The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-09-27
MENASURRFNDERS
|. TO i. S. ADMIRAL;
EX|LED DTOPANANA
Capture Is Taken to Mean Col
lapse Of the. Revo-
luton
INSURGENTS ABANDON ARMS
US. Marines are Now in Com.
plete Control Of
Granada
INSURGENTS ABANDON ARMS
Associated Press Dispatch.

Associated Press Dispatch.
Washington, Sept. 26.-Gen.
tMena, leader of the Nicaraguan reyo-
lutionists, IL to be sent to Panama
under guard of American sailors and
marines.
American Minister Weitzel report
ed to the State Department today
that Rear Admiral Switzerland had
accepted the surrender of Mena and
700 followers at midnight, Sept. "a
His capture Is taken to indicate
the collapse of the revolution, and
his removal to Panama probably
means exile.
Officials here believed Gen. Mena
requested that he be permitted to
surrender TO Admiral Switzerland
from fear of summary action at the
hands of the Nicaraguan Federals,
and the Admiral doubtless thought
il advisable to get the rebel leader
out Of the country as soon as pos
sible.
Granada is now completely under
control of United States forces. Con-
ditions are reported pitlful in the ex-
treme. The inhabitants are in dan
ger of famine in consequence OF
their long isolation Red Cross pro-
visions have been distributed.
Zeledon Expected to GIVE Up.
1t Is not thought that Gen, Zele-
don and his forces will attempt to
hold out now that the head of the
revolution has given up. Little i'm
portance is attached here to the an
nouncement by Juan lrias, former
follower of zalaya, of his intention
to succeed Gen, Mena, Irias an
nounced his ambition before leaving
San Jose Costa Rica several days
a~o. Nothing since has been heard
Of his whereabouts.
Mena Consistent Revolutionist
Gen. Mena who has long been the
stormy petrol of Nicaraguan affairs
has been the head of the latest revo-
luton, which started the latter part
of July, .and caused many diplo-
matte representations and no little
anxiety Oh the part of the United
States.
1t was said at one time that the
administration was eager to quell
the outbreak in order to protect
500, 10000 worth of bonds of the
Nicaraguan government held by q
syndicate headed by ], p Morgan.
Another report was that a group
OF rich Pittsburgh men, who had
GAINED valuable concessions from
Zelaya, had fomented the rebellion
This group was said to contain sew
eral friends of Secretary of State
Knox. President Diaz, it was al
legged had refused to grant the com
pany monopoly in the Atlantic
coast fruit region, and the agent Of
the fruit company instigated the up
rising.
The State Department, immediate
ly Gen. Mena's activities were seen
to be serious, announced that 1t
would extend the fullest measure
possible protection to American
property and life in Nicaragua, With
that in view, seevral hundred ma
rines were dispatched to the Central
American republic and were follow
ed quickly by another detachment
Taft Orders Regiment to Move.
Affairs had become so serious by
Aug. %, in the Judgment of Presi
dent Taft and his counselo7s, that
the President on that day ordered
the Tenth United States Infantry,
then in the Panama Canal zone, to
Nicaragua. Numerous atrocities had
been reported, among them the muir
der OF two Americans, Dodd and
Phillips, after they had been wound
ed
Adverse criticism the next day in
the Senate of the Presidents war
Ike order is believed to have in
auenced Taft in withdrawing the or
der for the dispatch Of the Tenth in
fantry.
However, the marines were re-
tanned at the front, and Washington
was kept in close touch with the sit
uation.
American sailors repulsed des
Nerate attack on Gems. Mena and
Zeladon on Managua, which haC
been established by United States
authorities as refuge station.
Minister Weitze was a ST. Iouif
attorney when appointed to the dip
lpmatic service 10 years ago He II
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