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...Havilland bombing planes. This action appeared to have been taken because the army of President Adolfo Diaz of Nicaragua (recognized by the U. S.-TIME, Jan. 17) has recently suffered several defeats and lost the second most important city in Nicaragua (Matagalpa) to the army of President Juan B. Sacasa of Nicaragua (recognized by Mexico...
Liberal President Juan Sacasa of Nicaragua (recognized by Mexico) protested loudly, last week, the assertions of President Coolidge and Secretary Kellogg that he is receiving arms from Mexico (see p. 6). He declared that his soldiers are equipped with U. S. Army pattern Enfield rifles purchased in Manhattan and transshipped across the U. S. and Mexico to Nicaragua...
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...
...Edged Threat. Aboard his flagship, the Rochester, anchored off Puerto Cabezas, Rear Admiral Latimer calmly directed the marines, landed recently (TIME, Jan. 3) as they maintained "a neutral zone to protect American lives" in such a way as to cut off the Liberal adherents of President? Juan Sacasa from their chief base. Meanwhile President* Adolfo Diaz welcomed another detachment of U. S. marines which arrived "to protect the U. S. Legation" at Managua, Capital of Nicaragua...
Actual fighting between the Sacasa (Liberal) and Diaz (Conservative) forces continued in the interior. Since false reports of success were sent out on both sides, the true state of the civil war remained obscure, but a total of at least 500 combatant Nicaraguans were killed last week...