Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-07-09
MEXICO CITY At
LOOTERS' MERCY
President Wilson Studies Dis
patches on Situation.
GEN. VILLA RoUTS oBREGoN
Northsrn Commander Says That Ne
Defeated Enemy In Terrific Bat
tie-Huerta Hearing Delayed
at e. Paso.

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Washington. July 2.-Conditions in
Mexico City are getting worse and
there are no prospects of relieving the
starving people in the capital until
communication il opened from Vera
Cruz.
This report reached the state de-
partment from the Brazilian minister
I'm Mexico City. II was sent from the
Mexican capital by courier to Vera
Cruz on June rs.
People Riot and PiIlaqe.
Other advices brought out by this
courier. and which came to the de-
partment with the ambassadors re-
port. stated hat zapatista officers at
that time we're defying the convention
government In the capital. These
officers. the dispatches said. were in
citing abe people to rioting and pillage.
despite stringent orders issued by the
president of the convention.
Mot violence and looting we're In
t1ll swing when the messenger start
ed from the capital the advices stat
ed. and while the convention officials
claimed that they had been able to
repulse the Carranzistas who were
attacking from the northeast, they
Jailed to maintain order in the city It.
self. No mention was made of at
tacks on foreigners or foreign prop
srty.
Tho state department also had .
report written on June % and which
came with that Of June 25.
FAN Of Capital Imminent.
State department officials appeared
20 be convinced that the fall Of Mexi.
co City Is imminent and hat the Zapa-
tistas win retire to the southwark and
westward Of the capital.
Omcials. however. made no effort to
conceal their concern over the situa-
ton in Mexico City. While no men,
tion is made in the advices OF attacks
ON foreigners. il is feared they will
not be able to escape should the riot
ing and footing continue for any
length OF time.
Villa Wants Peace.
New York. July 1.-THE Interna-
tionnl News service has received the
following dispatch from General villa.
"Aguascalientes, Mex. July al am
willing to take part in any movement
which win bring about peace in Mex
lco.
Yesterday l defeated Obregon's
army. after one OF the most terrific
Nights I have ever had. My forces have
taken Lagos and Obregon's army is in
panie-stricken fight.
Even In the face OF this great VIC
cory on the part of my men am will
tng with all my heart to become a
party TO any reconciliation conference
which promises to bring about the
~pacihcation Of the revolution now go
Ang ON in this country.
However. ! state emphatically-
most emphatically. that I will have
nothing to do with any convention or
arrangement In which victoriano
pasrta takes part. II Huerta takes the
ns,d In Mexico I and my followers will
nght until the last drop OF our blood
nnaks into the white sands of our
r~>fries. Huerta can never be.
Csigned) FRANCISCO VILLA,
Commander in Chief of All Opera
tons"
Wilson Studies Dispatches.
windsor. VT. July 2.-The alarming
ndyices from Mexico City received
far more attention from President
Wilson than did the sinking of the
Armenian. II is understood that the
president spent several hours studying
the latest dispatches relating to af-
fairs across the Rio Grande.
Huerta Hearing Postponed.
N Paso. Tex, July 2.-The hearing
of Gen. victoriano Huerta and Gen.
PAscual Orozco on a charge of CON
spiracy to violate the neutrality laws
OF the United States was postponed
until July ~. at the request Of the gov
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