Show BLOCKADE Of BLUEFIELDS IS DECLARED Madriz Would Close Port brit Will Un Uncle cle Sam 1 J JI 1 A 71 Permit erml tIr It r. r Nicaragua Juno J ne 2 Dr Julian Irias Inns the representative on the tho Atlantic coast of President Madriz I has bag issued a decree that vessels cleared for Bluefields s on or after Juno June 1 may not enter this port without the elmis sion don of tho the Madriz government jo Tho The decree was issued from aboard the tho Nicara Nicaraguan uan war vessel Venus and if its provisions are observed it will mean mean that tho the coastwise traffic will be absolutely in the control of President Madriz Madri and nd tho the consequent weakening of the position of tho the insurgents at Bluefields The Thc United States gunboat Paducah will not permit tho the Venus to bombard the tho city of or or to shell the trenches of the tho revolutionists on the tho Inland side of tho the city by firing over oyer the provisional capital Whether the United States I government will allow the tho Nicaraguan uan government to say sar what vessels shall enter the chief eastern seaport of tho the country and under what conditions such entry shall be made is is a matter of doubt here where a n decision in in the matter by Secretary Knox is awaited Dr decree was Wl issued on Thursday tho d day y on which the government govern overn ment troops under tinder General Lara and General Godoy fell feU back after repeated and unsuccessful attempts to take Blu Bluefields Blue Blue- Bluefields' Bluefields fields fields' with their land Jand forces General Estrada strada and General ro assumed the tho a aggressive aa the tho Madriz l army withdrew leaving their dead and wounded on the field Alto Altogether ether Estrada str da hn has taken prisoners In the tho onga engagement emont of Thursday Thurs day he lost only only- siX sir men killed and fifteen fifteen fifteen teen wounded Continued on page pago 12 BLOCKADE Continued from pa page e 1 J. General Lara Lam cannot retreat to an any great reat distance because of tho swamps with which ho is surrounded Accordingly According According- ly it appears appear that tho final issue ma may he be fought out not far from tho the present positions of the contending armies |