Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-04-15
WAR SITUATION
Is CLASSED ACUTE
Sends Urgent Admonition
to Mexican Government
Regarding Grounds
GREAT BRITAIN ACTS
GREAT BRITAIN ACTS
| nIoads Marines in Lower California
Report Says Americans
Killed.
international News Special

International News Special
Washington, April 1A-Urgent adj
nonition to the Mexican government
that t shall not select places as bat
tie grounds which endangers the lives
and property of American citizens
was tonight dispatched to Mexico City
Acting on instructions from the
president, the War Department has
adv sed it's military officers along the
frontier to prevent recurrence OF
the incident of the hattie yesterday
by which American citizens in Doug
lass, Arizona, were killed and wound.
ed
The British Cruiser Sherwater land
ed marines yesterday at San Quentin
Lower California to protect Britist
citizens at that place and has moved
from San Quentin to Ensanada. ;.
The foregoing are the most import
ant developments III the Mexican
situation today. which is described Of
ficially by the administration a
acute While the administrator
is disposed to regard the affair a
Aqua Prieta as an '.ineident" of war
fare the official opinion is that The
recurrence of such incident woul(
precspitate an extremely grave cri
sis.
All the Departments of the govern.
ment are apparently exercising the
most. friendly regard for the Mexican
government. In fact, it is official,
stated that the troubles in Mexico
are of such a character that it re-
quires all possible self restraint or
the part cf this government in deal.
ing with the situation.
A very important development is
that which is told in the dispatches
to the State Department showing thai
the British government actually sent
Its forces ashore at San Quentin tc
protect British citizens from danger
at that point. The action of the
Sherwater demonstrates beyond ques.
ton that Great Britain does not hest
tate to cross the border with III
without the sanction of the State De-.
parment when called Upon by British
subjects to act in their behalf.
The landing of the British mar.
ines apparently contradicts the re.
port originally made by officials here
that foreign nations had practically i.
not positively agreed that the Next
can question was one exclusively Oh
TIE United States and Mexico and that
foreign nations would depend upon
the United States TO Protect their
tizens resident in Mexico if Mexi.
co failed in that regard. The Sher.
water incident is therefore one OF
great international Importance and
significance to Mexico and the Unit
ed States.
The following was given out by the
State Department as received by an
offlclal in the State Department from
private citizen at Douglass:
Two hundred and fifty revolutions
lists boarded a passenger train on the
Nocozda railroad at the frontier and
came into Aqua Prieta and commenc.
ed shooting in all directions. There
was battle lasting two hours be,
tween this force and shout 60 FEEDER
ais and National Guards. There were
about twelve revolutionjsts killed aud
sixteen wounded ard seven CT eight
Federals killed and d like number
wounded. The Fadarals finally
crossed over to this side of the line
and were arrested by military sol.
diers and are now held as prisoners
An American -combateut wes Sc
yarelv wounded at Aqua Prieta One
American railroad lnen was struck
On the head by 2 stray bullet and
was instantly killed He was stand.
inc in the gangway Of his engino
rbcut four hundred and fifty yards
North of the international line. ~.
other switchman. standing On I'll.
ground nearby. was seriously wound
ed. Aqua Prie+s s in control o
revolutionists tonight. I fear. rher'