The Nicaragua Revolution.

New York Times 100 years ago today, August 22, 1912:

    The information received in Washington that the latest rebellion in Nicaragua has been financed in the United States is saddening but not startling. It would he startling indeed to learn that Washington had discovered a means to circumvent the financial backers on our soil of Central American revolutions. There is frequently much stronger evidence against them than has been secured, thus far, in this particular case. The latest revolution in Honduras was almost wholly financed in the United States, and American citizens were conspicuous among the so-called revolutionists.
    The neutrality laws are not at fault. Fomenting trouble in a country with which we are at peace is clearly a crime and punishable as such. Yet the laws are defied again and again, and almost any disgruntled Latin-American politician can secure a backing here (money, weapons, provender, and ammunition) to begin war on his Government. The explanation is, supposedly, that it is sometimes cheaper to get valuable "concessions" in this way than to buy them in a competitive market.
    If the "revolution" is successful, the backer has a "pull" with the Government.