settle It. The President wants the
two to get together. He -has hung up
the watchword "harmony." Mr. Smith
Is willing to have harmony with Byrnes
as collector. Mr. Burrows, a peaceful
man, is also willing, with some other
man as collector.
Police May Not Sell Liquor.
CHICAGO, December 23.?That serving
the municipality as a policeman and at
the same time serving liquors to thirsty
citiaens should not be permitted in Chi
cago was the decision yesterday of the
civil service board, which discharged from
the police forcta Patrolman Julius C. Zim
merman. A - few days ago one of Zim
merman's superior officers discovered him
tending bar In his own saloon, his uni
form concealed under a white apron.
Should Have Quelled Attacks
on Ballinger.
INQUIRY IS DEPLORED
President's Vindication Shonld Have
Ended Controversy.
TO BARE MOTIVES OF ATTACK
Employes Implicated in Raising Is
sues Against Ballinger Likely
to Lose Jobs.
From the talk one liears around the
Capitol, it appears probable that the
Ballinger-Pinciiot investigation by a con
gressional committee will turn some fur
rows in political and departmental af
fairs that will result in interesting dis
closures.
Leastways, it is the intention of some
congressmen to strike the plow-share
deep In endeavor, to reach suspected
hidden situations.
Before the inquiry ends it will lay
bare, it is predicted, motives and depart
mental procedure in the attacks on Sec
retary Ballinger which may cause trouble
for some gentlemen now drawing com
fortable government salaries. Some go
as far as to say that the outcome will
necessitate the separation from his meal
ticket of any person implicated.
Most everybody in official life in Wash
ington knows by this time that the at
tacks on Secretary Ballinger originated,
were prosecuted and stimulated by per
sons in the government service and in a
bureau whose work was allied with
while not under the direction of the
Department of the Interior. Th.s was
not done secretly nor in underhand
fashion, but so openly and frankly as to
sometimes be astounding.
Not Directed by Pinchot. J
No one has charged that this was done
by direction of Forester Pinchot. It Is
certain that he never raised a finger to
stop it, when a frown from him would
have put an end to it. The congressional
committee, it is said, will consider the
possible responsibility of Mr. Pinchot in
permitting this state of affairs in bis
bureau.
President Taft is criticised for permit
ting the Ballinger-Pinchot feud to be
passed up to Congress. It is said that
after his sweeping, unqualified and, in
some ways, unprecedented vindication of
Secretary Ballinger Congress was Justi
fied in regarding the incident as closed,
with the last word said.
When attacks on his Secretary of the
Interior continued from the same quar
ter, It is contended toy some congressmen,
it was deyolvent upon the President to
act with firmness toward those who were
potting his administration from behind
j departmental earthworks. Secretary Bal
linger, they say. could still have recourse
to the libel laws of his country, and the
whole affair would be one of civil pro
cedure, relieved of official flavor, and the
administration's skirts would' be clear.
Inquiry After Vindication.
As the case stands now, these congress
men say, Secretary Ballinger is put in
the attitude of toeing under investigation
by his own party after having once been
completely exonerated by his superiors
having jurisdiction. He could not go out
of office without lending color to the
charges reiterated against him, and has
been forced to demand a second bill of
health where every one thought the one
given him toy the President should have
sufficed.
President Taft's complacency toward
the intrenched sharpshooters has been
sweetness wasted on the desert air, it Is
said. The opponents of the Secretary of
the Interior, have not relaxed their fire a
moment, and are as grimly determined to
"get Ballinger" as ever.
The grievance of congressmen against
the President is that he "sawed off" this
situation upon Congress. The party in
power never relished congressional In
vestigation of lts own administration, as
the very undertaking presupposes possi
ble occasion for it.
TWs one will come on the eve of the
congressional campaign for election of
the next House. It will toe a miracle If
the democrats cannot twist some capi
tal out of It, it is feared.
Taking all these things into considera
tion, it is certain that the congressional
committee, when It gets down to work,
will dig ruthlessly Into all the ramifica
tions of the feud, and will be unsparing
of criticism where fault is found.
Investigation Resolutions
to Be Offered January 5
Conferences are going on at the Capitol
today to discuss the preliminary plans for
the congressional investigation of the
BalHnger-Plnchot controversy, to be un
dertaken immediately after Congress re
| convenes.
It is generally believed that Senator
Knute Nelson of Minnesota, chairman of
, the Senate committee on public lands,
will head the Investigating committee.
His chairmanship makes him. In the opin
ion of many, the logical senator to head
the Senate representation on the commit
tee, and in that case, he will undoubtedly
be chosen the chairman.
That the investigating committee will
have twelve members, six from each
house of Congress, is also the plan out
lined at present. The decision to have
, a joint (Commission instead of a Senate
committee undertake the inquiry was
reached at the WhRe House yesterday.
At first, it was thought there should be
j an odd number on the committee and
that the Senate would have the prepon
derance of membership. An equal mem
I bership is now regarded as preferable.
presentation of Resolutions.
Senator Jones will present the lnquiry
j directing resolution January 5. No oppo
sition to Its Immediate consideration and
passage 1b anticipated. The House will
probably adopt a similar resolution the
same day. v i
Present plans are to have the commit
tee appointed by the Vice President and
the Speaker. It Is "believed the majority
of the members will be picked from the
committees on public lands of the two
houses.
The Senate committee is composed of
Chairman Nelson. Senators Clark of Wyo
ming, Gamble of South Dakota. Smoot of
Utah Flint of California. Hejrtoum of
Idaho. Dixon of Montana. Jones of Wash
ington, McEnery of Louisiana, Newlands
'of Nevada, Davis of Arkansas, Owen of
Oklahoma, Bankhead of Alabama and
Chamberlain of Oregon.
