Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-08-11
Clash Between This Coun- try and Carranza Now
 Appears Imminent.
TWO BATTLESHIPS
 ORDERED TO SCENE
Commander of American WaraIl,p Reports Carranzistas, Resenting At. titude of T.. s.. EndeayOring to h.
 cite People to Murder.

Washington, Aug. 10.-The situa- ton in Mexico took new and start ling turn today and it is believed /, there is strong probability that a clash between the United States and | Cararnza is imminent
 The developments of the day were:
 Commander McNamee, in command | of the naval forces on the cast coast, reported that mobs in Vera Cruz were being melted to murder for eigners, and that the situation was extremely serious. He asked that two battleships be sent to him at | oncc
 In response to his request the bat tleships Louisiana and New Hamp- shire sailed tonight from Newport, R. l., for Vera Cruz.
 The gunboat Marietta has also been ordered from Progreso to Vera Cruz. It is understood also that the gun boats Wheeling and Machias, which are on the Mexican coast, have been ordered there.
 Wilson Terminates Vacation.
 President Wilson has decided to cut short his vacation at Cornish, N. H., and return to Washington at once. He is expected to arrive tomorrow 'ght or Thursday, and hold cabinet meeting on Friday.
 Dr. Ortega, the Guatamalan minis ter to Mexico who was ordered eX- Epelled by Carranza, was taken on board the gunboat Sacramento at Vera Cruz for safety. His wife and daughter are with him. They will be brought to the United States. The navy department hurriedly prepared plans to divert from Haiti some of the marines and ships which are now there. This will be done if the situation at Vera Cruz becomes more critical.
 Naval officers expressed the opin- ion privately that within short time large part of the Atlantic fleet will be sent south to Mexican waters.
 Announcement was made that more troops will be sent to the Mex can border at once. Secretary of State Lansing left Washington at midnight for New York, where the conference of the pan-American diplomats on the Mexican situation will be resumed l tomorrow.
 Villa Tractable.
 Maj.-Gen. Hugh l.. Scott sent re- port of his conference with General Villa. The rebel leader is said to have agreed to the demands made on him.
 The orders for the sailing of the Louisiana and New Hampshire were withheld until late this afternoon. On : receipt of the report from Command 3 ar McNamee. Admiral Benson, acting secretary of the navy, ordered the = commanders of the two battleships g to prepare to sail. He then conferred 7 with Secretary Lansing. The point was raised that the news of the de- parture of the war vessels might | cause a general uprising against for eigners in Mexico. and it was decided to put the question up to President g Wilson. A long code message was = prepared and sent to Cornish. Pre- I sumably the president favored send ing the battleships.
 At present the Sacramento is the only American warship at Vera Cruz, although Commander McNamee for
 some time has been sending in re- \ ports that trouble at Vera Cruz could F be expected
 FOrelgnerS TerrOrlZNu.
 The text of Commander McNamee's
 report today was not given out. but d 1t was learned from both departments = that he described conditions as caus. c ing intense fear. among all foreign J CTS in Vera Cruz. of serious troubles n He said that there were street pa o rades. gatherings of mobs. and in
 cendiary sreeches, with threat! # against foreigners.
 e One official said that the language n of the report was that the mobs wer,
 melting each other and the populac'
 to murder"
 Officials construed the word "for n efgners" to mean American citizens e The outbreaks were believed by off e cials to he due tn anti-Americal l. rroraganda put forth by friends O y Carranza in retaliation for the re 70 fnsal of this government to recog is nize his faction as the means of re le storing peace in Mexico.
 The state department was informet
 today that the Brazilian minister t
 Mexico. who represented the Unitet " States. would arrive at Vera Cruz thi IS evening.
 l. The report of General Scott on hi