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...week Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg went before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and talked for two and a half hours from a prepared memorandum. Mexico is fomenting the Liberal revolution in Nicaragua which is trying to overthrow the U. S.'s protégé, President Diaz; and behind Mexico are the Bolshevists of Russia, said Mr. Kellogg. He produced documents: 1) a resolution of the Red International of Trade Unions in Moscow, appealing to "the toilers of Latin America"; 2) a speech by an unnamed representative of the American Communist Party, urging his fellows to become...
...policy in Nicaragua, however, Mr. Kellogg issued a stern statement: "From the beginning of the trouble a year ago, the United States has offered its good offices and exerted its influence to compose the difficulty. The same attitude has existed ever since Diaz was elected president, nor is any change contemplated...
Meanwhile, President Diaz of Nicaragua, who, with the aid of U. S. marines, saw a victory over the Liberals looming, outlined a peace plan for his citizens...
...craft, and his 4,680 U. S. marines were policing Nicaragua in such a manner that President Adolfo Diáz (recognized by the U. S.) was safe in his capital, Managua, while President Sacasa was being starved out for want of supplies on the West Coast. President Diaz, presumably advised by Admiral Latimer, cabled a long peace plea to the U. S. public, proposing that his regime be maintained until 1928, and that an election then be held under U. S. supervision...
Bishop Arrested. Since the Primate of Mexico, Archbishop José Mora y delRio, is an old and feeble man (TIME, July 26 et seq.) the real head of the Episcopate is its Secretary, Bishop Pasquale Diaz of Tabasco, a pure-blooded Mexican Indian, a smiling but doughty fighter against the anti-religious laws. During the crucial hours of last week Bishop Diaz expressed himself in fervent unbridled fashion to members of the informal U. S. investigating committee now touring Mexico. Apparently the Calles Government was thereby stampeded into the rash act of arrresting Bishop Diaz, and concealing the place...