File No. 6369/199.
Consul Moffat to the Secretary of State.
Bluefields (undated),
(Received Oct, 7, 1909.)
Mr. Moffat reports that he has received secret information, which he has reason to believe, that a revolution will start in Bluefields on the 8th; that the State, with the present governor proclaimed provisional president, will constitute an independent republic, with Bluefields the capital; appeal will be made to Washington immediately for recognition. Mr. Moffat says the governor and leaders have control over the entire army, which numbers 2,000 on the coast, that they propose to protect property of foreigners, and that there will be no fighting in Bluefields; that the army would proceed south at once, augmented in numbers already arranged for, enter the capital, overthrow the President and consolidate into another republic the Pacific States of Nicaragua. Mr. Moffat adds that Gen. Chamorro, who will lead the army, landed secretly from Costa Rica the night before.