815.00/2723: Telegram
The Minister in Honduras (Morales) to the Secetary of State
[Received October 27—5:18 a.m.]
86. On the eve of the elections I desire to report that throughout the entire country peace prevails. The President stated this afternoon that all effective measures had been taken by the governor general to guarantee the freedom of suffrage to the electorate.
Arias informed me today that his partisans had received instructions to maintain peace and he felt assured that the elections would be held in absolute tranquillity. He further stated that his party would not resort to violence. Arias relies on his organization to assure him the election.
Bonilla is perfectly satisfied with present conditions, but he fears the intrigues of Zuniga Huete and Carlos Lagos during the elections.
Carias will not under any circumstances permit his adherents to take up arms during the elections. He stated that, if the Government continues to refrain from coercion, he will be satisfied. He believes that, if the laboring classes are permitted to approach the polls unmolested, and if the votes that they cast are counted, he will receive a majority of the popular vote. Repeated to all missions in Central America.