Gen. Mena To Be Freed.

New York Times 100 years ago today, December 6, 1912:
Nicaragua Government Now Strong Enough Not to Fear Him.
    WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.— Gen. Luis Mena, who headed the last unsuccessful revolution in Nicaragua, which involved the United States naval forces, is to be released from the "detention" he has been under at the Ancon Hospital in Panama since the collapse of that rebellion. Although the courts have sustained the right of the United States Government to keep him in custody, against an application for a writ of habeas corpus by his counsel, it is believed that the Government of President Diaz is now so firmly intrenched in Nicaragua as to be beyond danger from would-be revolutionists for some time to come. Gen Mena's son, Daniel, who has also been under surveillance on the Isthmus, will be likewise freed.
    Señor Castrillo, the Nicaraguan Minister here, said the continuance of the present peaceful conditions in his country would depend largely upon the policy which the incoming Administration in the United States would maintain toward the Central American nations. He said malcontents would straightway take advantage of the opportunity to start trouble if the United States should depart from its strong-arm policy.