Word: nicaragua
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...army is 2,500 men. Mexico complicated matters by selling arms to President Sacasa's Liberals, who were doing well in a military way until Rear Admiral Julian L. Latimer landed U. S. Marines from his flagship, the U. S. S. Rochester, on the Mosquito (eastern) Coast of Nicaragua a fortnight ago. Acting on instructions from the Department of State, Rear Admiral Latimer set about to maintain the Bluefields neutral zone, ordered armed forces of both factions not to enter therein, reported that he had the situation well in hand. Presumably, he was on the Mosquito Coast to protect...
...more pertinent reason for Rear Admiral Latimer's presence was the fact that President Diaz's forces had been defeated by the Liberals. After all, if the U. S. is going to have a protégé in Nicaragua, it might as well protect him by armed intervention...
...protest in Mexico, in South America, in Europe. Last week alarm was sounded in Washington. President Coolidge's Official Spokesman said that he was deeply concerned. He called for Secretaries Kellogg and Wilbur; they conferred for two hours. Nothing was announced. Rear Admiral Latimer remained on duty in Nicaragua. Senators and outsiders kept the question heated...
...severe critic as well as a maker of U. S. foreign policy. On most afternoons at 3 p.m., he holds an informal chat with the gentlemen of the press. Interjecting a little profanity and rustling the disordered documents on his desk, he discusses anything from murder trials to Nicaragua. Fortnight ago, he was vituperative concerning U. S. intervention in Nicaragua. Early last week, he was secretively dramatic, said: "I think it is well recognized that the Nicaraguan revolution is being instigated by certain persons in Washington who are not Nicaraguans, and this is for business and other reasons...
...days later, after a conference with Secretary Kellogg, Senator Borah was calm and satisfied that the U. S. had sent Marines to Nicaragua only to protect its citizens. Cautiously, he added: "We should be vigilant against being tricked into intervention." What will be the next state of mind of the man from Idaho, no one knows...