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...progress of the second Honduran revolution of the year (TIME, Aug. 11) was obscured by revolutionary haze. Close upon the reported killing of two Americans came the news that Gen. Gregorio Ferrera had fled to the mountains, without, however, neglecting to take troops, rifles, vast quantities of ammunition...
...Tegucigalpa, Honduran capital, the Liberal Party was blamed for the outbreak of the new revolt. The Government arrested the leaders of the Party, reorganized itself, prepared to squelch the revolutionaries. An official communique said...
Nevertheless, six U. S. warships were sent to Honduran waters, 300 bluejackets and "devil dogs" were landed...
Cynics professed to see in this move a final gesture to the Honduran Republic before the U. S. marched into the country, in the same manner as she had done in Haiti in 1915, which action resulted in a virtual protectorate...
American marines, sent to the capital of Honduras, have established a neutral zone round the American legation and Consulate, are guarding the plants of various American concerns. Honduran Government troops, hard pressed by revolutionaries, retreated to the Central American Tropical Wireless Co., five miles from the capital, guarded by American troops...