The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-26
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Washington, February 25.-Starti-
ing evidence that American lives and.
American property are in even grayei.
peril than they were before the Hu.
crtn regime in Mexico was received
by the State Department to-day. The
department., however,, took no action
whatever in the matter.
FROM consular reports and teIc-3
grams the government learned tIafS
the climax OF atrocities against Amer.
leans has been reported i'm Coabutln.
in the nortll-centrai part of Mexico.
and all along the American border.
The consul mt Cuidad Porfirio3
Dlaz reported that Colonel Jesus Car
rama, brother OF the Governor or
Coahslila, arrived in that town mt 3
o'ciock this afternoon, accompanied
ny 2oo armed men, and announced.
ms purpose OF preserving order, al
though there had been no disorder
UP to that time. Carranza has thI,Si
TAR refuSed to submit to the Huerta-s
Diaz regime, and there are grave
reasons to fear that he and his troops
VIII soon be in open insurrection.
from the consul at Durango word
was received that the Copper Queen
mine, owned by the American SmeIt-s
ers Security Company, was sacked
fcprnary 23 by band OF armed
gueritlas, numbering sixty. The con-
SUI at MatanOras has called unon
Governor Coiqliitt, of Texas, to nro.3
tect the lives OF Americans i'm that
village. The consul himself was nj.
tackled yesterday while protectinp
Americans who were being robbed.
Senator Morris Sheppard broughti
word to the White House that he iIa,l
received many kilograms from Texas.
along the border, demanding that
something be done to protect Amert.
can lives and property. s
Take Usual Course.
ondlsturbed by these reports, the
otate Department. let them take the
usual course.
Consul Garrett. who was a,tacked
by MeXicans while doing his bestEto
protect the lives of his countrymar,a
was ordered to make a report 10 fhe&
department. giving all the facts. Re-
ports were also askeu from other con =
suis, VINO had already reported ont
RACES or various sorts. When these
reports are received they will ba
forwarded to Ambassador Wilson ins
the City Of Mexico, and Wilson viii
add them to the claims of other
American citizens, who ask redrass.
LOT the outrages which they and their
Families have suffered at the hands
OF the lawless banditti, now royine
through the Mexican frontier. ~
An indication Of the terrorism tI,at
exists through the Mexican territorv
Theodore G. Hamm, Consul Generai
at Durango, reported to-day that 300
OF the garrison at Torreon have pa
voted, and are in arms against Hn-
erta. These 900 men are more than
a match for the few troops Huerta
has been able to spare from the safe-s
guarding OF his own newly-buiIt "a.
public in the capital s
Despite these dispatches. wI,Icf,8 I
followed each other into the; StnfaS
Department With alarming rapfditySE
to-day, there was no change iri fha !
settled policy for the government u ~
give the Huerta-DIaz regina sssl
chance" State Department officfasaSs
have indorsed the report OF Ambaass
sador Wilson, which exonerates ff,sss
erta and Diaz from any guilty lsnovsf Is
edge OF the plot to shoot do 4 ii Az Ess5
dero and Suarea, The contont don q ofS