On the House committee are Chairman
IMondell of Wyoming. Representatives
Volstead of Minnesota. Smith of Califor
nia Gronna of North Dakota, Parsons of
New Yprk Pray of Montana. Reynolds
of Pennsylvania, Martin of South Dakota,
Crow of Missouri. Hamer of Idaho. Mor
gan of Oklahoma, Pickett of Iowa, An
drews of New Mexico, Byrd of Missis
sippi, Robinson of Arkansas, Ferris of
Oklahoma. Craig of Alatofcma, Ranch of
Indiana. Hughes of Georgia and Taylor
of Colorado. Of course, some members
of Congress outside of the committee will
probably toe named.
ESTRADA TO RUSH
Insurgent Leader to Follow Up
Victory at the Battle
of Rama.
MANY ZELAYAN PRISONERS
JOIN THE REBEL RANKS
Madriz Government How Considered
Enemy of Liberator!.
ZELAYA PREPARES TO FLEE
Reported He Will Seek Asylum on.
Board the Mexican Gunboat Guer
rero, Now at Corinte.
BL.UEFIELDS. Nicaragua. December
23 ?Gen. Estrada. It is said today, will
Immediately assume the offensive against
the government of President Madriz. The
insurgent leader holds that the Zelayan
element was removed from consideration
by the sweeping battle of Rama. Madriz
and his associates now represent the
enemy.
The march on Managua is believed to
be Imminent. The prisoners captured at
Rama have been well fed, and all who
now espouse the cause of Estrada will
be armed and enrolled In the ranks of
the insurgents.
The details of Estrada's further cam
paign are not made known, but ft Is
understood that his movement on Mana
gua will be by way of Greytown. which
he expects to fall with little show of re
sistance. The various groups of the
enemy in the vicinity of San Juan river
will be wiped out and the path tu the
Nicaraguan capital made along Lake
Nicaragua.
The exact number of dead. Injured and
captured In the two days* fighting near
Rama either in not determined or the
facts are purposely withheld.
Touch of Real War.
Today Blue#elds realizes what real
war means. The wounded fill the hos
pitals and dead lie ia many houses.
Funerals are being held In great num
bers. /
Insurgent elation over the triumph
that has placed Estrada In unques
tioned possession of Rama. Recreo and
the strategic point of Tatumbla hill, as
well as the adjacent territory hereto
fore disputed, is tempered by the sor
row of grief-stricken homes. There la
less of noisy rejoicing at the capital of
the provisional government, but the
grim determination to overthrow the
government of Managua has been
strengthened by the sacrifices of the
past few days.
Gens. Mena, Chamorro. Dlas and Ma
tuty are popular heroes today.
The American surgeons from the
cruiser Des Moines are giving splendid
service in the care of the wounded.
Zelaya May Make Esoape
on Board Mexican Gunboat
Unofficial advices received in Washing
ton are to tbe effect that Zelaya is mak
ing preparations to slip quietly away
from Nicaragua at the first opportunity,
and that if his departure is opposed he
will ask the protection of the Mexican
government and seek asylum on the Mex
ican gunboat Guerrero now at Cognto. It
is said that it ia hla purpose to go flrat
to France and thence to Brussels, where
his family will Join him.
Whether the United Statea government
will permit him to leave Nicaragua re
mains to be seen, but there are strong
indications that efforts will be made to
detain him at Managua for trial for hla
many crimes and misdemeanors.
Red Cross to Aid Wounded.
Owing to the large number of wounded
and sick at Blueflelda as a reault of the
sanguinary engagements at Rama and
vicinity and the utter inadequacy of the
hospital and medical facilities at Blue
fields, It is probable the American Red
Cross will take steps for the relief of
the situation. All the medical officers
on the United States warships at Blue
fields responded promptly to the call foi
their services In the treatment of the
wounded and sick soldiers of both armies.
Owing to the great number of patients,
estimated at over a thousand, the task
of the surgeons ia almost beyond their
ability, notwithstanding the help rendered
by the small corps of local physicians.
There is said also to be a lack of medi
cines and medical suppllea Reports re
ceived at the State Department indicate
that the city of Bluettelds is one vast
hospital with many hundred sufferers de
manding medical assistance far beyond
the power of the limited medical corps
to render promptly. Many of ^the Zelayan
prisoners axe boys who are in frightful
condition by reason of exposureuand lack
of food. It is to meet these oonditlons
that the American Red Cross will prob
ably Institute measures of relief.
More Fighting Expected.
Messages received at the State Depart
ment today indicate a condition of ex
citement throughout the western portion
of Nicaragua. Zelaya seems to have as
sumed direction of the military operatlona
In that part of the state, and In conse
quence a stubborn resistance to the ex
pected advance of the revolutionary anyjr
is looked for.
Riots are reported at Masaya and
Granada, where the people have come in
collision with the military forces. Ameri
can citizens at Granada are again calling
for protection, but so far as can be
learned the only provision made for
them is the announcement tl^ ^ugses
considering themselves In danger will be
received on board the American warsnips
in Corlnto harbor.
Marines at Baa Obispo.
The marines recently landed from tbe
troopship Prairie have been sent from
Colon to Baa Obispo, a station of the
Isthmian railroad, about half way to
Panama. This action has been taken
with a view to the marines being within
easy call in case It Is found necessary to
send them to Corinto. ,
wh?mlng victory of the revolutionary
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