The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-03-10
AMERICANS WARNED TO
LEAVE MEXICO CITY
CONTINUED PROM PACE oNE.)

w Ulluocl
ed that some of the reports about
conditions in the capital were eXaG.
gerated, but said fear OF riots and
outrages and the food famine had
Brought about serious situation
II is known. too, from reports from
the Brazilian minister that Genera!
Obregon refused transportation facil-
tiles for the international relief COM
mittee which raised $4,000 pesos with
which TO bring supplies into the
capital to succor the poor and des-
titute.
1t was believed tonight reply
from Carranza would be received to-
morrow. but with the evacuation OF
Mexico City and the return Of the
reports, policed the city well when
they last were in command, officials
were inclined to believe the crisis
would be passed without serious diff
ficulty.
Obregon's Reply.
The Carranza agency here an
nounced tonight that the following
had been received from General
Obregon in reply to telegram ask
ing for information about conditions
in Mexico City:
IL note. what you say in regard to
the perfidous efforts Of the reaction
aries 10 disseminate false informa-
! ton in the United States in regard
to conditions in Mexico City for the
purpose of discrediting the consti-
tutionalist authorities.
"The resident foreigners are abso-
| lutely in no danger whatsoever. When
/ levied the extraordinary assess
| ment OF the merchants. bankers, bus
mess and professional men in gen.
eral in an effort to alleviate the pov-
erty-strieken conditions of the poor
the foreigners engaged in business
here through the minister OF France
| petitioned the first chief at Vera Cruz
to be exempted from its provisions.
Mr.. Carranza granted their request
and since then these foreign mer-
chants have been very favorably dis
posed to our cause.
Gladly PnId Tax.
| MANY of the business men. bank
ers and merchants gladly paid the
tax imposed and others stated their
willingness to comply with it II CIV
en- additional time. They are now
daily endeavoring to meet its REQUIRE
ments.
ut is utterly false that 1 have pre-
vented food at any time from enter
ing Mexico City or at any time took
supplies from the city to furnish
them to the army.
Owing to the depredatiops OF the
Zapatistas the water supply has been
short, but every effort has been made
to remedy this condition Flour. coal
and other commodities that must
necessarily be imported at all times
have not been abundant, but vege-
tables and small trucking that Mexi-
co City tall times obtains from the
Indians, who cultivate. small patches
in the suburbs OF the city. have been
az plentiful as the times, justify.
Priests Not Mistreated.
Having heard that the American
newspapers were reporting that
| Catholic priests had been the sub
jects of mistreatment and that they
| were suffering abuses In Sneir prison,
| authorized the correspondent of the
La Prenza and the local Of the AS
sociated Press to interview the cler-
gymen themselves and discover OF
their own accord how they were be-
ing treated. The following is an ex-
L
correspondents and published in the
La Prenza:
| AFTER many of the priests had
singly informed us that they had
not been maltreated they requested
Canon Juan Climaco Ramirez to
voice the sentiments OF the entire
group. The venerable preIate spoke
as follows:
"'"We have been well treated by
all the chiefs and officers, who.
believe, belong to the stan of General
Castro. We have not been molested
in the least and we know that this is
due to orders from Genera! .Obregon,
to whom we are greatly obliged for
the consideration shown us. We re-
ceive our Good from our homes. We
are allowed to receive those who
wish to call on us and We have the
freedom Of the building and walk
through all the corridors and halls.
| (They are lodged In what was for
merly the building occupied by the
| department Of war and marine at
the national palace. We have daily
| communication with Father Paredes
who Is working to solve the situa-
| tion."'
| "In connection with this infofma-
tion that has been received in the
United States, 1 will call your atten-
tion to the fact that certain sources
OF info. aation greatly relied upon
by the United States are poisoned
against the constitutionalist cause.
Every occasion Is taken by thcsc
worthy senors' to put US In the wors.
light possible.
ut is natural that those interests
that prospered under the old regime,
/ while the Mexican people themselves
were left in pitifui state, will stoop
to any means no matter how low to
diecredit the Constitntionaiist
movement which they realize sounds