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Show STRONG PROTEST SEflTJJUERIfl UNITED STATES DEMANDS DETAILS DE-TAILS OF FATE OF AMERICAN SOLDIER'S DISAPPEARANCE. Huerta Informed That Unless Information Infor-mation About American Infantryman Infantry-man is Given it Will be Considered as Unfriendly and Hostile Act. Washington. The United States on Friday demanded of the Huerta government gov-ernment details of the fate of Private Parks, the American infantryman who strayed into Mexican lines near Vera Cruz, declaring that unless information1 in-formation1 about him was given immediately im-mediately the American government would consider that "an unfriendly and hostile act" had been committed in violation of the understanding for a cessation of hostilities pending mediation. me-diation. , President Wilson ' and Secretary Bryan drafted a strong communication, communica-tion, after receiving word from' the Brazilian minister in Mexico City that Parks had been executed. The American government cabled the Brazilian minister to inform the Huerta government of tl strong feeling of the United States, directing him to make vigorous representations concerning the incident. The note asked the minister to protest pro-test to the Huerta government that if Parks were ale the failure to explain ex-plain his whereabouts, was in itself an unfriendly attitu.3 and that if the soldier has been exectued, as has been reported, such execution of a man who came into the Mexican lines in full uniform was contrary to military procedure of civilized nations and an act of hostility. |