Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-06
FOreign Agents Have De-
Cided to Quit Capt.
tai as a Body
NOTIFY GOVERN MENTS
Secretary Bryan Awaits Ans
wer 10 His Note Sent 10
General CarranZa.

Washington. p. C.. March s-Thc
foreign diplomatic corps iu Mexico
City has decided % leave iu body.
Dispatches 20 this effect have been re-
ccivcd here by European diplomats
and forwarded 90 the home govern
mruts. Mexico City o. threatened with
starvation
Secretary Bryan has received no
Nord from bis latest representation
90 CarranZ1 against General ObrcEou's
dscrccs iu MeEic1 City and hts threat
Co leave tine capital unprotected with
the water plants out ui commission.
and attendant posalbufies or loutiuE
and killing Bryan Gays ihe situation
continues bad.
Senator smith Of Arizona said. We
should take charge 90 AFFAIR or abau-
don tha Monroe doctrine. somcihIns
must be done ta stop anarchy"
$50 foreigner who conducts himself
properly need feaF injury iu Mexico
city said rh@ Washington agent %
Ca~rarra. 10 ubr.F1u forces tle use
o. drastic mrssurcs t1 collect LEGAL
tax imposed Or g. fle tau'f uf tle tax
payers El1 eufravorsd Co escape just
payment
TAX % Allied Expedition
TAX % an allied expedition. slri-
liar Co thas which welt t1 the relief
af foreign lcEasirus ar Fsk.uE dlrIus
else Boxer uprss.nE. gas aEalG heard
.u oa.clai quarters. where 10 was gen
orally admitted that q grave condition
of affairs had arisen.
Fo- th- present ta~ outcome ut t4r
t-lrsratalc c1sfFllludelcr with Cen
rfaI Carranza ati be- awaited Hlit-
rrt1 be has been reported as FIaullrs
bg aIl ta- art.gifiss Gf GeueTal u1sr-
euH. whose purpose. according 90 uai-
eIaI reports. seems t1 De- to force th-
lower class Co. enlist .r else CarEauEa .
asmy or slaFvr.
All surts of utit Flmora are aroat .
ln Mexico CITY. due r1 tae iuc-udiaTy F.
ufrrrarrsf ot General ObFeEou. who. .
ln reasnaar~ interviews. has rractic- T.
aIiv faact .oasd pgl1drr t1r food Cen
~raf Carrauza has been asked by tEs
Ani~r.car government 90 Instruct Cen
-rai o1r~eon % take some meaEgres
90 protect lives and property Of for
-isuera la che event % evacuation.
The people fear the uatcr supply may
aa NaH Aaa.a H..aHH HHaH aaH"HaH
cables may be- eut. thus leaving the
city iu darkness and permitting the
irr~EponfIhIc element 90 commit wan
,on d~prrdations.
Just why the $40 merchants we're
Imprisoned has not been revealed.
They we're reported 10 have appealed n
10 ObreEuu for RELIEF from heavy tax
zhich he imposed on them Secretary |,
Bryan said 90 far as the state depart
nent had been advised all the NfcNi-
AN priests arrested for failure 20 CON ,
.risuto funds demanded by obregon A.,
Ecrc still IN prison n
Not Permitted 70 AID Poor. &
Tho international relief commission.
which raised 10000 pesos. was not
permitted % aid the poor. according
o Official dispatches. because General
,hreEon declined 90 accept funds re-
tricfed To any definite use. lie de-
irsd that the foreigners pay the tax
eccntiy levied. but revoked on repre- Z
sntations % foreign governments. {
without questioning how q would De !
set. :
600 Natives Killed In Wreck.
Boston. Mass. March 6.-Ths board a
II AsAA11sAaAN saAE Asl'aNN& a W
- from Mexico stating that Jan. Is 5
special train % 20 cars carrying 500 p
ersous. members OF families OF Car {
Aaza soldiers. vas wrecked and 600
iiird and only six Iahurt- The cars A
ere packed with humanity" the let
r. contiuued The roofs were Gov
-.d with men and women. At top
rAde the engineer lost control % the
ain and q rushed down an incline In q
, an abyss