Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-11-27
ORDERS TROOPS TO
RESIST i. s. FORCE
Huerta Orders Attack If Marines
Land at Vera Cruz.
CANNON TO BLOCK WAY
President Wilson Said to Lean To
wards RebeIs-Britons Ask Ameri-
cans to Protect Oil interests
AS Warships Approach

Vera Cruz, Nov. 22.-General Mas
asked the American consulate Thurs
day to surrender Evaristo and DAME
madero, who have taken refuge there
after the government had granted
them liberty from Ulua under small
bail Consul Canada has asked Wash
ington for instructions-wh tC
deliver the men or not.
Vera Cruz, Nov. 22-President
Huerta on Thursday ordered Gen
Gustavo A. Mas, commandant of the
federal garrison, to resist the Ameri
can marines If an attempt is made to
land such forces.
Failing to repel the Invaders
Mass was directed to retire along the
line of the Mexican railway, destroy
ing the tracks as he retreGted as faI
as Paso del Macho, so lilies from the
coast. He was instructed to plant ar
tillery there and oppose the advance
o. the Americans.
II compelled to evacuate Vera Cruz
Mass will destroy also the tracks OF
the Interocean Narrow Gauge line to
the capital as far as possible, accord.
ing to his orders.
Only small party of refugees from
the City of Mexico arrived on Thurs
day.
Washington, Nov. 22.-President
Wilson conveyed to callers on Thurs
day the impression that he was lean.
ing heavily toward Carranza and the
constitutionalist forces to solve the
problem of a recognizable government
in Mexico and that he had not been
moved to turn against the constitution,
alsts in any degree by tho reports OF
military murders at Juarez and else
where
In his semi-weekly talk with the
newspaper correspondents the presi,
dent cast new light on phases of the
Mexican situation. AS to what the
administration will do following the
fall Of Huerta-it being the declared
belief that the present de facto gov
eminent is slowly crumbling -nothing
was said, on the ground that if def
7 tie or a tentative drastic policy had
been formulated it would not be prop
er to give an intimation of it in adj
vance.
One thing declared with emphasis,
however, was that none Of the Euro
pean governments had expressed dis
satisfaction with or impotence over
the manner in which the United States
was dealing with the situation.
Perhaps the most significant thing
in connection with President wilson
present attitude as indicated came by
way of deduction from his comments
on the reports of wholesale atrocities
following constitutionalist victories.
While Mr. Wilson was confident
Huerta would soon be eliminated des-
pite the converting of his new con-
gress, Secretary Bryan said he had re-
quested the navy department to cable
instructions to Admiral Fletcher at
Vera Cruz to protect foreigners in the
oil fields as well as American inter
ests in the oil fields on the east coast
of Mexico.
London, Nov 22.-Great Britain or
dered it's West Indies squadron to the
vicinity Of Tuxpam at the request of
Lord Cowdray, whose oil properties
there had been threatened by rebels.
Brownsville, Tex, Nov. 20.-Vic-
toria, capital of the state of Tamauli-
pas, Mexico, was captured Tuesday by
the constitutionalists after what Gen.
Pablo Gonzales, rebel commander, de-
scribes as the bloodiest battle of the
revolution.