NICARAGUA: Actually Assassinated

"Actually Assassinated"

Last week the editor of the New York Times received from Nicaragua a cablegram distinctly of the letter-to-the-Times type. Excerpt:

"I do not desire to see more American Marines killed and to witness the sending of their bodies to the United States. Ambuscades similar to the one at Las Cruces, where the Marines were recently killed, result in loss of prestige for the United States and even more for Nicaragua. . . .

"I have experienced and feel a profound sadness for the Marines who perished in the last ambuscade...

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