The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1915-03-18
CARRANzA COMPLIES
WITH j. S. DEMAND
Opens Port al ProgreSo, Mex.
After Protest.
WARSHIP WAS READY TO ACT
"First Chief" Of Republic Yields to
Representations of Washington
and Allows Ships to Sail
Without Molestation.

Washington, March 1G.-General
Carranza has abandoned his blockade
of the port of Progreso on urgent rep
reservations by the United States.
The Mexican gunboat Iaragosa has
been called off and two American
ships laden with sisal for the United
States have cleared without interior
ence.
Rear Admiral Caperton, command
ing the American feet in Mexican wa
ters, reported the raising OF the DOCK
ade in his official dispatches, and re-
ported that the Zaragosa has returned
to Vera Cruz.
The admira's dispatches telling OF
relief Of the situation crossed a new
note from the United States which
was sent on its way to Carranza CIV
ing notice that the United States was
determined to raise the blockade, and.
If necessary, use the cruiser Des
Moines to do SO
American Ship Fired On.
It became known for the first time
that last week the Mexican gunboat
had stopped one American ship with a
shot across her bows, had held up an
other, and had interfered with Brit
ish shipping.
Conditions in Mexico City are ma
terially improved. The Zapatista
troops there have repaired the breaks
II, Citnnlp and the
water shortage has been raised. AT
the same time foodstuffs are coming
in from the south in sufficient guam
titles to relieve the danger OF famine.
A force OF Villa troops is reported
to be near Mexico City, waiting to en-
ter. If needed. Zapata, himself, II is
understood, will not go to the capital
Wilson's Warning to Carranza.
I'VE seek always to act as friends
of the Mexican people, and as their
friends it is our duty to speak very
plainly about the grave danger which
threatens them from without, what
ever happens within their borders
which is calculated to arouse the hos
tile sentiment of the whole world.
Nothing will stir that sentiment
more promptly or more holly or create
greater danger for Mexico than any
(even temporary disregard for lives,
the safety or the rights of the citizens
Of other countries resident within it's
territory or an apparent contempt for
the rights and safety Of those who
represent religion.
ANY attempt to justify or explain
these things will not eradicate this
sentiment or lessen the danger that
will arise from them.
ITO warn you concerning such mat
ters is an act of friendship. not of
hostility, and we cannot make the
meaning too earnest. To speak less
plainly or with less earnestness would
be to conceal from you terrible risk
which no lover of Mexico should care
to run, Extract from President Will
sons reply to the Mexican First
Chiefs note of March on protection
to foreigners.
Call for British Warship.
With the situation at Progreso APP
parently clearing up, disposing of the
threatened cutting off of the sisal
hemp supply needed for harvesting
the American grain crop, the Wash
ington government is confronted with
troublous condition at Manzanillo,
on the west coast of Mexico The
British consul there appealed through
the German embassy in Washington
for a British man-o'-war He said the
German consul joined him in the re-
quest, as the condition of foreigners
was "unbearabe" and no American
men.of-war were near.
The American cruiser Cleveland,
however. has arrived at Man2anillo
and it Is believed she will be able to
deal with the situation without aid