Consul Olivares to the Secretary of State.1
Managua, August 20, 1910.
Mr. Olivares reports that Madriz has to-day deposited the so-called presidency of Nicaragua in Jose Dolores Estrada, who has issued textually the following manifesto:
To the Nicaraguans.
Fellow Countrymen: Called to the exercise of the presidency in accordance with the provisions of our constitution, I have taken charge of the provisional command of the Republic in times of difficulty and sorrow for the mother country. In so doing I have had nothing in mind but to assist, as far as it lay in my power, in restoring peace so as to bring at once to an end the shedding of blood and thus open an era of reconciliation which may stop the misfortunes that are now rending the national honor. My object, then, is exclusively to guarantee order to society, while I turn over the command to the revolution, to which end I have already taken appropriate steps. I therefore hope, in my disinterested and loyal efforts, that I may rely on the cooperation of the good sons of Nicaragua and I entreat them to lend me their support, as the only sure means of satisfactorily discharging the sacred duties which, to my mind, patriotism imposes upon me.
Jose D. Estrada.
Managua, August 20, 1910.
Mr. Olivares says it is reported that the vanguard of the revolutionary forces is only 10 miles from Managua, but Estrada is endeavoring to persuade the invading army to suspend hostilities until he can turn over his power to his brother Juan in person. Adds that Madriz departed to-night for Corinto and that Managua is enthusiastically celebrating his exodus with fireworks and bells.
- Transmitted through the American legation at Tegucigalpa.↩