The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-03-13
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Bryan Warns Americans TO
Leave Mexico City
SITUATION EEUOAES ACUTE

General obregon and His Force Is
Said to Have Evacuated City, LeaV-
ING Popu,ace at Mercy of Lower
EIement-United States Warsh,as
on Way to Vera Cruz-obregon De-
| nies Stories of Lootina.
Washington, March 10.-Secretary
Bryan has warned Americans to leave
Mexico City.
General Obregon has withdrawn
with his army from the Mexican CAP
Sal, leaving scant, il any, protecticn
Cor the citizens.
Villas representative in Washington
announced that Zapatistas are asain
In control of the clIy, but this has lot
been confirmed by any official dis
patches.
While there are many influences
lAboring to bring about American in
tcrvention in Mexico the United
States has no intention of taking such
action. This was indicated by the
president.
Mr.. Wilson told callers that while
the other governments were all look
ing to the United States to secure
proper protection for foreigners and
their property in Mexico, none had
suggested that the United States in
tervene. The suggestion that this
government unite with South Ameri-
can governments for Intervention had
never reached him, he said.
With the dispatching of two war
vessels to Mexican waters and the
sending of a most vigorous note to
Carranza the administration officials
have resumed its watchful waiting
policy.
The warships ordered to Vera Cruz
are the battleship Georgia and the
Rrmored cruiser Washington, the lat
ter the flagship of Rear Admiral
Caperton. who will take command of
all the nayal vessels on the east coast
of Mexico. The vessels were deslg-
mated by Admiral Fletcher, command
ing the Atlantic fleet, and both lett
from Guantanamo, where the fleet is
based for the winter. 1t is expected
they will reach Vera Cruz tomorrow
The two additional warships have
been sent chiefly for the purpose OF
intimidating General Carranza, but
not with any intention of landing
party to take Vera Cruz or to proceed
to Mexico City. Carranza will be
literally under the guns of these YES
sells, as his Offices are in a building
on the quay at Vera Cruz, and the
theory is that with the gray sea
monsters at his elbow he will think
twice before refusing to accede to the
views of the United States with re-
gard to the protection Of American
interests at Mexico City. The admin
istration also desired TO have the YES
sells at Vera Cruz as places of refuge
for Americans or foreigners in the
event of their desiring to leave sud-
denly.
Suggestions that the latest note to
Carranza was an ultimatum were re-
pudiated at the White House, where
the president declared that the views
of the United States regarding cer-
tain conditions had been clearly set
forth to Carranza and that it had been
left to him to act accordingly.
1t was learned that when Consul
Silliman at Vera Cruz presented to
CarranZa the note OF the United
States the first chieT took advantage
of the occasion to declare orally that
IL was not true that General Obregon
had prevented food from entering
Mexico City or that he had sent any
supplies out of the city. This state
ment is absolutely contrary to adj
vices received at the state depart
ment and at several foreign en-
bassies.
The first statement by General OBJ
regon regarding conditions in Mexico
City for which he is held responsible
were made public here in a dispatch
received at the Constitutionalist
agency from the general himself.
General Obregon's statement con-
tradicts much that has been reported
to the state department and foreign
embassies by official representatives
and reports conditions as very differ
ent from what Washington under
stands them to be. General Obregon
asserts that the persons on whom the
United States government relies for
information are poisoned against the
Constitutionalist cause.
At the White House a similar in
timation was made in regard to some
reports from Mexico City which 1t
was declared were based on a desire
10 bring about Intervention by the
United States.
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