The Washington herald., 1914-04-30

AMERICANS SAFE,
is REINSURANCE
Few Left in Tampico Those
from Interior Are Reach
ing Vera Cruz.
QUIET IN MEXICO CITY
Brazilian Minister Reports Release OF
Imprisoned Refugees and Orders
Will Be Obeyed.
QUIET IN MEXICO CITY

Rsnorts 10 the state and Navy DEPART
ments yesterday brought further reas-
surances as to the safety OF Americans
In Mexico. Admiral Badger reported tnat
\ nearly all of the Americans had oeen
| conveyed out of the Tampico district
and that lOa refugees had reached Vera
Cruz from points in the interior. includ-
ing the IS who had been held up at
| Cordoba Assurances were transmitted
\ to Consul Canada at Vera Cruz through
the Brazilian minister at Mexico City
| that the Mexican minister Of forelgB
affairs had ordered the release Of prison.
| ers at Cordoba and Guanajuato and hsd
showed the willingness to comply With
1 representations with regard to imprison-
ed Americans wherever they might be
| located.
In several Of the dispatches note was
taken Of the help which had been given
by British representatives in facbitaing
! the departure of American citizens. Ad-
miraI Badger cabled that he had made
an expression of gratitude on behalf OF
| the Amc rican government to Tice Ad-
miral Craddock for the courtesy Of Brit
! ish Commander Tweedie, In accompany
ing the Americans from Cordoba to Vera
Cruz.
Reports Arrival of Refugees.
Consul Canada reporteG upon the ar
rival Of the Americans from Cordoba, as
| follows:
The arrival at Vera Cruz OF the entire
party OF Americans which had been de-
tained at Cordoba is reported to the
State Department Consul Canada stated
that they were placed Immediately on
board the Monterey. The efforts of Lieut..
Tweedie. OF the British cruiser Essex,
were largely responsible for the success
| of the messenger dispatched by Consul
Canada to arrange for the release OF the
| party and for the transport OF foreign
refugees from the capital Six British
| trainmen volunteered to take out the
refugees dispatched to Puerto Mexico.
| as no escort was provided by the au-
thorities. They were to depart on three
trains Every effort was made by Con-
sui Canada to provide for the needs OF
the Cordoba party. Complete list OF the
Cordoba party given in another bulle-
tin"
The consurs description of conditions
at Mexico City was 'paragI aphed at the
State Department as follows:
THE State Department has been ad'
yised by the American consul at Vera
Cruz that the Brazilian minister in Mexi-
CO City informed him on April y at II
p. m. that the Mexican minister Of for
eign affairs, in full agreement with the
minister Of war, had cabled most COM
plete orders for release Of persons re-
ported detained in Cordoba Guanajuato.
He adds that the Brazilian minister also
states that up to the present moment
the Mexican government has shown it
self quite willing to comply with repre-
sentations in the matter.
Quiet in Mexico City.
Everything is reported quite in Mexi-
CO City, and no Americans or foreigners
are now being molested.' according to
Vera Cruz advices.
! From Nogales II Is reported that
thirty-one Americans arrived from bina-
loa and southern Sonora on the night OF
the nth 1t is estimated that about
seventy-five still remain in the Los Mo-
chis colony and the Yaqui valley. The
refugees stated that in some instances
the specific instructions of Gen. Obregon
for good treatment OF the travellers were
disregarded by subordinates.
| AT Laredo there are a number OF
Syrians, whose condition is reported by
Consul Garrett to be very pitiable."
The State Department prepared the fol-
lowing summary of consular reports from
various parts OF Mexico:
Consul Canada, rePorting TO the State
. Department, in reky TO countless in
quIries concerning the safety Of Ameri-
information, WalteH Eikel and A. f. Gull
yer and family were still with the Ameri-
cans detained at Aguascalientes. none Of
whom had been harmed. The Americans
at Real del Monte are all reported safe
in either Vera Cruz or Mexico City. They
were notified to leave, and the mines and
mills closed April 26 Some Americans
at Santa Lucretia have refused to leave,
among them Peter Summers, Arch Sto-
mum, and a negro named Jackson. Alfred
Main refused to leave El Oro, and some
Americans also have refused to depart
from Mexico City.
| No Alarming symptoms.
Among persons leaving the Cordoba
district who are said to be making their
way to the sea on the Popolapam River
are A. H. Gould. George S. Gould. Rich
ard c. Gould, and Messrs. Aulthill. Nc
Kim. Carpenter. and Steel. These prac-
tically exhausted the list of American
residents in that section. A special train
arrived at El PasO on the 2sth bringing
from Torreon sixty-five Americans and
thirty-five other foreign refugees. This
brings nearly all the foreigners from
Durango and Torreon. all of whom re-
lport courteous treatment by the natives
during their journey. Very little mill
tary activity in this section is reported
and no alarming symptoms in the local
situation, according to Consul Edwards.
From Frontera, II Is reported that con-
slant communication Is maintained with
New Orleans for the transportation of
refugees: also. that the excitement has
decreased greatly, and that instructions
have been issued that all foreigners OF
tfe state of Tahasco must be protected.
No Americans nave either been insulted
or maltreated in this district.
Consul Hamm reports about l25
Americans in the Durango district on the
2Itb about half of whom were to leave
!mI Adiately."
! late Evening Bulletins.
information regarding the ref