The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-03-11
Washington Gives Mr.. Carranza
New Warning...Warships
Go TO Vera Cruz.
EUROPE DEMANDS REAL ACTION
Asks America to Protect interests or
Permit an International Relief
Expedition.

DrOOK Dy CafranZa autnOrltleS ana the
imprisonment of it's captain, the In.
dignities heaped upon Spanish resi-.
dents of the country and the very
dangerous situation for all foreigners
there, the United States has ordered
two battleships to go from the naval
station at Guantanamo, Cuba, to Vera
Cruz, Mexico, at once.
1t is admitted now that conditions
there are as bad or worse than they
have ever been European govern
ments, England, Spain, Germany, Italy
and France, all of whom recognize
the Monroe Doctrine, are demanding
that the United States intervene and
relieve the $4,000 foreign residents of
Mexico City of the imminent danger
threatening from looting mobs of ma.
tives.
Otherwise. they ask the United
States to set aside the Monroe Doc.
trine for the present and permit an
international relief expedition to per
form service similar to that per.
III 1ACu tuO lCIlCl I'll lOl ClSAC1S ia
Pekin, China, during the Roxer
troubles.
General Carranza has been informed
in note from the United States gov.
eminent that unless there is an i'm
provement in conditions with respect
to foreigners and their interests in
Mexican territory under his control,
such steps as may be necessary will
be taken by the American government
to obtain the desired protection. Car.
rama is warned that the United
States has viewed with deep concern
the growing complaints made by for.
eigners generally against his admins
tration of affairs, and now. in effect,
demands an early change.
There was a clear indication in the
note to CarranZa that the United
States government had made repeated
representations in vain with respect
to Carranza's treatment of foreigners
and that point had been reached
when it was necessary for the first
chief to take into consideration the
serious steps which the United States
might feel compelled to take to OBJ
tain an improvement Of affairs.
Latest reports from the City of Mex
leo indicate a menacing condition OF
affairs for the twenty-five thousand
foreigners there. of whom twenty-five
hundred are Americans. The Carran.
"a authorities have Communicated all
the medicines and medical supplies in
the chief hospital and sent them to
Vera Cruz. An appeal has been made
to the United States to dispatch a hos.
pital ship to Vera Cruz to send medi:
cal supplies to the City of Mexico, and
the Mexican Red Cross has sent an
argent petition through the American
Red Cross for protection against the
Carranza authorities and permission
to cooperate with the international
relief committee in handling the starv.
ing population.
Typhus fever and smallpox have
broken out in the capital as we'll as
at Tampico.
Villa May Save Capital.
Washington, March S.-Dispatches
from the Brazilian minister in the
City of Mexico received tonight indi.
Gated conditions in the capital are un.
changed, that the populace still fears
the effect of the famine and that there
are dangers of rioting should General
IN
High officials of the American gov.
eminent described the situation as
very serious. but not altogether hope.
less. No word came from Vera Cruz
as to the attitude of General Carranza,
but further representations now have
been made of such an urgent charac.
ter that officials here confidently ex-
pect him to take steps to improve con'
ditions.
The possibility that General Villa,
who is now in Guadalajara, might
change his military campaign temper
arily from its northward direction and
turn his entire attention to recaptur.
ing the City Of Mexico, was looked
upon in some official quarters as
possible solution of the situation, in.
asmuch as such a move, If successful.
would give uninterrupted passage for
supplies from the American border by
rail-
It is known that General Obregon
was much irritated when General Car.
rama revoked the tax levied by Obre-
gon on foreigners recently and since
that time, official dispatches say, anti.
foreign sentiment has been fostered,
II not inspired by Obregon himself.