The Alaska citizen., 1914-03-02
WAR SITUATION
 IN OLD MEXICO

FL PASO. Feb. 23.-The request
 of the state department, made to
 the branch of the rebel contingent under the command of General Villa
 T the giving over of the body oi William Benton, the Scotch ranch
 CT. has up to this time been disre. garded, in spite of the fact that the request was couched in the form of a demand.
 h regard to the tragedy, the late5. details 70 hand infer that Benton
 met his death at the immediate
 hands of Villa who, after knocking the rancher down and causing his 1 death, either with his hands or with
 ome weapon. ordered the corpse
 aiken outside and sho in the usual manner. Instead of the usualsized 1 squad of a dozen men. only two men i -ere detailed to this work.
 VERA CRUZ. Feb. 23.-The com mander of the German cruiser Drea ] den has sent to Mexico City two ma l hiHe aurs and f0.HGo rounds of am. munition for the defense of the con
 'ulata at the capital city. Because i of the imminence of hostilities. man | civilians have been enlisted to helr the details of buejackets 10 pro ect | the American consulate, and t-night guard, picked from the marines, is | with drawn revOlvers awaiting any developments that may arise.
 NEW YORK, Feb. 23.-General Felix Daz. nephew of he former president of Mexico arrived here so- 1 day from Cuba. It is understood that Diaz will remain in the Unite3 States until Huerti is defeated by the rebels, when he will proceed 10 he uthern republic to become a
 andidate for the presidency. LAREDO. Feb. 24-Advices re- "eived from Hidalgo today state that 1 Nemento Nergara. an American citi- zen, was executed at that place yes 1 erday by the federals Verag was 1 charged with aiding the rebels.
 MEXICO CITY, Feb. 25.-Advices received today from Mazatlan state that the rebels under General Ar geles have started an assault upor 1 hat city in an effort to dislo1ge l the federal forces stationed there i he land tr ops are being assisted l by several gunboats which entere7 | he harbor at given signal from 'eneral Angeles.
 1 WASHINGTON. Feb. 25.-Replyfng 10 the demand of the United States 1 for the body of Benton. the British subject who is reported to have beer | murdered by General Villa several
 'avs ago, the rebel commander ad vised the state department today that 1 ne would not consent to the removal of the body, but that he would Der init an examination of the remains " the Americans.
 The proposal of Villa was accepted late this afternO~n, and a delegation of Americans will proceed immedi- | ately to JuareZ, where the body of Benton is buried. The delegation ill consist of a number of army Of
 'cers, who 9.ll Ie accompanied by British C-nsul PerCiVal, of Galveston, and the widow of the dead man. No further developments are ex- pected until after the examination has been made to ascertain if Ben lon was executed in the manner .laimed by the rebels. or if he was I'll tt4- tlo tii ii4tt! III lIIt Ctil ih report from Juarez.
 VERA CRUZ, Feb. 25-Sir Lionel Garden, Bri ambassador to Mex | ico, arrived here today from the
 IeXican capital on his way to Wash 'n2ton, where he is going to confer with President Wilson on the Mexi- can situation Garden will sail TT Galveston this afternoon on the ri ish cruiser Essex.
 Garden is the man who gained much notoriety by his criticisms of President Wilson's Mexican policy He is said to be interested in the 7earson syndicate which holds valu able concessi9ns from the Huerta government.
 WASHINGTON. Feb. 25-The exc cution of Clemento Vergara the American citizen who was hange! by the federals yes erday at Iiidalgo. was the subject of conference this afternoon by President Wilson and the members of his cabinet. When questioned later regarding the proba- ble acti n of the government, Sec retary Bryan refused to discuss the meeting further than to state that full investigation would be made " the department.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.-There is T persistent rumor in circulation in his city this afternoon to the effect
 hat England, Germany and France nave unofficially suggested to the ad- ministration that the recognition of Huerta would be received with ap- proval by the powers of Europe. Both President Wilson and Secretary ot State Bryan have declined to discuss
 his latest development, which is re garded as certain proof that they have been apprised of the attitude of Europe toward the Mexican dicta- tor.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.-Advices received from Mexico City today state that Provisional Presiden, 1uerta has refused permission to the United States to move 2,000 marines to the Mexican capital for the protec- ton of the American legation in that city.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.-Both President Wilson and Secretary of State Bryan deny that they requested of fn n1