Foreign News: An Honest Scheme

In October Nicaragua will elect a new President, so President Bartolo Martinez, apparently in fear of the Imperialist U. S., decided to play safe. He instructed Senor Urtocho, Minister of Foreign Affairs, to telegraph U. S. Secretary of State Charles E. Hughes:

"Under the President's instructions, I beg to say the following to Your Excellency: Prominent Conservatives and Liberals earnestly de- siring international concord agree on ticket Carlos Solozano, Conservative, for President for the next Constitutional term and Juan Bautista Sacasa, Liberal, for Vice President, and ask me to receive and forward their wishes...

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