ARRESTING SYMPATHISERS.

Grey River Argus, 26 August 1912, Page 1

ARRESTING SYMPATHISERS.

NEW YORK, August 12. , •Many persons-, at Port-au-Prince, . Hay ti,. have been .arrested by order of the new administration,vunder General Auguste, \vho has succeeded to the presidency in succession to General , Lecqnte, who was killed in a magazine s explosion. The persons arrested were suspected of sympathising .Avith'- General ■■; Saint Just, who is reported to be on his way frbm Jamaica to attempt to wrest the presidency from General Auguste. [i The city is under military rule. MEXICAN REBELLION. ■ EL PASO; August 12. The rebel leaders are gathering- ai Juarez to confer with General Orozco on the subject of peace negotiations. . ' MEXICO CITY, August 12. President Madero, in a public statement, declares t that General ' Orozco broke off peace negotiations after he had agreed to Jay down his arms and accept perpetual exile. President. Madero blames 'Senator Fall, of the United States, for the failure to come to terms with the rebel leader,. r •■-■■ ■.-•■■ : : ■ :; - ' •' - ■"■

, Government ..at .El Paso are spreadihg; the . report thafc. General Orozco accepted; the conditions-, of peace but /afterwards : -withdrew'^, influenced by the. speech which; Senator Fall made in the Senate criticismg 1 -the Mexican Government, -..'] r: it.. ; . Vv .-. -• ;.; /i An, app,rp^riationrX)ft. ■ has been ■auth'orisei''at'^yahinisson ; f9r the relief of American refugees/ > ■