New-York tribune., 1912-02-22
AMERICANS IN DANGER
THROUGHOUT MEXICO
Hundreds Fleeing from Strife
Ridden Centres, Mostly
Women and Children.
SOME NOT ALLOWED TO GO
British Subjects in Sonora APP
peal to Mr.. Bryce, Who Re-
fers Them to Legation
in Mexico City.
From The Tribune Burean. !


sh Washington. Feb. D.-Dispatches received
to-day from a score of cousuls in Mexico
reflect serious apprehension as to the
safety OF Americans, who are fleeing from
the country as rapidly as possible Hun
dreds have already left. mostly women and
children, and probably as many more would
have gone mad they been able to secure
transportation. Railroads have been cut
ofr by the rebels, and in the state Of Chi
huahua many persons are prevented from
taking their departure. The district around
Casss Grandes is in the control of the
rebels who have taken possession of a
large portion of the Northwestern Railway,
one of the main lines TO the United States.
They have stopped all service on this road.
In response to a demand for protection
a received at the White House from w. II.
e Moore, foreman of the Sonora Land and
lImber Company. near Nogales. in Sonora,
the State Department wired to Consul Dye
al NogaIes, to make prompt investigation
and report. Mr. Moore reported that the
Nogales ranch of the company was held
no Yesterday by bandits and large num-
her Of horses and other property taken
He demanded protection for himself and
thirty other American citizens employed on
the ranch with him, declaring that in the
mean time they will protect themselves as
hest they can by force Of arms.
A like complaint was received at the
British Embassy from J. T. Tighe, man
ager Of the company, who stated that his
company was a British concern and that
there were several hundred British subjects
employed He demanded protection In the
strongest terms Ambassador Bryce
promptly replied that Mexico is out OF his
Jurisdiction. and suggested that he forward
his appeal To the British Minister In Mexico
CITY.
An American resident on the Isthmus OF
Tehuantepec reported 70 the State Depart
rnent that conditions there have grown
most serious There is also much appre-
hension regarding the condition in oaxaca-
The consul at Mazatlan reported that ne
had been appealed 10 by Americans there
who declare that bandits In that region
constitute menace to life and property. A
portion Of the railroad near Acapulco has
been destroyed, according TO the consul at
That place
90 Americans in the Culiacan Valley, in
South Mexico, have suffered to such an ex-
tent from the operation of the robber
hands that they have made an urgent ap-
peal for aid to the United States govern
ment through Consul Alger.
In the State Of Chihuahua condition
approaching anarchy appears to exist
Armed bands Of brigands are operating
with little or no resistance from the federal
authorities. In fact the federal forces
throughout Chihuahua and Sonora appear
10 be far outnumbered by the rebels, al
though the latter have perfected no. sys-
tematic organization.
The situation IN which Americans in
Mexico find themselves Is considered so
serious by the department that its rep
rfssentatives there have been instructed to
make semi-weekly reports IN addition to
any urgent communications.
II is feared here that all that is needed
10 plunge Mexico again into civil strife is
the appearance of a leader who can har-
monize the factions and bring the rebel
lious elements together. Sinaloa. Oaxaca
and Yucatan are said TO be virtually in a
state of open warfare against the govern
ment. while from all quarters of Mexico
reports Of raids by marauding bands con-
tinue 10 increase.