Blackwell Family Subject File Contributions, Appeals For - Blackwell, Alice Stone Printed MatterEnlist with Sandino! Stop the Flow of Nicaraguan Blood! A letter from the brother of General Sandino Nueve-York 24 de Febrero de 1928. Senor. Manuel Gomez. Secretario de la Liga. Antimperialista de las Americas. (Secciónenme de Norte America) Estimado amigo: La presente tiene por objeto felicitar a la Lige Antimperialists de las Americas, por la energica y noble companique por la libertad de Nicaragua viene haciendo esa organización. La colecta que acaba de iniciarse, para enviar recursos medicinale a los heridos del Ejencito Nacionalista, que comanda mi hermano, demuestra una vez mas, los ideales y principios de la Liga Antiimperialista de las Americas. Es por ego, que en nombre del Pueblo de Nicaraguan el de mi hermano, Gral Agustí Sandino y en el mio propio, hago constar nuestro profundo reconocimiento a todos los amigos que constituyen la Liga Antiimperialista de las Americas, por su valeroso apoyo a la causa de la libertad de nuestro Pueblo. De Ud me suscribo Atto., su amigo. Socrates Sandino. 107 Jefferson Ave. Brooklyn, N.Y. (TRANSLATION) New York, Feb. 24, 1928 Mr. Manuel Gomez, Secretary, All-America Anti-Imperialist League, (United States Section) Dear friend: The purpose of this letter is to congratulate the All-America Anti-Imperialist League on its energetic and finely-inspired campaign for Nicaraguan liberty. The collection which you have initiated for the purpose of sending medical supplies to the wounded soldiers of the Nationalist Army commanded by my brother, sets forth once again the ideals and principles of the All-America Anti-Imperialist League. Therefore, in the name of the people of Nicaragua, in the name of my brother, General Augusto Sandino, and in my own name, I wish to express our profound appreciation to all friends affiliated with the All-America Anti-Imperialist League for their courageous support to the cause of our nation's freedom. Your friend, (signed) SOCRATES SANDINO Socrates Sandino, 107 Jefferson Avenue. Brooklyn, N. Y. In response to this letter the ALL-AMERICA ANTI-IMPERIALIST LEAGUE is broadening its campaign for funds to buy bandages and medical supplies for General Sandino. Contributions to this fund will be forwarded to Senor Froylan Turcios, General Sandino's official representative at Tegucigalpa, Honduras, through the Hands-Off-Nicaragua Committee at Mexico City, which is cooperating with the Nicaraguan Red Cross. See photographs inside.DEFEAT WALL STREET'S WAR AGAINST NICARAGUA! Victims of the American fliers at Chinandega, Nicaragua. (The effect of the airplane bombs.) Help Sandino's Wounded! Gral A. C. Sandino Chinadega, Nicaragua, after its partial destruction by American bombing planes. (Center above) General Augusto C. Sandino, Commander of Nicaraguan National Liberation army. (Lower Center) One of Sandino's wounded men being carried to a makeshift hospital by two of his comrades. Sandino's army is entirely lacking in bandages and medical supplies. The landing of some of the three thousand marines who are stationed at Nicaragua for the maintenance of the "peace of death". Contribute To-Day! Another victim of the American fliers at Chinandega. SEND BANDAGES AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO SANDINO'S ARMY! 270[*Nicaragua*] FACTS ABOUT THE WAR IN NICARAGUA Wall Street and Colonel Stimson's "Peace of Death". Since December 24, 1926, when the marines began their invasion of Nicaragua, pitched battles have taken place at frequent intervals, casualties on both sides as yet unrecorded. On July 16, 1927, U. S. planes bombed the town of Ocotal, slaughtering from 300 to 500 men, women and children. This is "the peace" which the marines are supposed to have brought to Nicaragua! Meantime, J. & W. Seligman & Co. and the Guaranty Trust Co. have once more gotten their hands on the Nicaraguan Railroads and the National Bank of Nicaragua. Dr. William P. Cumberland has been made financial dictator working in close cooperation with American customs collectors. U. S. bankers are negotiating loans which will total $20,000,000. The chief objective of the invasion is the Nicaraguan canal zone, across which is to be built a new canal, a base for American imperialism. This canal project which is based on an illegal treaty negotiated with a puppet government during a previous period of U. S. occupation, in return for $3,000,000 which has never been paid, has become with President Coolidge "an inalienable American perquisite". The marine invasion has forced the exile of the constitutional president of Nicaragua, Dr. Juan B. Sacasa and has placed the effective political machinery of Nicaragua in American hands. As supervisors of the coming presidential election in Nicaragua they are preparing to carry out the cynical bargain made by Colonel Henry L. Stimson whereby General Moncada, erstwhile liberal commander, is to be rewarded for his desertion of the liberal cause. It is no secret that Moncada is to be the next president of Nicaragua, - which means that the real rulers will be in Wall Street and Washington. When Augusto C. Sandino, who was one of the important generals of Moncada's liberal army, refused to be bound by the treachery of his corrupted chief, Col. Stimson immediately denounced as a "bandit." Stimson declared that Sandino was totally without political support in Nicaragua,-that he had only a band of sixty or seventy ragged outlaws. Since the statement was made the Navy Department has reported some 800 Sandinistas killed in battle with the marines! Moreover, the harbor workers at Corinto at the very opposite end of the country from Sandino's headquarters, went on strike and refused to unload supplies for the U. S. invaders. The New York Times correspondent in a February 15 despatch, admits that two-thirds of the population is favorable to Sandino. Nicaragua is a nation at the point of the bayonet. Sandino represents the national struggle for liberation. The entire U. S. government stands responsible for the invasion of Nicaragua. And at the Pan-American Conference at Havana, the U. S. delegation insisted upon the right of U. S. intervention and police power not only in Nicaragua but as a general priniciple! Every Latin-American knows what this means. It means that resistance to U. S. intervention is of vital concern to all the Latin-American nations. Sandino is fighting for the integrity of all Latin-American soil. All sincere enemies of imperialism must stand with him. ENLIST WITH SANDINO! The Red Cross Division is a necessity to every army. Help build the Nicaraguan Red Cross! Help take care of the wounded victims of Wall Street's imperial aggression! Stiffen the morale of the Nicaraguan liberation forces! NICARAGUAN RED CROSS DIVISION ALL-AMERICA ANTI-IMPERIALIST LEAGUE (UNITED STATES SECTION) 39 Union Square, New York City, N. Y. Enclosed please find $ to help buy medical supplies and bandages for Sandino's army. Name Address CityPEOPLE'S LOBBY BULLETIN NOT Copyrighted Published Monthly by THE PEOPLE'S LOBBY, Inc. BISHOP FRANCIS J. McCONNELL, President JOHN DEWEY, Honorary President BENJAMIN C