The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-04-07
State Department Ex-
pected to Make Protest
Against Villas Order.
ALL FOREIGNERS
REPORTED SAFE
No Evidence That Notice of Ex-
pulsion Is Actually Put Into
Execution-Military Situation
Remains Mystery-Rec-
ognition of Rebels Not
Yet Requested.

ccrncd about the safety or tho large
sDahish colony IN Torrcon, Mexico.
to-day with officials OF the state De-
partincnt planning to do everything
possible for, the protection Of tsre men.
women and children. whom General
villa. the Constituttonalist commander.
is reported 10 have ordered out OF tho
country, and To save their property
sular representative at Torreon. ana
In such cases the United states has
undertaken to afford All foreigners the
same protection II gives it's OWN citi-
Zens.
Consequently. II official advices con :
firm press reports AS to the treatment
Department IL expected TO vigorously
protest TO General Carranza agains,
Villas action.
The minister to-day called upon Sec
rotary Bryan at the latter's home. and
later had conference. with Counselor
Robert Lansing. who Is acting sccre-
tary during Mr Bryan's illness Action
could not be- taken Immediately. be-
cause Of the lack of official informa
ton as TO the status Of the Spaniards.
Hest of Order Prevails.
While press dispatches have de-
fcrrcd to Villas order for their OK
pulsion from Torreou, and the Spanish
consul M III PaSo has reported 20 the
embassy here tiat he had heard Of
the issue of such all order by Villa,
there is so far no evidence that il
has been actually put into execution
Although American Consular AgenI
Carothcrs has been in close corniunl
cation with General villa. he has made
sion. and the only word that came to
the State Department to-day from Tor
rcon was report that the best OF Or
Ger prevailed there, that all foreigners
wSre safe. and that none had been
killed orfwoundco-
In regard TO suggestions that the
spa niards Should have Quilted Torreor
long ago. when warned 10 leave, IL WA:
said a the embassy nf Z n,
1900 Spanish inhabitants in Torrcon
about 900 did depart. and only those
remained who found il absolutely nee
cssarH The situation OF the Spaniards
who were forced out of chihuahua
iour months ago is said to be one OF
uncertainty and hardship.
lnternatlonal law authorities here
hold that these people. as we'll as the
Spaniards Of Torrcon, if thov are ~
pellad. will have perfectly sound
claims for fun indemnity for their
may be permanently set up In Mexico.
m Military situation "a Mystery.
Inc H1iitarE situation in the VI
the state and War Department OH
Gals. For some reason Agent Caroth-
erss reports have omitted any refer
ence 10 the whereabouts OF tho Fed :
erai army. which withdrew from Tor
reon. enG the Mexican embassy con
tiaues confident in the ultimate tri-
umph OF the Federal generals over
Ar indication Of tho ground fo. ting
optimism may be founu in a disuatch
received at the Navy department to-
day from Rear Admiral Fletcher ~
Tampico, dated 8 T.. NJ. Sunday. show :
ing that Federal reinforccmcn:s had
arrived III The neighborhood OF The re-
firing garrison Tampico is in tele-
graphic communication with Saltillo
and as far westward rom shat town
as San Pedre. only twenty miles from
Iorrcon. The admiral reported that
General Mas reached San Pedro on
saturday morning with 100 men and
Another Federal general, Javier de
Mourc, at that time already had left
san Pedro and arrived I'm the vicinity
OF Torreon last Saturday with 1000
men and thirty days supplies.
Admiral Fletcher further reported
that the conditions In Guerrero and
Moreios We're serious. OH account of tho
withdrawal OF government troops for
the defense OF Torreon. Communication
had been rcopcned with Tampico, an
OH train having arrived in Mexico City
from that point. with three others ON
route. thus insuring an adequate supply
OF oil for the maintenance of railroa q
communication.
No REQUEST for Recognition.
The Washington government has re-
ceiVed no request for the recognition
OF the Constitutionalists rs belligerents,
although General Carranza las been
quoted in press dispatches as intending
~ OWN u. eStNcul w llSOn tOIU
callers to-day that the question had
not been considered. because il had not
been raised. and indicated that no com
ment would be made until such a move
was made by the Conhtitutionallsts
Cancellation by the Iucrta govern
mcht or the eXequator OF American
Consular Agent George G.. Carothers.
patches saying the rebels had captured
Torrcon, failed to disturb state Dc
par,inent 1,, officials to-day:
To!Tcon has fallen.
Carothcrs obtained his cxcauator
when he was accredited To the Madero
government and stationed at Torreon.
Since the outbreak of the Carranza
revolution he has had "A rowing com
mission in Northern Mexico. and his
ernmcnt has been of little value to him,
all his dealings being with the Consti-
tutionalists. 1t is tho intention OF the
ers with General Villa and the Con
stitutionalist leaders. to make prompt
representations for the safety of Amer
leans and other foreigners and to look
after their interests generally.
Foreign Policy OF Rebels.
I'll pasO, Tex, April Ga carefully
CarranLa dealing with the rebel foreign
policy was made public to-day by DR..
Henry Allen Tuppcr, of the Interna-
viewed General Carranza at tho request
of Senator Morris Sheppard, Of Texas.
The letter says in part:
Il possess deep admiration for tho
American people. and hold in great per
sonal esteem President Woodrow Will
son and Secretary OF State William
Jennings Bryan. know they are men
OF the very highest mentality, as we'll
ms moral and political aims, and for
that reason ] think that their friend-
ship toward Mexico and the sympathy
evinced for the principles Of the Mexi.
can Constitutionalists are not only sim
cere, but entirely disinterested. and arc
tho result OF the existing harmony be-
tween tho aims of the cauan which