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dee EAE CT oe om moment when President Coolidge i is ‘prattling about: “good will” Pe ‘and “cooperation: with the peoples of Latin America!” e wens “John S. Hemphill, of Ferguson, Mo., whose . son, : Sergeant John F, Hemphill, was killed in action in Nicara- _ gua on New Year's eve, wrote the following protest to President Coolidge: “What we are doing i is no less than murder, for the sole . purpose of keeping in power a puppet Presid at and acting as collector for Wall Street: My son survived honorable service thru the World aye War against Germany only to be officially murdered i ina | . disgraceful war against this little nation.” ~ to Harold Leavey Jr., a Brooklyn milkman whose | son was in the latest contingent of marines ordered to Nicaragua, . : made a statement to the press on January 5 declaring that -., the despatch of U. §. forces there was “nothing else but LF ; plain murder,” adding: “The boys are being sent to fight for Wall Street ° brokers, not Uncle Sam. I’m only a poor milkman and I need my boy more than they do.” War with Nicaragua! Even those who still cherish illu. _ ‘sions concerning the terrible World War cannot he deceived about this .wanton. assault upon the territory of Nicaragua. No wonder that the United States Senate, after a private - - agreement between the leaders of both the Republican and - Democratic parties on January 6 abruptly adjourned its -ses- sions for several days in order to prevent discussion on resolu- tions criticizing U. S. policy. in Nicaragua! . It is an undisguised war of aggression! United States marines have occupied the territory of Nic- aragua since. December 24, 1826. Since last May eighteen pitched battles have been fought. On July 16, occured the -massacre of. Ocotal, in which an indiscriminate bombing raid ——---. ... ° | by U.S. army. planes resulted in the murder of 300 to 500 Nic- 7 araguans, more than 200 of them civilians—men, women and children. . Why are ‘the marines in a Nicaragua? To insure a fair election of the Nicaraguan President next. [. “ ~ August, says the U.S. Government. But the U. S. forces, who a ~ . |. “have no-business in Nicaragua in any case, exiled the regularly - * chosen constitutional President, Dr. Juan. B. Sacasa, /and -.}" .set up a puppet of Wa]l Street in his place. This man, ‘Adolfo od . ‘Diaz,. used to be a $1,000-a-year employee‘of an ‘American min- .- : " -ing company. During the last U. S. intervention in Nicaragua | | on (1912-1925) he became President, supported by U. 8. bayonets © -|-°"- —and he promptly turned over to Wall Street bankers control - -of the Nicaraguan railroads and of the National Bank of Nic- - aragua, é ; Now that Diaz is back in office, the American financiers i have again gotten their hands on the railroads and the. _