The Yale expositor., 1909-11-26
washinston.-rhe tense situation

now In progress In that country, mas
become aggravated by the failure TO
receive definite news of their fate and
caused the state department to make
the announcement Friday that in the
future every American citizen abroad
will be as safe as though he was In
his own home.
The present heads of the depart
ment have chafed under the old-time
statement that a British citizen was
safe anywhere, but that II an Ameri-
can crossed a frontier he had TO put
himself under the protection of the
British minister or consul before he
could go out and look at the scenery
with an unruftled mind.
That is the real movement back OF
the strenuous way in which the de-
partment Of state is going after Presi-
dent zeiaya of the Nicaraguan repub-
lie, who is reported to have shot two
American revolutionists without con-
sulting representatives of this coun-
try.
Impatient over the inadeQuacy of
the information received in two tele-
grams from the American consul at
Managua, Secretary Knox dispatched
a peremptory order for full and COM
plete advices.
Immediately ascertain and cable
full and positive information as to
the fate of the two captured Ameri-
cans" says his message. This gov
ernment," the dispatch continues, "can
scarcely credit the report Of the sum-
mary execution of two American citi-
Zens taken with the revolutionary
army. The charge d'affaires of Mica
ragua here has also been asked tele-
graphically to demand full informa-
ton for this government, which will
not for one moment tolerate such
treatment of American citizens"
This is a pronunciamento to the
Central and South American govern
ments in particular that care must
questions affecting American individ-
uals and American interests.
There Is a grimness about the atti-
ture Of the state department officials
which does not usually attach to the
adjustment of diplomatic questions.
The department is determined to go
to the bottom of this affair.
A further Interpretation of the rec.
ognition of the belligerency of the
revolutionists was made by Secretary
Knox, in response to inquiries from
various merchants doing business with
Atlantic ports. To each has been re-
peated the previous announcement
with this addition.
The first body to be removed from
the st. Paul mine at Cherry, H.. was
that of Ollie Freiberg. Searchers
saw 10 other bodies but were unable
to recover them. The fire is under
control.
Richard Watson Glider, the author
and editor of the Century Magazine,
is dead of heart failure at New York,
aged IS years.
The inquiry instituted by the de-
partment of the interior into the va
lidity of coal entry lands in Alaska,
around which the Ballinger-Pinchot
controversy centers, has begun at Sc
attic, Wash.
No trace of the murderers of little
Hedwig Zenda, at Milwaukee, has yet
been obtained by the police. A big
reward will be offered for their cap
ture by the city council.
Sheriff F. r. Davis of Alexander
county Illinois, from whom the Cairo
mob took the negro VIII James and
lynched him, has been removed from
Office by Gov. Deneen, in accordance
with mob violence act, which leaves
him no discretion.
Two Americans, Leonard Grace and
Leroy Cannon, have been executed
in Nicaragua by order of President
Zelaya. They were captured while
serving with the revolutionary army.
The state department has ordered two
warships to proceed to Nicaraguan
ports with all possible speed and
President Taft says Zelaya will be
held responsible for his action.
Mrs. Augusta e. Stetson, for years
one Of the most powerful leaders Of
the Christian Science denomination
In New York, has been ex-communicat-
ed by the board of directors of the
mother church at Boston, on the
charge of persisting in teaching and
practices contrary to Christian Sci
ence.
Henry s. Boner, for 32 years super
intendent of the Lutheran Publication
society, died at his home in Philadel-
phia. He was 73 years old.
Max o. Drelcorn was killed and VIII
liam B. Reid and A. La Laberte were
probably fatally injured in an automo-
bile accident at West Springfield,
Mass.
AS result of the voters OF Wau-
kegan, Ill, defeating a $4,000 bond
issue, Mayor Fred Buck ordered all
street lights put out of commission
and the fire and police department
curtailed so that only one fireman
will be on duty days and one nights
and only one policeman on days and
one nights.
Blaine Selvage, young mechanic
of Eureka, Ill, made a trial flight of
three-Quarters of a mile at an aver