Honduran War

Progress in the Honduran civil war (TIME, Feb. 11):

P:General Tiburcio Carias, disappointed Presidential candidate, captured several towns of minor note. He was marching on Tegucigalpa, capital of Honduras, stronghold of President Gutierrez.

P:The U. S. Government despatched the cruiser Rochester to La Ceiba, a port on the Honduras Atlantic coast, and the cruiser Milwaukee to Amapala, on the Pacific coast, where the rebels were expected to set up a "capital." Both cruisers were sent to protect U. S. interests.