The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-03-04
|NOU[D BLOW UP EMBASSY
| AND ASSASS|NA1E CHARGE

uuHDeT OIL senators are duAlOu5 W
open the whole subject on the floor,
with the certainty that the direct ac-
tion" advocates would take occasion
to make inflarnmatory speeches. The
president will send Secretary Bryan
to a house committee tomorrow to
soft pedal" the Rainey resolution
seeking to force his hand. An attempt
to avoid heavy payments to the Unit
ed States for the care of the 1000
refugees who fled to this country, fol-
lowing border battles, was set on foot
today by General Villa. Two attorneys
representing the rebel leader were in
structed by him to institute habeas
corpus proceedings against the Unit
ed States and the state of Texas to
gain the freedom of the refugees.
One attempt at habeas corpus pro-
Iceedings has already failed, according
to former Solicitor of the State De-
partment Joseph w. Folk and he ex-
pressed the opinion that the renewed
effort would meet with no success.
Danger OF lntcrven1ions
NEW YORK, March 4-Interven-
tion in Mexico by the United States
would infame all Latin America and
endanger the entire political future
of the United States in the opinion Of
General Vestuiano Carranza, supreme
chief OF the MsNican rebels, who ex-
presses his belief in an interview at
/ Nogales, published in today's New
! York World.
81 can say positively" Carranza
said, that intervention would not ac-
complish what the United States
| thinks. but would provoke war
which, besides its own consequences,
would deepen profound hatred be-
tween the two countries, between this
! United States and the whole of Latin
| America "a hatred which would en-
danger the whole political futurs OF
! the Unite0 States. Isl.
What would do if intervention
lcamey would comply with my duty,
can say no more on that subject. ]
do not believe intervention probable,
though, because the reasons for such
a step are contrary to the interests
OF the United States.
/ Il do not believe the United States
will intervene on account OF the Ben.
1 ton case. Anyway, it is not the busi
ness OF the United States to inter
vene for the reason that Benton was
! a British subject, not an American.
! will accept representations only fr5D
the British government, so far as
i Benton is concerned
4 Great Britain has an accredited
representative to the Huerta govern
msnt. He is the man who accepts in
vitations from Huerta, has taken on
his hat to him. shakes hands with
\ him. When Madero was murdered all
foreign powers focked to the spot
like lot of vultures flock to the dead
and recognized the murderer bscause
their subjects like little groups OF
] men and petty interests.
"The killing of Benton was due tC
an attack on Villa by an enemy oi
the revolutionists. More shame to tn,
i United States that she allowed her
4 self to join herself with those infam
GUS powers. 1t is true that Villa al
/ my order recalled the invitall6n to in
. vestigate the body of Benton anG
withdrew the permission he had Civ
J, en-. He did this because I informed
him that he was not to treat with any
nation concerning International of
fairs Villa and I are in perfect ac
cord. He obeys my or6'ers as he shcult
obey them and without question"
: Garden Sails for Home.
NEW YORK, March 4-"Inerven
S ton In Mexico would be dreadful
ly serious move said Sir Lionel Car
don, British ambassador to Mexico, al
he sailed from New York to Londor
today on the White Star liner Olympic
, elt would mean the loss of thousands
of lives. hope it will not be neces
, sary"
), (Continued on page 2.)