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WAR LOOMS IN CENTRAL AMERICA.

NICARAGUAN TROUBLE ASSUMES GRAVE ASPECT. Py Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. " Sydney Sun ” Cable. (Received Tanuarv 15, 11.5 a.m.) WASHINGTON. January 14. Many officials in Washington consider that war between Mexico and the United States over the Nicaraguan trouble is inevitable. The prophecies range from a guess that within a month fyfexico will be torn by a flaming revolution, to hints that what the United States is doing in Nicaragua in occupying all the important towns on the coast and in the interior is an object lesson of what will happen speedily in Mexico if Calles does not reform. There is undoubtedly seething discontent in Mexico, and a tremendous spirit of revolution abroad, while assassinations and mysterious murders are the order of the day. WEEK END HOLDS A GRIM PORTENT. (Received January 15, 11.10 a.m.) WASHINGTON, January 14. Mexico and Nicaragua are magic words in the news, and never since the Great War has a week-end come with such portent in America’s foreign policy. There is no question of the definiteness of President Coolidge’s programme as far as Nicaragua is concerned on sea or land. The American occupation is proceeding in every town of importance on the coast, and in the interior until the revolution against the regime of General Diaz is crushed. Further fighting is being prevented by active policing of the republic by American forces until General Sacasa’s provisional Government, recognised by Mexico, is eliminated. The only interruption of this course is for the Senate, by a direct mandate, to compel President Coolidge to withdraw entirely from Central America. On the East Coast American naval forces occupy every town and hamlet, making it impossible for General Sacasa, who controlled the entire territory, to mass his forces in Mexico. The position is highly complicated. Mexican students have announced that they will fight and die with President Calles in his fight against the northern Colossus (meaning the United States). Dispatches from Mexico City declare that business is .almost paralysed, while a serious crisis threatens the Mexican Cabinet. The two leading newspapers in Mexico City are very outspoken against the tortures and atrocities winked at by the Calles Administra-

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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18055, 15 January 1927, Page 2

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WAR LOOMS IN CENTRAL AMERICA. Star (Christchurch), Issue 18055, 15 January 1927, Page 2

WAR LOOMS IN CENTRAL AMERICA. Star (Christchurch), Issue 18055, 15 January 1927, Page 2

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