Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-13
EXECUTE ztLAYA
As MURDERER, IS
SENATOR'S DEMAND
"Sh0nld Be Punished With
DEATH" Cries Rayner to
Upper House.
CALLS NICARAGUAN RULER
PEER in SCHOOL OF CRIME
Government Cowardly if II Fails
to Ayenge Killing OF Ameri-
cans, He Declares.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. a.
Speaking to his resolution offered in
the Senate last Friday authorizing the
President of the United States to take
all necessary steps to apprehend Pres
ident Zelaya, of Nicaragua, and bring
him to trial ON a charge of the murder
of Groce n Cannon, the two Amer
lean citizens recently executed in Mic
aragua, Senator Rayner, of Maryland,
today addressed the Senate at length,
Senator Rayner's speech, stirring and
de~nunciatory In one and character
lied by dramatic fervor, was al IN
sparing arraignment of President Ze-
laya, whom he designated as lone of
the criminals of the age"
what / am concerned in now" said
Senator Rayner, lis not the question OF
the belligerent rights of the revolu-
tionists, or in case of their success
their recognition either as the de facto
OF the de jure government, but in the
speedy apprehension and punishment
of Zelaya. This desperate Is every
thing that the secretary of state says
about him and a great deal more.
"In the schoI of corruption, dis
honor, perfdy and crime he stands
without n peer, and exhibits In
one glow of associated harmony
The pride of every model and the
perfection of every master.
1T is absolutely preposterous for uf
70 talk about indemnity. Indemnity Is
nc recompense for murder. even IL WI
were willing to accept such a COM
promise, there is no one to give us In
denlnity, because the revolutionists will
soon be in power, and the comrades In
arms of these unfortunate men should
never be assessed for compensation fol
their unlawful death. 1t is said that we
ought to break off official communica-
ton with his accredited representa-
tiyes. We have already done that, and
that amounts to nothing. and is a mat
ter of absolute to him.
Then it is said that we ought tt
declare war against Nicaragua. ]
think hat is unnecessary, except In
81 far as this resolution may be con-
strued into what is known in interna-
tional law as a declaration of hostility
sub modo, some of the authorities
speaking of it as limited or imperfec'
hostilitfes. 1t Isl a declaration against
the ruler of Nicaragua In person, ant
not against the government, which maj
soon be out of his grasp.
'"This government is a, cowardly gov
eminent if it does not make an
ample OF Zelaya before the eyes of the
civilized world. This case will moi ad-
init of any trifling or concessions. II
two American citizens-I care not who
they were or what they were. citizens
in high standing as they have been
reputed to be or soldiers of fortune
have been murdered by Zelaya, then he
must be mad to pay the penalty of his
crime. Once spread before the Ameri-
can people the details of the execution,
and our people will rise in arms and
demand retribution. They have not yet
fully absorbed the significance of this
deed. No matter how it was done, nc
trial by court-martial can justify it,
These men. as 1 have shown. were pris-
oners of war, and they wer not sub
feet to trial by court-martial."
Senator Rayner asserted that Ze-
laya's only anxiety would be lest he
lose "the money he had stolen" that
he would rather loose his head thar
his money. The senator declared that
if Zelaya could o obtain a fair trial
in Nicaragua in the event of insurgent
success in that country, he might well
be brought to the United States and
tried for murder in this country before
a Jury of American citizens and under
the criminal laws Of the land. The
senator said he would later present a
line Of ~precedents predicating legality
for such an action. He quoted Presi-
dent Pierce in a message to Congress
In 1osc on, xlo cI,l~iact4 ar aoaupi1i q