Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-04-29
j. s. SOLDIERS
ABOARD BUFORD
War Department Explains
That They Are Carried to
Preserve Order
SETTLERS URGED TO LEAVE.
Mexico no Place For Americans
Declares Representative of
Land Colony.

| (By Special Leased Wire to New MexicanD
Washington, D. c., April 29.-Both
the war and navy department today
denied that the army transport Buford
/ now en- route to the west coast of
( Mexico, to pick up American refugees,
was to be conveyed by the torpedo
! boat destTOyerS Perry and Preble. The
two vessels, which left San Diego,
California, yesterday, We're not under
orders from Washington but are oper-
ating under direction of the command
ers-in-chief of the torpedo boat fOtilla
with headquarters at San Francisco,
and as far as is known are not en-
! route to Mexico.
/ The Buford will stop at San Diego
at p. N. Tuesday to take on board
Claude E. Guyant, deputy consul gen
eral at Mexico City, who has been dis
| patched to Los MOchis to establish a
consular agency there. He will dis.
embark at Topolobampo and proceed
overland to Los Mochis. If no Ameri-
cans remain at these places he will
go with the Buford to the other west
/ coast ports.
| Magdalena Bay Denial.
New York, April 29.--In response
to inquiries as to the recent agitation
regarding Japanese encroachments at
Magdalena bay. Senior Manuel Calero,
the new Mexican ambassador who was
I in New York today on his way to
| Washington, made the following
| statement:
There is no Japanese question in
= Mexico and this talk about the japan
ese and Magdalena bay is ridiculous.
1t is absurd that you Americans
should be excited about the grant
ing of private fishing concession to
japanese. Such concessions are held
by the English, by Norwegians and by
Mexicans, and it is nothing more nor
less than a business transaction in
which the concessionaries are re-
| sponsible to the Mexican government,
and to no other government in the
world. The whole thing, as some have
tried to make it look, is absolutely
untrue.
Only Concessions Given to Japan.
Before | left Mexico City, saw
that Senator Lodge had asked for Il
senatorial inquiry into the alleged
Japanese situation as regards Magda-
lena Bay. | made report for | was
then minister of foreign affairs in Ma
dero's cabinet. in which | stated that
there was no truth in the report that
the concessions had anything to do
with the Japanese government The
truth of the whole matter is that a
few years ago a concession for fishing
privileges was granted to a private
japanese compromise"
Rumored British ship to Mexico.
San Francisco, Calf, April 29.-Dis-
cussing the rumor that a British man.
o'-war had been dispatched TO Mexico
to protect the interests of that ma.
ton, an officer of H. NJ S. ShearWater
now in this harbor, said yesterday
that the ship would be unable to go
to sea for at least a fortnight The
British gunboat Algerine. now at Van
couver, may leave for Mexico imme.
diately, although so far as is known
here, no orders have been received
British Consul A. Carnegie Ross, said
today that no ships had been ordered
to move so far as he knew
Urges Settlers to Leave Mexico.
! Nogales, Ariz., April 29-The repre-
sentative of large colony on Ameri
can farmers in the Yaqui delta of So
nora, just returned from Washington
urged today upon his people, particu'
larly the women and children to leave
Mexico at once. He refused to allow
the use of his name for reasons, he
said, that were obvious.
Buford Carries Soldiers.
Washington, d. c., April 29.-Al
though it is admitted at both the state
and war departments that the Buford
has shipped enlisted men under Cap
tain Herbert ]. Brees, it is explained
they are taken merely as disciple
nary precaution. 1t was pointed out
that the Buford in her cruise likely
would pick up Americans of all class
es and it was believed to be desirable
to have soldiers aboard to preserve
order.
More Refugees Arrive.
San Diego, Calf, April 29.-The
steamer Benijo JuareZ arrived today
from Mazatlan with about fifty passen
gers, MeXicans and Americans, wht
left Mexico, they said because al
business was at standstill .
The Americans said they did not fee
that their lives were in danger, bu
considered it wise to leave until OF
der was restored.
Fatsumasuki Takasaki, who said h,
!, was a graduate of the Imperial coleg,
of Toxic, and had been sent to Mag
dalena bay by his government to in
vestigate the fishing resources and ;
concession held by a local company
was among the passengers. He de
clared his business at Magdalena ba!
was in no wise connected with an.
project of his government to acquir,
base there and was in reference t.
the fishing concession only.
American Hid in Canons.
Discussing conditions in Sinaloa, R
: l., Fielding, said that he and his wifi
made their way from Basis, noun
tain town in the interior of Mazatlal