The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1915-03-18

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no gatherings are permitted. Business
houses are opening, and conditions are
rapidly becoming normal.
Washington. March l7.-COnditions
ina McNico city as well as Manzanillo
gave officials concern today.
Apparently the reoccupation OF the
capital by the Znpata forces has not
brought the expected relief, for q
large number Of the Americans, with
other foreigners. asked the state de
ulrtmcut. through the Brazilian min
| lister. tn obtain transportation for them
10 Vera Cruz. Secretary Bryan an
nounced later that trains had been re
duested from both the Nilla-Iapata
government aud the Carranza author
! tiles.
Urgent representations were made
during the day to General Caranza
concerning his troops at Manzanillo
whose activities have caused foeign'
crs much apprehension. The American
consul was instructed to keep in close
touch with the commander Of the
cruiser Cleveland. It is understood the
commander has discretionary powers
to take measures for the relief Of for.
pigncrS if an emergency should dcvel-
op.
Early in the clay President Wilson
viewed official reports as indicating
that Mexico city was in less Of fer
ment than before and that foreigners
were safer rs Il result of the represen-
tations of the American government
! hut before the end Of the day the Swc-
dish minister had before the state lie.
partmcnt diSquietlng dispatches from
the Swedish legation in Mexico City.
Conditions there were described as de-
plorable and CHASTITY. The dispatches
said that the home of Gustav Lund'
holm. n Swedish subject, had been de-
spoiled by Zapatistas, and that anoth-
er Swede had been robbed in the street.
| The house of a third Swedish subject
was entered and money and weapons
| demanded.
Whole STAFF Executed.
Enrique G. Llorente, representative
| here of the Villa-Zapata government.
gave out a dispatch from Chihuahua
saying that General Mateo Almanzi,
and his entire staff had been convicted
by court martial of treason and had
been executed at Torreon. Almnnzu
| left Mexico City with General Cutter
rez but he Is said later to have join
| ed Carranza. The villa agency also
| had a telegram from ShihuHhua say
! ing the national bank in Mexico City
! had resumed business
The state department gave out Il
! statement saying information had just
been received that JaliSco state au-
thdritieS had decided to hold up in
definitely the enforcement of the pro-
, visions of the state government tax af-
fectmg foreigners.
George w. Knoblauch, Of New York,
business partner of the late John B.
McManus, the American killed recent
ly in Mexico City, engaged Secretary
Bryan in heated argument Mt the
state department on the subject OF
democratic and republican politics In
reference to the protection Of foreign
ers in Mexico.
Knoblauch came here In the inter-
est Of the widow and children Of Nc
| Manus. for whom he seeks an indcn-
nifty. After an interview with Mr..
Bryan he went to the white house 10
learn. lie said, the viewpoint of Secre-
tary Tumulty. Mr.. Tumulty told him
the matter was being handled at the
state department.
Later in the day Washington
newspaper published an interview with
-Knoblauch. quoting him as saying he
had been unable to find out what had
been done by the state department ana
had appealed to the president, and
that in his talk with Secretary Bryan
the latter had become angry because
of a reference to the democratic plat
form as pledging protection to the lives
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