New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-19
o;o Battle for Oil Port
F. Expected Within Forty
eight Hours.
CHANCES BELIEVED
AGAINST CARRANZA
o.;,.in Protests Against Levy on
roreigners at Monterey to
Support Army.
In, m. Trihuns Bureau

ellington. March lS.-Nlila, Win
NSS .ha5 o 600 Of his best troops, is
rore s. .. Coco. less than fifty miles
''hlsTrs,,Dieo. the most important port
ION Ney;can coast. The advance
q w a. The army is within twenty
Gar lies Of the port. 1t Is not yet
iW We The oil region. which extends
U'at.n n..r5 from the Panuco River for
90 forty-two miles,
''9..ordirc 20 confidential informa-
,,o,eiyed AT the State Department,
n Ia is imminent, and the general
an.lIe on Tsmpico may be under way
sE.s;n forty-eieht hours. .
General Carranza Will make as stout
u..;.tance as possible, II Is predicted.
.Ls chief source OF revenue is the
w duty on oil. for which that port
nF,be only outlet. The attacking
= -. n' are the flower Of Villa s veteran
tc'P' sr8 the chances are thought to
rn!' 10 army of the north, victory
:. mich would be the beginning Of
y: I'D Of Carranza's regime.
-. State Department received in
NV from Monterey to-day that
, y,n. bs5 levied on residents Of that
VIC ,ncludinr foreigners, q contribu-
t2' - Slo5.O00 for support OF the
W.. This brought q prompt protest
~! ,bs British government, which in
49, Nv. Counsellor Ian ing that one
vItjsh eonccrn-the Mexico Light and
p.yer Company. Of Monterey-hao
len assessed $4,000.
United States Will Send Note.
.L.--,. va. -.orised that rep
. -. would be made 10 Villa
t..rrb Consular Agent Carothers,
~ . view 20 relieving the foreign
lens, ,.,. including Americans, OF the
s.,den thus imposed. 1,
'Ii-nroyement in living conditions IN
v,yro CITY IS reported in dlspatch
=. .is State Department dated yester-
y, restoration Of railway communl-
~. between the capital and the IN
...s-. 80, boundary at Juarez within
~, or FIVE days is predicted. inns
III AMEN two avenues for the outlet OF
'.i.-sss and the incoming Of supplies
80 IN Mexico City. II is believed
~. v;.b traffic restored through Vera
a. ;,@, snd the promised Villa controlled
-. .ror, Mexico City 70 Juarez the de-
-.,i for an opportunity TO get. away
s ns-1 M, he cap;,al will be greatly re-
!s,ed. v
:, .o,,radistinction TO the reassur-
:.. 40 fror, the capital, reports from
p,og-sso and Merida indicate increas-
y, Danger 70 foreigners IN Iucatan'
=. STATE Department expresses con
ii.-rs that foreigners will be pro-
.,..s5 hut directs attention to the re-
Nv, hat insurgent reverses nave
rcd the campaigning of the last
~ S,vs as cause for alarm.
nsrisl Of the arrest of the master o.
81, American schooner Susie ID;
1,..,isr AZ Campeche was contained
(. dispatch which said that the
1,rt-ler arrived in Vera Cruz yester.
hy and the master had reported tha'
is vas not imprisoned.
Del Rio. Tex. Marcn 1s.-Reports
reached here to-day that q battle pc
.vssn Villa and Carranza troops mas
been in progress since yesterday after,
noon about sixteen miles south OF Del
Ro. Mexico. Villa forces are reported
forcing the Carranza troops toward Las
vscss, opposite Del Rio.
LosAnpeles. March lS.-GuadslaJars'
which has changed hands twice IN ING
last few weeks, was recaptured yesOer-
dy BY Carranza troops, according 10
message received here to-day.