New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-22

capture the own, will destroy the oii
nIent There are said 10 be 5,OOO,OO
barrels OF OF stored at Tuxpam ana
100000 barrels at Tampico. Officlals
are thinking Of what would happen II
this oil were set aflre. There is also
danger that the oil wells, when are
about twenty-five miles inland might
be uncapped. II this were done the
damage would be enormous.
Warning Sent to Both Sides.
Secretary Bryan has sent messages
TO the leaders Of both federal and rebel
forces around Tuxpam, warning them
that they will be held personally re-
sponsible for the protection of Foreign
property and interests. In doing this
he is boxing after British interests
which are large at Tuxpam and Tam
pico, as we'll as those Of Americans.
The battleships Louisiana and New
Hampshire and the gunboat Wheeling
are at Tuxpam, and Rear Admiral
Boush, on the Louisiana, will afford all
possible protection to foreign property.
He has received no instructions con-
corning the landing of marines, aid IN
this matter will use his own judgment.
IT is thought here that if marines can
save foreign lives or property they will
be sent ashore without any hesitancy
by Rear Admiral Boush, in accordance
with the best traditions Of the Amcri-
can navy.
Rear Admiral Fletcher, commanding
the American fleet on the east coast or
Mexico, cabled the Navy Department
late to-day a message he had received
from General Aguilar. the Constitu-
tionalist leader, who has occupied the
vicinity of Tuxpam, giving assurances
that American and other extensive oil
interests in that territory would be pro-
tected.
Il am governing on a constitutional
basis" said Aguilar's message, my at
titude being TO guarantee the interests
Of all foreign and domestic oil corpora
tons existing in the territory l occupy,
fulfilling in this manner the demands
Of civilization, and not being governed
by caprice or vengeance"
The general situation in Mexico
showed no change to-day. The State
Department received full reports Of the
meeting Of the Congress yesterday, but
no official would make any comment on
the event which the United States had
practically prohibited
No New Signs Of "Crumbiins."
There are no further indications here
that the Huerta regime is "crumbling."
as the administration asserted yester-
day, than there were last July, when
the administration announced that 1t
was topping" The report from Mex
leo City that Huerta is trying to obtain
the new CONGRESSES approval Of his &C
lions in the past, with a view TO then
getting out with honor, leaving his rec
ord straight for history, attracts con-
siderable attention, and officials hope
that he will follow that course.
other reports that taxes are being in
creased and that the financial situation
is once more critically dangerous are
also considered most interesting, and
give rise to hope that this condition
will help TO make Huerta's position so
impossible that he will eliminate him
SELF
Constituencies in Washington have
heard that Lord Cowdray, head of
Pearson & Son. whose concessions in
Mexico are vast, has been saying in
London that former President Madero
approved his concessions and recog-
4 nized them as regular and legal This
is emphatically denied here. and an
autograph letter from Madero is shown
10 prove that Cowdray is wrong. This
letter was written by Madero to Jose
Vasconcelos. who was appointed to
make an investigation Of the Cowdray
concessions and who reported them TO
be unconstitutional
Madero's Attitude Shown.
Lord Cowdray had an interview with
Madero and asked the President
whether he intended TO attack the
Cowdray concessions. Madero replied
that he would attack nothing that was
lawful. Madero wrote Vasconcelos on
October 10, 1911. letter. the original
Of which is in Washington, and is now
published for the first time in which
he said:
Replying TO your letter relative to
the petroleum interests Of our country,
have TO state that my recent dec
larations to Lord Cowdray concerning
the attitude which my government
would assume toward the oil conces-
sions granted to him under the admin
istration Of General Diaz were limited
TO an assurance that ff' said conces-
sions had been granted in conformity
with the law, and if the concession
aire had complied with all the obliga-
tions thereof, the new government
would respect them.
al made no declaration in respect to
what would be my attitude in case the
said concessions should have been
granted in violation Of the provisions
Of the Constitution. as is your opin-
ion. ! only added that ] would oppose
the formation in Mexico of all kinds Of |
monopolies or combinations tending to |