818.00/602: Telegram
The Minister in Nicaragua ( Jefferson ) to the Acting Secretary of State
Managua
,
May 7, 1919, 4 p.m.
[Received May 8, 12.05 a.m.]
[Received May 8, 12.05 a.m.]
I am informed that Julio Acosta and men now occupy Pena Blanca, Costa Rica, and he has been proclaimed Provisional President. They have telegraphed President Chamorro requesting that they be recognized as belligerents.
No skirmishes reported between contending parties.
Jefferson