MEXICO YIELDS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17337, 8 December 1919, Page 7

MEXICO YIELDS.

MR. JENKINS RELEASED. GENERAL ISSUE SETTLED. I. and N.Z. WASHINGTON. Dec. 5. The President of Mexico, General Carranza, has released Mr. Jenkins, the United States Consul at Pueblo, who was arrested by the Mexican. authorities on a charge of perjury subsequent to his release on pay-! ment of £30,000 ransom to a bandit gang which captured him. The Mexican Government at first refused the United States Government's request for his release, but later, owing to the menacing situation which arose, decided to comply with the demand. The release of Mr. Jenkins is unofficially regarded as settling the general issue of the Mexican problem. The treatment of Americans remains to be discussed. Mr. Fall and Mr. Hitchcock submitted to the President evidence of conspiracies to spread Bolshevism throughout the United States, through Mexican agencies, German agents co-operat-ing. Mr. Wilson has reserved judgment on the evidence. Mr. Wilson has forwarded to the Senate Mr. Robert Lansing's report showing that 927 foreigpers. exclusive of Americans, have been killed in Mexico since the Diaz Government was overthrown- One-third of those killed were Chinese.