Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-05-04
CITIZENS SAFE:
NOW in mexico

WASHINGTON, May 4.-Report
THAT American citizens are not bein;
protected in Mexico; that they hav
to look to the British flag for safe
ty, and the general line Of lingo wa
talk which has emanated from sew
eral sources regarding the situation
south of the Rio Grande has receive'
a setback in the statement of Am
bassador Henry Lane Wilson in let
] ter to Representative Slayden of Tex
as, received today.
The Mexican ambassador pays con
siderable attention to the publishes
statements that the United States
government is not looking after tt
citizens in Mexico. However, Am
bassador Wilson says in this letter
that reflective and prompt protec.
ton" for foreigners by the Mexican
government be relied upon implicit
ly
Stories Untrue, He says.
referring more particularly to the
published statement that American
citizens in Mexico were not recefv'
ing adequate protection and that
many of them were seeking safety I'M
der the British and other foreign flags
l can authorize YOU to say without the
slightest deviation from the strictesu
truth that this story and all others
which reflect upon the diligence, &C.
tivity and firmness ofour diplomatic
and consular establishments in Mexico
have not the slightest foundation in
fact and are in all probability mali
cious inventions.
"The ability of the Mexican gov.
eminent to render at the present mo-
ment, in all cases here demands are
made, effective and prompt protection
is, on account of the enormous extent
of the national territories, the sparse
population and the organized and I'M
spirit of revolution which
prevails over cons iiiiiedi i
prevails over a considerable part OF
the republic, not to be implicitly relied
upon.
No Delay at Embassy.
"Since I have been in charge OF this
not single complaint has
been brought to it's attention that has
not received immediate consideration
and where we'll founded official action
has been taken before the close of
the same day and although the vol
ume Of work is greater here than at
any other efbassy in our service, a
days work has never been passed on
to another day and no Americans in
t~rests have been allowed to suffer
by delay.
II do not hesitate to say that Amer
lean nationals are receiving better
in Mexico today than any
other class of foreigners. In Mexi-
co neither the Mexicans nor the
nor the other foreigners
would question the accuracy OF this
statement. Stories Of this kind orig
mate frequently in the inventive i'm
aginative Of sensational correspond
ents whose evil work corresponds
with the malicious stories about Mex
leo spread broadcast by disappointed
concession hunters and identified
Amerlcan aQVeuLurerS
Mexican Bandits Active
Mexican bandits display increased
activities in the Salina Cruz district,
in Oaxaca, according to State Depart
ment advices todaJ. Their lawless
acts are supplemented in this dist
riot, as we'll as in other parts Of south
ern Mexico, by the depredations of
the Juchitecos Indians. The Tehaun-
tepec railway is running heavily
guarded trains.
The state of Jalisco, on the west
coast, also begins to show signs Of in
ebel activity.
The United States is not the only
government to send a vessel to Med-
can waters. Information received at
the State Department Is to the effect
that a British warship has been or
dered to Mexico A rumor has reach.
ed the department that French cru
lseer will soon put in an appearance
at one Of the gulf port of Mexico.
Gun for Americans Seized.
MEXICO CITY, May 4.-Thirty Of
the 1000 rifles shipped to the Amer
lean ambassador for the use Of the
American colony in the event Of trou-
BILE In the capital were seized by the
police yesterday as they were being
distributed
More than 700 already had been
sold and apportioned among the Am
erican residents when the order was
issued to allow no more to go out
from the improvisec headquarters
Ambassador Wilson at once took
steps to learn the reason for the en-
barge which was thought to be due
to a Misunderstanding on the part of
the municipal authorities.
Rebels and federals are fighting at
Tres Marias, TWENTY-FIVE miles north
Of Cuernavaca. Which side Is hay
ing the best of the contest Is not
known.