MEXICAN REVOLT.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 12447, 5 May 1911, Page 6

MEXICAN REVOLT.

BRITISH BLUEJACKETS LANDED. MEXICO, April 27. News of the peace proposals pene trates slowly through Mexico. Tw< battles have been fought within the last few days, daring which 52 rebels ore reported to have been killed. The Mexican Government sent a for mal protest to the British Foreign Office against the action of Captain Vivien of H.M.S. Shearwater, linding marine at San Quentin on the 11th inst., which is described as an interference with th* Jlepuhlic's internal affairs. Captain Vivien ia reported «to have stated . that he acted at the request of two Mexican Government officials, who, 'm cohjuhc tion with British residents, sought protection. , x ■ , A messiige from President Diaz rings with hope of a speedy settlement of the present trouble. The principal insur recto' organisation that acknowledged General Madero as its leader .expressessurprise at tho magnanimity of the Fed civil Administration as revealed m the armistice just completed. (Jeneral Madero, tho revolutionary leader, has agreed to a five days' e.\ tension of the armistice for a discussion of the peaco proposals. It is reported thiit Mazattan is surrounded by the insurrectos. A 1 Government gunboat started shelling the rebel position, but desisted upon all the foreign Consuls protesting against whal was regarded as a. violation of the armistice.