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allegations" the telegram said In ef-
feet, especially In view Of all the
Christian. humanitarian acts he has
performed In the recent past"
u was acknowledges by State Dc.
partment effieials that Or. Ryan had
been Of inesleulabls service to tho
department throughout the stormy
days Of the two revolutions At the
FIRST siege OF Torreon he was de-
spatched from Saltillo by the depart
ment. and. under orders. escorted
many Americans from that city to
safety. He conducted this task with
such diplomacy and despatch that
the department sent him u hearty
vote Of thanks.
DR.. Ryan has been under arrest be-
by President Madero's orders at the
time when Huerta and Fell. Dlaz
were closing In on the capital. The
American physician was engaged In
caring for the wounded under the
J White Cross organization. The work
Of the He'd Cross and White Cross
mad been sadly hampered by the re-
fusal Of both sides to respect the In
| sigma.
The gravity OF the situation at
| Iampico growing out Of the FAST ac-
formulation Of oil from tho flowing
wells In the interior. which constitute
4 great menace to the town itself,
vast financial loss as result OF the
overlooking Of the tanks. and finally
the Interference with neutral COM
merce by the Constitutionalists a. eS-
hibited In the firing upon the Ward
Line steamer Antilla at that port.
prompted Sir Cecil Spring Rice, the
British Ambassador, to confer to-day
with Assistant Secretary Osborne at
the state Department. in further Of
fort to create a neutral zone In the
oil field vicinity.
To what extent mediation between
the United states and Huerta would
he affected by a refusal OF the Car
rama element to suspend military op-
erations against Huerta pending me-
diation was the chief question con-
fronting the South American medi-
ators when they resumed their SEES
SONS at the Argentine Legation to-
day.
BRYAN CONFERRED WITH EN-.
VOWS UNTIL 2 A. N.
The midnight conference between
tho mediators and Secretary Bryan,
lasting for more than two hours. had
established definitely that the United
states and Huerta would suspend
military operations. the only reserva-
on made by the United States being
that It would be free to repel any at.
lacks. But Carranza still held alooi
from any suspension OF hostility be-
tween him and the Mexican Federal
forces. All efforts. therefore. were
the warning elements In Northern
Mexico, a. well az those OF the United
States and Huerta.
The Spanish Ambassador, Mr.
Riano, representative OF the Huerta
Government In the United States
/ visited the Argentine Legation at Il
o'clock to-day and had a conferenc,
, with the Argentine Minister. Mr.
Naon. The Ambassador Is said t.
! have delivered message to the
rnediators from the Huerta author
| ines. NO Stdtcu cHt WA uiaue us u
, its contents.
Representative Fitzgerald, Chair
man OF the Committee on Appropria
, tions, and Representative Hay, Chair
man OF the Military Affairs Commit
tee, conferred with President Wilso
: concerning the appropriations an
1 discussed the joint resolution Oh tn
| House calendar to provide that none
, FOR the army may be made availa bl
> Immediately In case the Mexican 81,
uatiLn should make It's use noces
sary.
Dr. Ryas Was Graduated Frou
FOrdham.
DR.. Ryan was graduated from
!, tordham University In the class q
1914. After his graduation he serve
!, for Q few months as an inferno Il
i the Holy Family Hospital In Brook
: Ign.
Tho Doctor left the hospital In 1871;
= announcing TINT he was going I
. Mexico on a medical mission"
was understood, however, that h
r had Q commission TO do some con
Rdential work for this government
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