The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-12
MEXICAN WAR
BECOMING BLOODY
Battle Of Torreon Continued
and Foreigners Are
Fleeing For
Safety.
VILLA TO MOVE SOON
Loads Thirty Eight Cannon and
Enough Shells to Blow the
city Off the
Map.
Az John e Nevin. STAFF correspond.
emf of the United Press.l

llsv John E Nevin. staff correspond
ent of the United Press.]
WASHINGTON, March 12.-That
the Mexican rebels agree to recog-
nize the right of the United States to
intervene as next friend" on behalf
az foreign nations whose interests are
threatened in northern Mexico, was
believed certain in official circles to-
day.
Carranza Is considering Secretary
OF State Bryan's letter 20 him ex-
planning just why this country inter-
ests itself in the affairs Of other ma
tons. Bryan emphatically held as
absurd, the demand OF the constitution
alist leader that nations which had
recognized Huerta as the provisional
head OF the Mexican government
should take up directly with the
rebels, matters affecting tneir inter-
est. Even II they wanted to, they
could not do so under international
procedure, it was explained, and a
preliminary report from Consul
Simpies at Nogales indicated today
that Carranza has accepted the
!. spirit at least OF the suggestion.
Should Carranza agree that this
government shall have the right at all
times to have its consular representa-
tives safeguard ntoreats OF fore igNers
at the request Of the home govern
ment o. The latter otlcials, 1t Is said a
grave sruyce Of international COM
sEplications would Immediately be re-
moved. The United States can then
assure the powers that SO far as
northern Mexico is concerned there
can be no repetition of the Benton in
cident and the powers can deal di-
rectIy with Huerta in the territory
over which he still holds sway,
That nearly all of the cavalry now
in the United States is destined fol
duty en- the Mexican borser was the
belief expressed in army circles here
today. The sending of the Seven
teentl and Ninth infantry to the bord
er was construed here as the Wilson
answer to the latest utterances o.
Governor Colquitt These troops vii
release for border patrol the cavalr,
now at Eagle Pass and Laredo, bu
army officers are convinced that thi.
latter force will not be enough.
1t has been definitely aecided tina
the division Of regulars under arms il
the concentration camps at Texa
City and Galveston shall not be dis
turbed Inasmuch as this division Il
to form the nrst provisional expedi
ton should armed Intervention b.
forced, and be loaded on transports a
Galveston to be rushed to Vera Cru
to take the Mexican capital, the arm
general staff considers it would be tn
height OF folly to interfere with it.
additional border guards ar
needed, the remainder Of the cavalr
regiments left in the north will b
sent south. And there is still add
tional infantry at number of tn
eastern and central nor,nern post
which could be used if needed, leavin
the Pacific coast troops where the
are to be used for the invasion {
Mexico for the west if that step shoul
become necessary. Army officials az
init infantry is useless to patrol tn
border but it can garrison the variou
border posts, leaving all of the ca
airy free for field service.
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