STATE BRIGANDAGE.
(l!\ KI.KCTUIC TKLKORAPH.—COPHtIfiHT.) Loxd'jx. September 12. Nkws from Venezuela states that General Pepper, under direction of the Dictator Mendoza, arrested the leading' merchants and European consuls at La (iuayra, and insisted on heavy ransoms.
The Aiiir;rii"ui Consul, acting in concert with the British iiud French consuls, demanded the release of his colleagues.
General Popper showed some hesitation, whereupon tho foreign warships prepared for aedon. (Jtmera] Mendozu thon gave orders to release, the prisoners. It is reported thiit lie has since resigned thu Dictatorship.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3156, 15 September 1892, Page 2
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85STATE BRIGANDAGE. Waikato Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3156, 15 September 1892, Page 2
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