MR, BENTON'S DEATH

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2118, 8 April 1914, Page 7

MR, BENTON'S DEATH

RESET 0! INQUIRY Villa clsaeed of dirigt KESPONSIBILITY WAYLAID AND SHOT BY ANOTHER By Tdcetapli—Press' Aswdatton»-C>opyrißlrt Mexico City, April 6. As an outcome of tho Car«ift-/a Commission, Major Fcrtevo vcaM ordered to be executed for flittintemK Mr. Bon ton, Englishman. Ferrero was degraded, dismissed from ■ tho army, and .imprisoned. It appears that General Villa merely imprisoned. Bcirton, and that Fcwcro waylaid Urn -en route to the prison, and sliot him wlijlo ho was,aboard tho trs-iii. ... . ■ GARRANZA'sIfrrrUDE TO THE NATIONS, SKETCHES HIs"fOSSIGN POLICY, (Ike. April 7, 8,50 p.m.) Mexico rats, April 0. General Can-aim <].<?adcr of the Con- : stittttioiwiists), hi 9 foreign policy, states that lie mill entjeatferax to preserve a friendly attitude to'all'tho nations, and particularly to tho United States. Ho mnst, lioTv«v(?r (ho states), refuse to consider any representations made thrsugli tlio 'United States foreigners' behaif, unfcss previously notified that mel\ mediation lias Wen w* tjuostctj item the United States Iw tie '■ nation interested. EXODUS OF SPANIARDS. DEPORTATION OEDBRED BY VILLA, Mexico 0%, Aprij 6. ■ General Vilht has ortoed sis hundred Spiiward&io he deported, and lias issued instructions Uint train,? shall bo protided, the exodus to El Paso, Texas, will begin to-morrow. 'The property of tlieso deported will ha co»i!scaM. BISHOP HELD FOR RANSOM. GRIM THREAT FOR EASTER.. ■ Mexico pity, April 6. '■ General JSapata ea.ptared tho Bishop of CSiftlpa,, and is holaitig hijn p, prSftoiier in the vieifiity of Giiprrero. Zapata, is ■ demanding 5D,Q00 pi?s<js raiisom., «tW. wise-he will orueify the Bi.shatt oa Gaod' Friday,