The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-11-12
Wilson Wants to Know
About Guarantees to
Foreigners If Capital
Is invaded
SAYS THE CITY IS
AMPLY SECURE
90 Minister Of War Assures Mr.. Silli-
man, the President Personal Rep
resentative, If Followers of zapata
and Villa Get Bad

Mexico City, Nov. 12.-John Il. sill.
man, personal representative of Presi
deht Wilson, called ON Minister of War
Fesqiuera yesterday for conference
relative to what guarantees would he
gwen foreigners in case of the invasion
OIL the capital by followers of Zapata
or by General Villa.
Inc Minister of War assured Mr..
Silllman that the city was amply oar.
rlsoned to prevent any danger. both
Generals Obrcgon and Blanco beino
mere III person with 25,000 men. while
General Alvarado commands a detacb
ment of 150 machine gums and n large
artillery force. The American repre-
sentative left the War Office express
ing satisfaction with the ARRANGEMENTS
made to protect the inhabitants.
Late last night newspaper accounts
were beng distributed free ON the
streets and in the theatres. The papers
contained a bulletin. purportina to be
signed by V. Caranza, saving that
Brigadier General Frederick Funston
had just communicated to General Can.
dido Aguilar, commander of the Con.
stitutionalist forces outside of Vera
Cruz, that Washington had resolved on
'''N i'i'hN'i"tO cN OF vera
Cruz.
Early yesterday the downtown see.
tlon of the city was thrown into a panic
when party of Iaqui Indians and sol
dlers tore through the streets in auto.
mobiles, diSeharging firearms as they
went. This led to the report that the
national palace was being attacked by
followers of Generals Hapata and Villa.
Inc automobllists were iilally arrested
by the police.
At IL o'clock in the forenoon the
capital received a second scare, when
80 1aqui lndianS marched to the bar
racks near the national palace and de
manded that the sentries shout "'Viva
Villa" The refusal of the scntres to
comply drew a rain of bullets from the
1aquis guns. Soldiers later captured
and executed 26 of these Yaquis.
General Obregon to-day sent mes
sage to General Villa warning him
that failure to resign would cause the
breaking out of immediate hostilities
on large scale. General Obrcgon also
sent a dispatch TO each of Generl Viii
la s division commanders saying a--
"Unless you can persuade General
Villa to cease his southwark advance,
anarchy and possibly Intervention will
ensue. -
Later General Obregon said he would
be ready to fight to-day if General Villa
did not answer his message.
Minister of War Pesquiera declared
last night that if a struggle comes it
will not be between General Villa and
General Carranza, but between General
Villa and the entire country. General
Gonzales has sent message expressing
the same sentiment to General Eulalio
Guttierez recently chosen provisional
President by the Aguas Calientes peace
convention.
Mexico City, Nov. 12.-The Consti-
tutionalist generals in the capital have
expressed the wish that General Villa
resign as commander of the northern
army and that the Aguas Calentes
peace convention come to Mexico City
on November %. Generals Blanco,
Obregon and Villareal have promised
that if these things are brought about
they will give their allegiance to Gen
eral Eulalio Gutierrez, recently chosen
provisional President by the Aguas Ca
ilentes convention, until a new govern
ment is definitely formed.
Eleven thousand troops under Gen
erals Jesus Carranza and Molina were
sent to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec last
night after officials had conferred with
General CarranZa or Cordoba.