The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-03-21
HEMP COVERS
MAKE APPEAL
WANT UNITED STATES TO
TAKE ACTIcN IN MEX.
EcAN TROUBLE
LARGE PORTION OF
CROP THREATENED
Committee Probably Will Dis
cuss Situation With Secretary
Bryan Monday
N,y Associated Press. j

WASHINGTON, March 20.-A
committee of hemp growers from
fucatan, Mexico. and representatives,
| of American hemp importers laid
before the State department. today
az appeal for action by the United
| States that wodld terminate the revo-
lrtionary troubles between General
AlvuradO. the Carranza governor OF
fucatan. and an opposing faction. The
committee probably will discuss the
situation with Secretary Bryan next
Monday.
The committee said the revolution
which resulted In the recent blockade
OF Progreso by Carranza threatened
the destruction of large portion Of
the crop from which most OF the har-
vest binding twine used in the United
States is made. The people of Yucca
tan, they asserted. did not wish to
take part In the revolution but were
afraid to disobey orders given them
by the revolutionists.
| Already some sisal. il was said, had
! been burned. at least two plantations
having been destroyed. Other reports
received' here said sisal had been
! burned at Merida, Progreso, and
other places tc prevent 1t from falling
into the hands of the enemy and pro-
kding revenue.
/ NJ. j. Smith, hemp importer. told
officials il would not be more than a
few weeks before the farmers of the
| ccintry felt the shortage In harvest
| twine.
The Mexican gunboat Zaragosa at
Progre5o has not interfered with the
movement of vessels, IT was said.
An Official S{aid Ganprat
Alvlrado entered M,r da yesterday
| dey, the enemy fleeing at his APP
proach. Quiet prevailed at Merida and
at Progreso..
Confirmation of the defeat of the
Carranza forces at San Carlos was
given in official dispatches.
statement issued tonight by the
convention agency here reported the
| capture of Camargo. a border city
between Nuevo Laredo and Matamo
| ros, with slight resistance, and added
| that the defeated Carranza troops
continued their flight toward Mata-
moros with convention troops in hot
pursuit.
Details of recent fighting about
Monterey reached the agency today in
q letter from General Felipe An
geles, commander at Monterey. A
large CaEranZista force, marching to
| attack Monterey. were surprised near
Paredon and defeated with heavy
losses, the statement says. On the
following day another Carranzista
force, attempting to attack the city
from the north and east was repulsed
after severe artillery fire. Perfect
order now prevails throughout the
Monterey section. General Angeles
added
Charles w. Douglas, Carranza's
legal representative here. returned to-
day from n VISIT to Vera Cruz.
General Carranza told me-" said
Mr.. Douglas, "that the two nations
nearest his heart were Spain, and the
United States. Spain was his native
land, lie said. and he looked upon the
United States ast the most advanced
nation in the world"
While Mr.. Douglas would not dis
cuss the situation in Yucatan. II was
learned that General Carranza wished
10 avoid actual warfare there az his
supporters In the State feared that il.
the Indians who work in the hemp
fields were armed an uprising Nigh.
result later.
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