The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-03-09
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lVlly FORGE AN.
INTERVENTION
International Force, Similar To
That Which invaded China At
Time Of Boxer Uprising, Urged
. At washington AS Solution
PRESIDENT NOW FACES !.
NE EsSlTy ssoF ACTING

NECESSlTYss0F ACTING
Capital City Is On Verge Of Star
yatiOn;lWhiIe Carraaza's Com
inander Has Refused TosAc-
tcspt Relief FromAT Source
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ASSOCIATED Press by Federal wireess)
WJASHINGToN, March g.:
w Thesintolerable situation
in Mexico, which Is persistentlyl
growing worse, has brought for
ward the suggestion that inter,
yention has become necessary.
An International force, similar to-
that which interviewed in China
at the time of the Boxer ,upris-
ing, is being urged as the solu-.
ton Of the whole question, the
force to march to the City of
Mexico and from there police the
country until some assurance is.
forthcoming of the establishment
OF stable government. n
President Wilson is now con-
fronted with the necessity of
dealing without delay with the
most serious and perplexing sit
uation that has yet developed in.
the whole perplexing Mexican
embroglio. The reports officially
received from the Mexican capt.
tai tell of a condition that de-,
nlands immediate action. ,-,
Mexicans Starving - !,
The city is on heverge of
starvation, with thousands faced.
with the prospect of dying Of
hunger within, a measurable time
unless relief of some nature
reaches them. Inasmuch as,
there are many Americans in
that capital, this, in itself, obi
gates the United States to take
some action, but the most serious
part of the situation comes in
the fact that General Oregon,
who is commanding the Car,
rama forces in the city and who
controls it, has issued a point
blank refusal to allow anyone to,
interfere, in any way with the
famine situation. A request that
an international relief commits
sion. composed of wealthy mem.
-bers of the foreign colony, be,
named, with the permission to.
solicit outside aid and distribute.
supplies has been met with a de-,
NAL ,Obregon announces that.
he viii tolerate no interference,
tsEenaunderithe guise OF famine
relief committee.
Bryan Holds Conference
Yesterday following reports to the
state department that aobregop had
threatened o4withdraw his army from
the city, after cutting of the water
supply, Secretary Bryan called in the
representations of the various embas.
sizes for conference, with n view to
determining the attitude Of the Powers
on an international intervention.
Obregon's threat follows refusal Of.
a majority Of the business men lof the
Mexican capital to open their stores for
business, to receive in exchange for
merchandise the fat currency ISSUED by
the Constitutional government which a
previous ediet made it illegal to refuse
as legal tender a., e." N
To reopen for business on these terms
the merchants refused to do, whereupon
more than a hundred have been arrest
ed and IMPRISONED. A majority of these
so. held are Spanish, whose ambassador
here has consulted Secretary Bryan
over the situation. The state depart.
ment has instructed Consul General Sill
liman to file complete report without
delay and 10 make, the strongest pos
sible representations to obregOn Of the
grave complications that his actions in.
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News Is Of "A farther complication
comes in a Vera Cruz despatch, to the