Imperial Valley press., 1914-11-23
American Flag Down
AS Funston Evacuates
The City of Vera Cruz

the American soldiers are gone, vio-
lent trouble inpends.
Mexico City also is reported to be
On the verge of an eruption over eff
forts of Villa to capture it. The
withdrawal of the American troops
will so on, however, despite urging
ty Great Britain, Holland, Spain and
Frame that ample protection be CIV
en- their citizens and property through
cut Mexico.
1t is understood that Secretary of
State Bryan, by agreement with Cen
eral Carranza, has recognized General
Aguilar to be governor of the prov
ince of Vera Cruz when Funston
leaves. Aguilar is an agent of Car
rama and ultimately Carranza him
self is expected to try to set up
government there. This is likely to
! be the situation until there is reck-
oning between Carranza and Villa.
After today. the interests of the
United States in Mexico will have To
be taken care of by the battleship
Texas, which is at Vera Cruz, and
the Rhode Island and Minnesota. The
Rhode Island is at Tampico. On the
west coast the armored cruised West
Virginia is cruising with the Albany,
the Raleigh and the Yorktown.
I All factions in Mexico are known
to be opposed to the retention of ships
in Mexican waters. In fact there is
an unrepealed decree of the Mexican
senate against the stay of the ships
for any particular time at any port.
GAS to the ultimate orders for the
ships now in Mexican waters, there
has been no determination yet" said
Secretary Daniels tonight. "That will
be discussed after the withdrawal of
the troops"
General Funston will load his
troops on the Transports Fitzpatrick,
Meade, Sumner and others provided by
the quartermaster's department. He
also has charge of taking away the
marines under his command who are
at the front facing the Carranzista
troops. Secretary Daniels said the
marines would be brought to League
Island and from there distributed to
their home stations.
Funston's. command numbers about
1000 men and the marines about
5000. The cost of transportation
alone of the troops which went to
Mexico to avenge the insult to the flag
will be about $6,OO0,00O.
General Funston will bring with him
about $1,OO0,00O on which France has
lien and which he collected while
administering the customs house at
Vera Cruz. 1t is expected he will pro-
ceed directly to Galveston and en-
camp there with his troops until fur
ther orders.
Array officers privately expressed
the opinion that it will eventually
be shown by General Funston's pri-
vate correspondence to the war depart
ment that he was violently opposed
to the withdrawal of the troops un-
! til stable government could be es-
tablshed in Mexico He does not know
even what protection will be guaran-
teed to the 600 or 700 Mexicans who
served him. The general will bring
away with him about 100 nuns and
rriests who, the French government
| believes, can have no protection in
Vera Cruz after its evacuation by the
American troops.
The urging of France, England, Hol-
land and Spain that, in view of the
evacuation Of Vera Cruz, protection
be assured by the United States to
the subjects and property interests of
these countries, has come to the state
department within the last week. 1t
was first broached on November Ia
by Mr.. Rappard, minister from the
Netherlands. The French ambassa-
dor followed with formal call. AT
the British and Spanish embassies to-
Gay it was said that the representa-
tions Of those two countries were
"inf 0rmal."
Great Britain has millions of dol
lars invested in the Mexican railways
and a legation and an English colony
at the Mexican capital. Spain has
had grievance against Mexico ever
since citizens of Spain were expelled
in body from Monterey. The nuns
rs ha ah-
ing orders in Mexico who have been
harshly dealt with are French. Hol-
land has the largest oil interests in
Mexico, principally near Tampico.
Germany also has very important
oil interests in Mexico and it is ex-
pected she may later join in the re-
Quest that her interests be guaran-
teed by the United States.
I Ar~ov officials were talking tonight