May Fight Our Marines.

New York Times 100 years ago today, October 3, 1912:
Nicaraguan Rebels Will Be Attacked If They Do Not Surrender.
    WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.— Determined to prevent foreign interference in Central America by extending protection to foreigners as well as to Americans in Nicaragua, ana at the suggestion of the Nicaraguan Government, Rear-Admiral Southerland purposes to use his marines to-morrow to drive the rebels out of their fortified position on Barranca Hill, if they persist in obstructing free communication between the town of Barranca and Managua.
    This step has been decided upon as a result of the request of the British Minister at Managua that his family, now in Barranca, be escorted to the capital through the rebel lines. There is a chance that Zeledon, the only rebel general now in the field, will accept the Government's offer of amnesty and lay down his arms. Otherwise a hostile clash between his force and the American marines seems certain.