The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-04-25
Statement Regarding
Americans Made in
a Vera Cruz Paper


CRUZ NEWSPAPER, SAYS FOUR AMERICANS HAVE BEEN
KILLED STREET Moss IN MEXICO CITY, 1T DECLARES
RECEIVED THIS INFORMATION FROM THE FEDERAL CAP
ITAL THROUGH AN UNoUEsToNED SOURCE
OF THE AMERICAN VICTIMS WERE TAKEN OUT
STREET KILLED THE STREETS, WHILE
THE FOURTH WAS KILLED IN THE YOUNG MEMS CHRIS
TlAN ASSOCIATION BUILDING BY MEMBERS OF BASEBALL
TEAM WHICH HE BELONGED ACCORDING TO THE e.
DIcTAMEN THE INFORMATION 10 NOT YET CONFIRMED
. FROM ANY OTHER SOURCE
VERA CRUZ is ISOLATED FROM DIRECT coMMUNIcA-
THE INTERIOR. BUT THE SPARSE NEWS
BROUGHT BY REFUGEES INDICATES THE STATE OF
AFFAIRS Is RAPIDLY GROWING WORSE. so FAR
AS AMERICANS ARE CONCERNED
VREFuGEEs ARRIVING HERE BRING WORD OF AN IN
TENSE ANTI.AMERIcAN FEELING IN ALL DIRECTIONS.
AMERICAN MILITARY AUTHORITIES HERE CONSIDER THE
SITUATION AMERICANS IN THE CAPITAL AND ALL OVER
THE REPUBLIC AS VERY GRAVE
wAsHINeTo APRIL 25-AMERIcANs REMAINING IN
MEXICO CITY ARE ENTIRELY DEPENDENT UPON THE Hu"
ERTA GOVERNMENT AND THE SMALL GUARDS MAINTAINED
AT THE FOREIGN LEGATIONS FOR PROTECTION IT WAS
STATED AT THE STATE DEPARTMENT.
THERE ARE BETWEEN SIXTY AND ONE HUNDRED MEN
ATTACHED TO THE VARIOUS FOREIGN LEGATIONS IN THE
MEXICAN CAPITAL ARMED WITH SMALL ARMS AND MA
CHINE GUNS WHOM THE AMERICANS MIGHT DEPEND
THESE THE DEPARTMENT SAID, WOULD BE EFFECTIVE
ONLY AGAINST SPORADIC MOB VIOLENCE AND WOULD BE
PRACTICALLY PoWERLEss AGAINST ANY GENERAL MOVE
MENT MOB ATTACK THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT MIGHT
IGNORE IT is EXPECTED THAT AMERICANS, IN EVENT OF
AN ATTACK, WOULD TAKE REFUGE IN FOREIGN LEGATIONS
ADMINISTRATION AND OTHER OFFICIALS ARE MUCH
EXERCISED OVER THE REPORTED ASSASSINATION OF AM
ERicANs IN MEXICO CITY.
SERIOUS EVENTUALlTIEs THERE, IT s POINTED OUT
MIGHT AeeRAvATE THE PRESENT SITUATION AND SERVE
O AROUSE SENTIMENT AMONG THE PEOPLE THROUGHOUT
THE COUNTRY THAT WOULD DEMAND MORE AGGRESSIVE
ACTION IN MEXICO ON THE PART OF THE AMERICAN GOV"
ERNMENT
1T IS FURTHER EMPHASIZED HOWEVER, THAT MOB
VIOLENCE COULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS ANY oELIsER"
ATE ACT OF HUERTA, AND THAT 1T COULD BE CLAIMED BY
THE HUERTA GOVERNMENT THAT 1T Is PoWERLEss TO
CONTROL THE SITUATION OWING TO THE ANTI-AMERlcAN
FEELING AROUSED BY THE SEIZURE OF VERA CRUZ
! NAN OFFICIAL REPORT FROM CONSUL CANADA AT
VERA CRUZ, THE STATE DEPARTMENT WAS INFORMED
THAT SEVERAL AMERICANS WE'RE PLACED UNDER Ar
REST IN MEXICO CITY AFTER BEING TAKEN FROM THE
REFUGEE TRAIN THAT CARRIED osHAUeHNEssY AND HIS
PARTY VERA CRUZ r~..
j. STARR HUNT AND HIS FAMILY WERE AMONG THOSE
ARRESTED BURTON WILSON WAS TAKEN FROM THE
TRAIN AT THE FIRST STATION OUTSIDE MEXICO CITY. 4
FURTHER DETAILS REGARDING THE CONDITIONS IN
MEXICO CITY WE'RE GIVEN TO CONSUL. CANADA BY
REFUGEES REACHING VERA CRUZ. THEY REPORT A REIGN
OR TERROR IN THE cAPITALAND CONFIRM THE REPORTED
ANTI ouTBREAKs.A MOB ENTERED THE PoRTERs
HOTEL AMERICAN, ,INsULTE D THE GUESTS, SMASHED
WINDOWS AND EMPTIED THE HOTEL. THE GUESTS WERE
TAKEN OTHER HOTELS. ...
THE AMERICAN CLUB WAS ATTACKED AND SEVERAL
STORES SACKED. THE REFUGEES REPORTED THE AM,
ERlcAN, COLONY WELL ORGANIZED FOR DEFENSE.
ALL FOREIGNERS CONCENTRATED TO WITHSTAND AN
ATTACK AND WERE WELL ARMED.