The Sentinel=record., 1915-03-06
GENERAL OBREGON REFUSES TO PER- MT INTERNATIONAL RELIEF COMMIT
 TEE TO SUCCOR THE NEEDY.
Situation Is Causing the Washington Gov ernment Serious COncern--Obregon An. nOunCes Tie Will Not Prevent Looting.

Cbreeou provides that al mn ,.t2uys 1 not Cnly must oi en their places ut
 aus.ress under threat of pun5Ilcag f Il ti at any person refusing to accctt 1 ta:.a0za fiat money will be Iap.ja-
 ouSd
 BeyoId saving that conditions wele much worse .laI they had evar i.,u
 iu MeNtco City the various for 5l | diplomats who called al the state de- partneut did not discuss the s..;.t
 tio0 or indicate the attitude ot tler governments.
 aI of tber ministers at Mexico l City have ietuctlons to vii .doav from t.a capita, at their own dI-,1n- tou. 3st m the circumstances :uey are desiloas of remaining 70 to ert ila influence thoy can for lie relief o. t}c starving popuatio4.
 At tn. request of me govcrnteut o' Guatemala the state dep1Imeut inquired after Ghe safety of l1e ia.- temalan minister to Mexico and learned that he was safe
 The difficulties of tae situation from the viewpoint of administration officials are numerous General Villa and his forces and the Iapata faction, according to official reports seem to be rapidly gaining ground in the mil.- tary campaign but their plans have for their object at present the domi- nation Of other parts of Mexico. par ticularly Tampico and the northern part Of tHe country
 The presence in Vera Cruz Of Chas. A. Douglas an intimate friend of Sec retary Bryan and legal adviser in Washington or General eaIralza. it i@ believed in some quarters may assist the negotiaticus which the state de. partment has instituted to obtain solution of affairs at Mexico City but officials were not optimIst.c, because of Carranzas refusal heretofore to heed repres entations from the Wash ineton eoverumen
 Enrique C. 1lorente. Washington representative or General Villa and the convention government gave out the following summary of messages , on the military situation:
 General Angeles telegrapued from Monterey that the campaign was pro gressng rapidly Coal fields oUs
 MacIorio Herrera defeated there by our Generals Hernandez and PereyIa enemy suffering many casualties in- cludius loss of his field artillery and two machine guns Within a few days we will have all the fuel we need for transportation purposes.
 "In Monterey all Is tranquil and enemy evidently has not resolved to attack
 "A message from General Boque Gonzales Cara, pre- sideut of the con yutiou government dated the 26th rltimo. las reached General Nu'a at | lGua3alajara in which it is stated that the convention forces occupied Nocm- mHco, Guadalupe. Tacubaya. san Angel and all smaller suburbs around Mexico City, Some of the troops | had even had furnishes with Cac-
 ranza forces inside the city.
 HSalvatierra and A'canbaro, two | important places in the state of Guam | amato. have been captured by the
 convention general Arroyo The
 enemy ned abandoning their military
 stores, leaving the entire northern
 part of the state free from Carrauza l fotces.'
 Apparently there Is no prospect of
 the embargo on the port of Progreso
 in Yucatan being raised A report to
 the state department today aid il
 was the intention of Jarranza to keep
 the port closed and that two sunboats
 would be sent there 10 take the place
 of the Progreso, which was blown up
 fe wdays ago The gunboat Bravo
 has gone to Tampico from Vera Cfu4
 and not to Progreso as previously re- 1 ported, it was announced