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moment when President Coolidge is prattling about “good will” : and “cooperation: with the peoples of Latin America!” . “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 is no less than murder, for the sole purpose of keeping in power a puppet Presid At and acting as collector for Wall Street: ae ; . “My son survived honorable service thru the World War against Germany only to be officially murdered in a disgraceful war against this little nation.” me : 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 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- araguans, more than 200 of them civilians—men, women and children. . , Why are the marines in Nicaragua? To insure a fair election of the Nicaraguan President next August, says the U..S. Government. But the U.S. forces, who have no business in Nicaragua in any case, exiled the regularly - chosen constitutional President, Dr. Juan B. Sacasa, “and set up a puppet of Wall Street in his place. This man, Adolfo : Diaz,.used to be a $1,000-a-year employee‘of an American min- . -ing company. During the last U. S. intervention in Nicaragua (1912-1925) he became President, supported by U.S. bayonets —and he promptly turned over to Wall Street bankers control of the Nicaraguan railroads and of the National Bank of Nic- aragua, Now that Diaz is back in office, the American financiers have again gotten their hands on the railroads and the