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From one source we hear that Diaz, head of the constitutional party, is the servile puppet of United States business interests. From another, he is the white hope of law and order. So also, Sacasa, liberal leader, is said to represent "the pee-pul" of Nicaragua in their fight against United States influence and to be a man of the highest integrity and sincerity. From another angle he is probably a Bolshevist agent, whose chief motive for attacking the established power is hope of graft or desire for revenge...
Death, clad in an assassin's cloak, sprang last week at Senor Adolfo Diaz whom the U. S. has recognized as President of Nicaragua (TIME. Nov. 29). The President was riding alone in his carriage at 11 p. m. when two men armed with machetes rushed upon it from an alley. Quick-witted, Senor Diaz leaped out of the left-hand door of his carriage as the men wrenched open the right-hand door. A machete hurtled, split the leather of the President's left heel, bit into his flesh. The coachman, faithful, sprang from his box, fell...
...armed feud between President Adolfo Diaz of Nicaragua (recognized by the U. S.) and President Juan Sacasa of Nicaragua (recognized by Mexico) was crucially affected last week when Rear Admiral Julian L. Latimer landed U. S. Marines from his flagship the U. S. S. Rochester, near Puerto Cabezas on the (Eastern) Mosquito Coast of Nicaragua...
...rights" of the situation (see above). Sailorlike, he obeyed his orders from Washington. Curt, he commanded President Juan Sacasa to disarm his troops or withdraw them from the Puerto Cabezas area. Secondly, he ordered the local mahogany growers to pay taxes only to the Conservative Government of Adolfo Diaz. By these acts it appeared that the hopes entertained by Dr. Sacasa and the Mexican Government that he should continue President had been blasted...
Last week Dr. Sacasa was proclaimed President at Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, by his Liberal followers, who tote many a gun. The Mexican Government immediately extended recognition to the Sacasa Administration. President Diaz appealed to the U.S. which has recognized him as President, for support. At Washington President Coolidge and Secretary Kellogg preserved a cautious silence. Nicaraguans were inclined to feel that two presidents are a crowd...