ENFORCING PEACE.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 115, 18 May 1927, Page 7

ENFORCING PEACE.

U.S. Marines Killed Disarming Nicaraguans.

CLASH WITH LIBERALS.

MEXICO CITY, May 17,

Senor Pedro Zepeda, the representative in Mexico of the National Liberals of Nicaragua, said yesterday that he was advised that 17 United States marines and 25 Liberals had been killed in a clash at La Paz, in Nicaragua, when the marines attempted to' disarm some Liberals, who withdrew to the mountains without being pursued.—(A. and N.Z. and Sydney "Sun.")

A likely settlement of the revolutionary trouble in Nicaragua, which has dragged on since August last, was announced on May 9, with the signing of a truce between the United States and the revolutionaries. General Jose, commander of the Liberal forces opposing the United States choice for president, Adolfo Diaz, ordered his troops to disband and give up their arms to the United States marines. The terms of the declaration were that President Diaz should remain in office, that both sides should disarm immediately, that general peace and a political amnesty should be declared, and that the Liberals should have representation in tne Conservative Government. Other points agreed upon are the organisation of a native constabulary to be commanded by the Americans, the supervision of the 1928 elections by America, and a continuation of the maintenance of order by American marines.