The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-24
SUPPRESSED TGFT'S WARNING
MANAGUA EDITOR put ~
PRISON M MADREE.
Peopie Prevented Prem Reading Answer
20 Bluenelds Protest Posted a. Con.
SUITS Gate-Pi Plantations RniReSi by
the war ReerRsllnE With lAssoes.

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20 Bluenelds Protest Posted at COR-
SUITS Gate Plantations Ruined by
the War Recruiting WITH lAss0es.
WASHINGTON, June %. jose do OIL
wares. American Consul az Managua.
advised the state Department to-day
OF the arrest Of DR. Felipe Allies. editor
OF la TaTde Of ManaguA. for failing 10
suppress the teri Of President Taft's
reply 20 tho protest 81 President Madriz
regarding the recent actions Of Com
mander " W Gilmer Of the gunboat
Paduoah. The despatch Of Mr. Oivares
says:
i received your Telegram Of June 10.
The statement contained therein was
Immediately handed by me to Dr. MadriE.
who received Il without comment A
copy Of tho statement waI, also given
by me 10 DR. Felipe Allies, tie proprietor
and editor Of La Tarde. which is the most
popular afternoon paper Of MRnAgua
Or. Allies submitted the statement
to the censorship Of DR. MadriE. who
prohibited it, publication. Yesterday
afternoon Ia Tards appeared with an
inOifensive headline followed by blurred
space in order to show that tho state
ment had been suppressed by the censor
On account OF this action Dr. MadTiz
has suppressed la TdTis and imprisoned
DR.. Allies
For the purpose Of making the state
ment public | yesterday posted a copy
and translation Of II at the entrance 10
the consulate. DR. MadriE. when he
learned Of this sent police To prevent peo-
! pie from reading the statement One
person TO my knowledge was arrested
while reading IL.
later. when the nature Of the state
mont had become generally known, DR..
Madriz consented to its publication. and
IL has to-day appeared in the other local
newspapers. accompanied by insular COM
ment, evidently inspired by DR.. Madriz.-
NEW ORLEANS. June 3 sidney Hen
ningen. an American. manager Of the
San Antonio sugar estates. a large Eng
lish corporation near COrintO. Nicaragua.
who arrived here to-day from that cOun-
try. declares that his and all the other
agricultural companies In Nicaragua ars
being ruined by the war and by the con-
sorip,ion 81 their laborsrs by the MadrE
Government He said that his company
alone had lost 5000 bags Of growing rice
and 5000 tons Of sugar cane, the crops
rOtting in the field from lack Of men
The lAborers on the plantations had been
carried OF by the recruiting officers tied
with ropes around their necks and large
part Of the agricultural labor Of the Pacific
Coast had been thus conscripted OF kid
mapped for military service
Numerous recruits for the MadriE
armies had been secured when / left
Nicaragua said Mr.. Henningen The
Government soldiers get their men by
lassoing them as they would 80 many
cattle. When each man Is captured his
oaptor ties his hands. tieing himself 10
the recruit 30 that there h no danger of
HE escape Then the man Is marched 70
the district recruiting Office and made TO
sign his name to the muster roll. n he
can't write il IL sign I'd for him and a
musket il gwen 20 him.
Our plantations were among the last
visited. In former years We had been
able to keep Zelaya from seizing our
laborers by paying him 81 for every sack
u sugar manufactured. Last year We
paid for this protection Sa5 600. OF one
cent a pound on the sugar
"Madriz would not agree 20 this He
and Boca did not want the money. hut
they took our men. The rice crop was
ripening in the fields and nearly ready for
harvesting when the recruiting officers
swOoped down on us. Il was totally
abandoned for lack Of labor and eaten by
the birds. There was no labor 60 cut the
sugar cane. which was also abandoned
The Madriz troops invaded the plan
tati1n 10y night. rang the big bells used
In times u fire. and when the plantation
laborers. S0O In number. rushed on the
scene To find out what was the matter.
capt dred the entire crowd Those who
tried to escape were lassoei tied 10 one
~ the soldies and prodded with bayonets
into the recruiting station.
This explains how Madriz ~ able 20
get M many soldiers and why they are
40 unwilling Co fight. dessrting at the
first chance they get
Mr. Henningen says that the revolution
has many sympathigers on the west oF
Pacific coast where his plantations are
situated. but they dare not show their
sympathies.