A TYRANT.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9668, 6 December 1909, Page 5

A TYRANT.

SCATHING DENUNCIATION. THE NICARAGUAN TROUBLE. KNOX DENOUNCES ZELAYA. United Press Association—Electric Telegraph Copyright. Received December 5, 5.5 p.m. NEW YORK, December 4. General Diaz, President of Mexico informed Mr Knox, United States Secretary of State, of President, Zelaya's guilt in connection with the execution of American subjects in Nicaragua in connection with the rebel Inn, and urged the necessity of intervention. Mr Knox's notification to the Nicardguan C'iar.;e d'AfiVire* wag followed with a l.tter scartinngly denouncing President Zelaya as a tyrant and author of incessant turmoil, His administration was a blot on civilisation.

The action of General Zelaya, President of Nicaragua, iti ordering the execution of t.vo United States citizens, wlio were said to have taken part in the recent revolt, tnav lead to serious trouble for the turbulent litilo Central American Republic. President Zelaya declared that these men were shot for having placed dynamite mines on board Government steamers at Greytown, which were laden with troops. According to the Washington correspondent of "The Times," the authorities are dissatisfied with this explanation. The American Vice-Consul at Managua, moreover, declares that the execution was due to the personal enmity of General Zelaya towards one of the condemned men. The State Department at Washington appears to hold that the men were engaged in a legitimate act of warfare. Two American warships have already been ordered to the Nicaraguan coast, the gunboat Vicksburg to Corinto, on the Pacific, and the cruiser Des Moines to Port Limon/ on the Atlantic side. The cruiser Tacoma, at Cuba, has also received orders to proceed to Cristobal, where she will be available if necessary to transport marines from the canal zone. The gunboat Marietta has been sent to Port Limon. t