Evening star., 1914-04-06
WAITING ON SPAIN
TO ENTER APROTEST
State Department Not Wor-
ried by Gen. Villas Order
of Deportation.
CONSUL CAROTHERS' CASE
CALLS FOR NO ACTION
Not Necessary, Under Present Cir
cumstances. That Huerta Gov
ernment Recognize Him.

Officials here declined "a n. disturbed
today over the reported expulsion from
J rorreur Of 6oD Spaniarfs by Gen Fran
cisco Villa. rntil tho Spanish arrbay-
| sador calls it 70 the attention Of Tho stat.
Department there IS little likelihood -
any action by the Washington govern
| mcnt. The state Department Is withou,
advices
| Ambassador Riano received of1cial no
| tice today of the action by Gen. Villa. AM
| is preparing to make representations in
! protest 10 Secretary Bryan Spain moi
only objects to their expulsion. but also
| TO the confscatiou of their property.
which IS estimated 10 run into tho mil
! lions
The United states itself has issued i
warning to its own subjects to leave
those parts of Mexico. where military
operations are being carried on. and has
more than once intimated that other go1
ernnents might Well take similar steps.
The right OF deportation is one provided
for under the Mexican constitution and
has been exercised alik. by the Huerta
government and the constitutionalists for
alleged military financial support Of
| the enemy and various other reasons
Had Warned Spaniards.
ConStltutionaiist Headquarters here
does not believe that Gen Villa issued
a blanket order for the deportation Of
spaniards Officials, authorized TO speak
say that Gen. villa has given orders that
he intends to depurt those Spsniards- who
| have given aid and curnport TO tho federal
troops. in fuldllment OF Il warning sem
4 TO these Spauiards more than u month
/ ago These officials say
| ''-rhese Spaniards are the keepers Of
| saloons. low dance halIs. pawn shops and
| disreputahle resorts in Torreon. As Gen
| Villa is almost fanaticalfy opposed to the
/ Use OF sale OF liquors In any form, he en-
| tertaius a particular enruity toward those
who engage In this traffic April ne
ordered the destruction OF every recep-
/ tacle for liquor in the city causing the
| Spaniards tremendous loss not only in
| the profits they expected TO derive from
| the sale OF the liquor during the period
| of expected debauch following the tali
! of ToFreon, but also the actual cost
price Of the liquor
when villa captured chihuahua about
five months ago his first act Tas 70 piac-
ard the city with notices that thcse sell
| ing liquor to his men would be tined sst'
for the first offense and would he court
marttaled for the second onense-
"Reports of looting by Villa and his
| men are absolutely false The ability of
Villa to maintain discipline has been
| called remarkable by army officers her
IConssitutionalist officials believe that re
| ports OF ktild ) Suppression OF any SUch
disposition among his men uladr 10 th-
State. Dcpa rtmerlt have done much to in
aueuce the administration toward
| watch Itr;f-waIt policy in Mexican al
| fairs.
| Spain Entered Protest.
! Ambassador Rtano made a protest to
the State Department when 4 large NUM-
| ber of his couutrymen in Chihuahua
| -, r<.I f,f Yfrxrp NJ
driven out OF chihuahua. upon Gen
Villas entry into that city In respurse
10 Mir. Riano's representations the state
| Depa rtment demanded an explanation
and Ger Villa said that the exiled Span
| Iards Were Huerta sympathIDers- Gen
Villa declared that he had not urofeSted
any Spauisard who had observed neutral
ity as between the contendng fu,ces IN
| Chih,Gafrua-
| The scout cruiser Chester arrived IN
| Tarupico today from Vera Cruz. hut
Rear Admiral Fletcher who last Wesk
| reported that the. naval contingent at
that port already Wis adequate RI cop.
WITH any situation which might arise
mad. no explanation TO the. department
concerning the Chesters change pf posi-
ton 1t was made without consultation
with, the department., according to Of
| fcials here
/ From Torreon It is reported that tn.
| best of order prevails: that all foreigners
are safe and that name was Killed or
wounded. which fully confirms the news
PAPER reports to the same effect
Formal notice of the with5tra warl, OF the
| exequ2tU- al George G. Carrothers as
American consul agent a. rdrreon reach
ed the STATE Department today hut so
far the officials have taken no steps tc
replace Mr. Carrotters as its consular rep
reseutative- In view nt the fact that hts.
movements IT company with the tnsuY-
gent military leaders have PRACTICABLE
! been dictated by the State Depe rtnent it
undoubtedly v-ill sustain rim in the face
of any criticism that score by the
HtIcrta government
Exequator Issued by Madero.
| Mr.. Caro,hers obtained his excquzt-r
whcu h.. wsls accrce'f-ef 10 the Naderc
; government and stationed At Torreon.
Since the outbreak of the Carranza revo-
lItlou he has had :. rowing commission
| in northern Mexico. and his cNeluAtcr
| from the Mexico City government has
been of little value to him, all his deal
iugs beiu;r with the coustftuGonaitsts. II
is the intention of The American govern
rnent to keep Carothers with Gen Villa
and the c.onstitutionaiist leaders TO n1sEs
prompt representa- for the safety Of
americans and other foreigners and TO
look after their interests generally
Should Mr.. CsrofherS lind it Necessary
to go into territory controlled by the
Huerta government, he may now he IN
4 a hIe to do bushes With It's local author
| tiles. but there is no PROSPECT that he
I; personally will be inconvenienced or pre-
| vented from, making observations as an
/ unofficial representative Neither John
/ Lind nor William Bayard Hale had any
exeauator while in federal territory.
r No request for recognition of the con-
L istitutionalists has been enlade by Gen
(-arrauza President Wilson Indicated
!!stoday that the United States would be
|. guided by developments as they arose m
! determining sachT questions The Presi-
isdent however, spoke of the practice
which the American government had fol-
| lowed with respect to Mexico previously.
and pointed fout that Washington waite!
ALMOST two years to recognize Porftrio
/ Diaz a. half century ago. =
i, Denies Fall of Torreon. =
: The Mexicanss embassy. acting under
orders from the administration in Mexico
City. refuses to: credit the report of the
fall of Torreon. This official statement
was made lastsnight.
Notwithstanding the many stories cir
culated in, regard to the operations around
Torreon, proceeding almost exclusively
from. rebel or inspired sources, which
should, therefore not deceive the think
ing public vas to the strue situation, this
embaesy-isti in possession Of official dis