The Sentinel=record., 1915-03-09
Carranza Is Informed That There Must Be An Improvement in Conditions
 Respecting Foreigners.
Five Battleships Will Soon be at Vera Cruz and Other Smaller Vessels Have Been Ordered to Hold Themselves In Readiness to
 Proceed at Once

the famine in Mexico City the state department today received a note from the Carranza government which had been transmitted to all the diplo- matic representatives in Mexico City, announcing on the authority of Gen eral Carranza that the capital would be evacuated by the forces of General Obregon.
 This was formally announced by Secretary Bryan today, together with the statement that while Carranza had invited the diplomatic corps to move to Vera Cruz or to any other town under his jurisdiction. stating that this would not be considered by him as an act of recognition, it is understood that the diplomatic corps felt that their departure from the City of Mexico would not be best for the foreign interests under their care"
 It also became known that the dean of the diplomatic corps in declining the invitation informed Cawanza that other factions in Mexico City might resent their departure from Mexico City to any town under the control of Carranza
 The diplomatic corps at the same time entered vigorous protest to Carranza against the proposed evacua- ton of Mexico City, declaring that some garrison should be left to pre- serve law and order. According to the Carranza ageucy's advices from Vera Cruz, General Obregon intends to leave a garrison in the capital. and Secretary Bryan said there was no in- dication as yet that this would not be done. He said the United States gov ernment informed Carranza of It's de- sire that the city should not be left without some force to protect it against mobs and riot.
 Asked whether there was actual suf- tering at present by foreigners. Secre- tary Bryan said "H was the fear of the future rather than the offect of the present. that had caused the serious state of affairs and that this was due to the things Obregon had proposed. such as the cutting off of all com. 
 "The effect also of the language used by Obregon," said AIr. Bryan.
 has been to emphasize the dan ger from mobs because of utterances cal culated to stir up feeling against for eigners.'
 lie auued that within tine fast few days no word had come directly from Carranza to indicate any change in conditions The secretary declined to discuss the contents Of the latest rep resentations. From other sources ia. miliar with what the American go5. ernment has said 10 Carranza how. ever, if was learned that the note. while not in the nature of an uui- matum, was practically of the same effect. 1t made no reference to sne- ellie difficulties as these have been the subject of separate and nu- merous communication heretofore but summed up in an insistent tone the entire situation in the territory con- trolled by Carranza.
 There was a clear indication in it that the United States government had made repeated representations in vain with respect to Carranza's treat ment of foreigners and that point had been reached when it was neces- sary for the first chief to take into consideration the serious steps which the United States might feel com- pelled to take to obtain an improve ment of affairs.
 Carranza's decrees and those of his subordinate generals have been con- stant cause of embarrassment to for eign governments ever since he broke with General Villa and the constit- tionalist movement was divided. The Imprisonment of scores of priests and the confiscation of property, the expulsion of the Belgian and Spanish ministers and the improper treatment of foreign consuls generally have been communicated in official reports.
 The visit in the connection of Car dinal Gibbons to New Orleans to talk with Archbishop Moret, who has just been expelled by Carranza from Mex ico together with other priests, was