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...Associated Press. Yet the U. S. garrison at Ocotal continued to number only 39 marines; and observers agreed that they would almost certainly have been wiped out last week had not U. S. scouting planes chanced to witness the attack by General Sandino and summoned heavy bombers from Managua, 110 miles distant (a five-day march). Who was responsible for stationing-so puny a U. S. force in a region known to be enemy-infested...
Hero. A fierce, tropical storm was raging when orders came for the five U. S. bombers to soar up from their base at Managua and succor the 39 marines besieged in Ocotal. He who led the bombers through the storm was 42-year-old Major Ross Erastus ("Rusty") Rowell, an airman only four years in the service...
...Managua, the Capital of Nicaragua, President Diaz presented to Parliament for approval a proposed treaty with the U. S. While marines stood on guard about the Parliament House the treaty text was commended by a vote of confidence and cabled to Washington. It provides: 1) that the U. S. undertake to preserve peace in Nicaragua and the continuity of the Nicaraguan Government; 2) that accordingly the right of intervention in Nicaragua be extended to the U. S. by mutual consent; 3) that a U. S. financial adviser and receiver-general of revenues assume the task of rehabilitating the finances...
Meanwhile Rear Admiral Julian Latimer, his 15 U. S. war craft, and his 4,680 U. S. marines were policing Nicaragua in such a manner that President Adolfo Diáz (recognized by the U. S.) was safe in his capital, Managua, while President Sacasa was being starved out for want of supplies on the West Coast. President Diaz, presumably advised by Admiral Latimer, cabled a long peace plea to the U. S. public, proposing that his regime be maintained until 1928, and that an election then be held under U. S. supervision...
Professor Haring continued to explain that the new government asked for financial aid, which it obtained from the New York bankers. Faced with revolution, the conservative government in 1912 again asked for assistance, and a legation guard was stationed at Managua. The alternative was a recurrence of political and financial anarchy. The marines stayed from 1912 until 1924 and their presence helped maintain order, although it caused resentment in Central America and evoked the cry of "dollar imperialism." In 1919 Nicaragua was able to buy back her railway and in 1924 her bank which had been controlled...