Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-05-08
i. 5. women FIGHT
FIVE, WITH AS MANY MEN, SHOOT
/, AND KILL REBELS At
.5 y RANCH. &.
NO EVIDENCE AGAINST JAPAN
president Taft informs Senate That
State Department Has Nothing to
Show Of Alleged Jap Movement
hi - - X nox's Full Report Given.

n Bisbee, 5Ariz., May 3.-Armed with
sawed on shotguns, five American men
and five women on the Comichi ranch,
the largest in the territory of, Topic,
Mexico, repulsed rebels in two attacks
April IA and IS, killing the rebel lead
a Ter in the second engagement, but were
compelled to fee later, undergoing
terrible hardships in escaping from
the country. They arrived here
"Wednesday. ID III
The Comichi ranch is owned by
5|Californians. When the ranch was
abandoned on it were $4,000 acres OF
sIgrowing corn and 10000 acres OF to-
]bacco under cultivation.
4 "a number of Mexicans were en-
slp1oyed jon the ranch but after the first
ATTACK they joined the rebel forbes.
/ IIs$$$s Washing ton, May 3 President Taft
Informed the senate Wednesday that
1.-The department Of state has no Hevid-
sldence to show any acquisition Of land
8|or any intention or desire to acquire
Hand, whether directly or indirectly,
jim Mexico by or on the part Of the i'm
$lperial Japanese government.
The presidents message was In re-
4 |sponse to a senate resolution calling
for information regarding an alleged
purchase OF land at Magdalena bay
;Jbys the Japanese government on by q
( Japanese company. Il y,
4 With his brief message the pres1-
dent transmitted a full report from
lSecretary of State Knox. ~ 3
There Is nothing on file in; the de-
Ipartment OF state" said the secretary.
THAT has Justified any inference that
the Mexican government, or the imper-
] Hal Japanese government, has been oc-
7Icupied with any; disposition of land
I near Ma Cd alena bay BY which the lat
tier government, would acquire land
There for any purpose" d IA
HIN Secretary Knox in his statement
says that the American syndicate
which was negotiating with the jap
,anese for the disposal Of the TMagda7
lena bay tract tried to ascertain the
attitude Of the United States govern
ment. sc ,s5} &, N ~ 4, 4. 81
4 The department of state made It
plain that such a transfer Of lands
would he objectiona BILE. The Ameri-
can syndicate is said to have known
that the Japanese capitalists would
not negotiate with them without the
approval Of the imperial government,
and the latter would not approve II
the United States objected.
4 This is the reason, given by Mr..
Knox for the failure Of the syndicate
TO dispose Of its land. The state de-
partment also had refused to sanction
selling any part OF the land to Japan
sese, even though Americans remained
IN control. ,. 4, I'd
j u Secretary Knox declared:
| M THE department cannot assume
there Is any project on foot calling for
action on the part of the United
States" N u 4
y Senator Rayner said that If Japan
established base Of supply or coal
ling station in Mexico, he would re-
gard the act as a declaration Of war.
\ h Nogles, Ariz., May 3.--Refugees
from Sinaloa and Sonora continue to
arrive here. Most Of. those now leav-
ling, Mexico had intended to remain
here throughout the. trouble
Mines and stores operated by
Americans in X northwestern Mexico
are being closed in haste and ranchers
are exporting their cattle to the Uni
ted States as rapidly as possible.