Evening star., 1921-07-08
MEXICO DISCOUNTS
POSSIBILITY OF WAR
|W|THUNNEDSTATES
Secretary Gales Declares
Ships at Tampico Represent
Friendly Nation.
MORE FEDERAL TROOPS
HURRIED TO SEAPORT
Unconfrmed Reports State Dis
gruntled Workmen Have Attack
ed American Oil Properties.
y the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
| MEXICO CITY. July s.-Official re.
| assurances were given today in state.
ments to the newspapers that the
Tampico situation does not contain
tions between the United States and
Mexico.
There is no need to give further
| thought to the subject" Secretary
| Gales. the chief of cabinet. said thi.
morning. The vessels (the United
States warships at Tampico) belong to
a friendly nation that merely seeks to
protect its nationals, and this is nc
reflection on our national integrity"
The secretary added that the Mexi-
can government was strong enough,
and always has been strong enough
to protect the lives both of foreign
ers and its nationals. 1t was absurd
to think. he declared. that there was
danger at the present moment.
u. s. s. Cleveland Arrives.
A dispatch to Ell Democratic from
Tampico says the United States
| cruiser Cleveland arrived there during
the night.
Unconfirmed reports received here
today state that disgruntled workmer
in petroleum field in Zacamixtla
state OF Vera Cruz. attacked the prop
critics there yesterday. being repulsed
| only when federal troops arrived and
fired into the air Zacamixtla largely
is American owned.
Newspaper dispatches regarding the
occurrence vary. some asserting there
were several deaths among the work
men and others denying there were
any casualties. Nothing official con-
cerning the incident could be learned
from any source here.
Additional federal troops have been
dispatched to the region Of Tampico by
the Mexican government for the an
nouneed nc nn,;aI purpose OF giving guarantees
ton was taken. although the forces
regularly maintained around Tampico
| where there is a serious situation
arising because Of unemployment, are
deemed sufficient to deal with any
emergency. said a statement issued
last night by Fernando Torreblanca,
private secretary to President Obre-
gOn.
Ordered to Adjust Trouble.
Cesar Lopez De Lara, governor OF
the state of Tamaulipas, yesterday
was en- route to Mexico City, but It
was officially reported he had con-
ferred by telegraph with President
Obregon, who ordered him immediate
ly to return to Tampico to aid in the
adjustment or the labor situation. So
far as dispatches received here last
night from Tampico indicated, there
have been no untoward incidents in
the oil regions there. Senor Tore
blanca's statement said nothing had
been received in official circles to
cause apprehension, inasmuch as
Mexican workmen who were thrown
out of work were acting with pru-
dence and decorum.'
The foreign office declined to COM
ment on any phase of the situation
which has arisen through the arrival
of United States warships at Tampico
and it was learned late last night that
nothing in the way of communications
had passed between Mexican officials
and the American charge d'afraires
here relative to the presence of
United States ships in Mexican wa
ters.
No Comment ON Ships.
The action of the United States gov
ernment in dispatching the Sacra-
mento and the Cleveland to Tampico
has occasioned little excitement in
Mexico City. The public apparently
accepts the governments opinion that
warships of a friendly nation are
privileged to call at Mexico, and to
remain. SO long as they do not trans
gresS International law.