The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-03-19
EXODUS
NAY Be BY FOOT
"a iRzIn Service Between Vera
Cruz and Mexico City.
lhL FACTIONS HOLDING LINE


Go States May Have to Choose
tseerrive Measures-sryan Calls
Isuhlauch.
Washington. March lin response
I'D masffication from Americans and
.sthsr Foreigners in Mexico City that
Eagy &esire to leave Secretary OF
ss,rss Bryan undertook to arrange
IxSSlr with Zapata and Carranza for
fsrrSr transportation to Vera Cruz.
Sysis IN the first united effort on the
.sssEs sF foreigners to leave Mexico
tcGlT md II presents to the United
sstssyD the task of making it possible
Stsr scNRm TO get out.
aHssseS to the state department
z@sxe Siat there is now no train SER
NIX &skween Mexico City and Vera
EsrEg Earranza holds the Vera Cruz
NEES sg the line and Zapata the Mex
Sxg xiTY end. Officials here have
fsfZrn No hope of securing co-opera.
i1a'D &sSween the two opposing forces
ier 5Tsat operation OF the road for
;afs gsrp0se of bringing food supplies
afssB ges capital and it Is much doubt
OK ksss IL such arrangement can be
asaifs even for getting foreigners out
IF Efxfco. In the event of failure
IT liz Bryan's attempts in this direc-
'1nag Skis government will have to
tcz&ss between bringing coercive pres
,sEtSs. COZ bear on both Carranza and
'cSEzER or admitting it's inability even
sS ass Americans to obey its warning
~ get out of Mexico. The chief basis
~ 1aps des I'm Villas promise to open
rsae zorthern route to Mexico as soon
eas possible.
Rauofaush Called by Bryan.
Ssesrgg w. Knoblauch, partner OF
.6GU 81: McManus in his dairy bust
'srsa IN Mexico City, who has been in
Washington the last few days in be-
rssS UT the dead mans family and
S1xsT Joint holdings, appealed to Jos
S2gsnafty. secretary to the president
stTi. reeard to the case. He was re-
.fsAre4 back to the state department
sIErs he already has made clear his
l2sserest- At the White House today
Sssise opinion was expressed that the
Ssysxisess Of the Zapatistas would be
stRaS&sS and that a complete report
-SzcsTAe killing probably would come
zas 7Hx6E
F2was learned that Mt. Knoblauch's
.SiSevfew with Secretary Bryan de.
syFsIgga into a warm exchange OF
stRxs On the subject OF Mexico. Mr..
sTsuS&flch in asking that something
sa~-tsxerOn Behalf of McManus' widow
sSzE ms thur children made some ref
r.rBHcr 10 the Democratic platform
.JsssSgesto. nrotect Americans and their
-,cwpsrrieIse ifp all parts Of the world.
sSssBgtsEg Bryan therefore inquired as
no KfobIauch's politics and, learning
Olga he was a Republican, informed
tidE mas ne was not qualified to dis
1f0sN Democratic platform pledges. He
'EsSstss '0drtiier that inasmuch as the
aKzae department knew no party divi-
sSsssSts RI its efforts to protect Ameri-
I.-rns in Mexico, 1t did not expect
AEas5saasa receiving such protection
tzSr xzIse' partisan questions at the
shsze department..
2, ucManus' Act Voluntary.
Tho secretary OF state expressed
ss&8wrs nee that the United States
government should send soldiers into
IE!fxiSD 70 restore order at the sacri. |
s7ls W many lives and at great ex-
jEtxss to- the" people at home in the |
G@ierests Of McManus, who chose to
sg sv Mexico, and argued that such a
css1sse oFtnis government would cost
Ess' Waited States the friendship G.
AT South America.