| Show I NW NEW MEXICAN CRISIS BRINGS U UIS Si GUNBOAT 1 Navy Dispatches Wh Wheeling ling to tp I Troubled Mexican Port to Prot A Reports Reports Reflect Condition of Anarchy FOREIGN RESIDENTS ARE CONTINUALLY IN DANGER State Department Expresses F Fe Fear of f l' l Worse Outbreak Among AnroD N Natives tives Guerilla I Warfare and Crimes Common f I 4 4 1 4 4 I 1 f T Tampa Timpa mpa J Fla l Jan 21 l Capt Capt B. B 4 I F pu chin of ot the tho United States V gunboat Wheeling now In port 4 4 Jf rc seceded orders orders' bY by wireless wireless- f this t to fo proceed at n o oto 4 to Vera Cruz The ex- ex f 4 pech to sail morning 4 f. f H I 4 I t t tM t t M M S t M t MM t M t s' s Jan 21 Alarmed Alarmed vy for the tho safety of or Americans an whoso lives es arc are in jeopardy because of widespread lawlessness oC or orIex Mexican can rebels in Vera Yera Cruz state and throughout through through- out chit southern Mexico the state department depart depart- ment again has called upon the to protect American interests in iii tile the republic The Tho gunboat Wheeling is steaming tonight from Tampa Flit lla for Vera Vcra Cruz Cm where Americans arc are sai said to face a graver crisis than that relieved ed by bv the the- cruiser Des Des- J Mines O at the time of the Diaz uprising last October 5 Tilt The request from the state depart depart- to the tile na navy came after fter the re receipt receipt rew re- of ot a Ions bug series of ot official reports from Ambassador Henry Lane LaneIl Il Wilson on and consuls in Jn southern Mexican cities s a n condition of anarchy especially In tho state of or Vera Vcra Cruz where federal authorities faco faeo the problem probe lcm lem of at restoring civil order with a disorganized dis dis organized cd and divided army Guerilla warfare brigandage sacking of ot ranches and ana other desperate crimes I place Americans and hind other foreign resIdents resIdents residents res res- in a n. state of or constant danger and tho the lat latest advices to the tile 5 sato tO de department de- de express fear tear of or a 11 worse out out- break Will Take e Aboard When the tile Wheeling Wheeling- arrives cs in Vcra Vera Cruz Criz harbor Americans Americana and arid other for for- ei nen will bo ho taken aboard and or officials of of- i express the tile hope that the tho sight flight ht of ot her guns ma may have o tho same moral effect that followed the arrival of or the Des Moines a few fow months aGO apo Today's Today's To To- 10 days day's a s action b by the state department Indicates that tho the administrations administration's policy pol pol- Ic icy of or nonintervention lion will he be adhered to to the close of President Taft Taft-s t s term of office While the present administration will endeavor or to take e no action which will wiil embarrass the succeeding regime It Is taken for tor granted that aggressive ac action action action ac- ac tion will 1 bo ho resorted to it if disturbed conditions menace tho tile safety of or American AmerIcan Amer Amor- ican lean cI citizens Prepared to reinforce the tie cruiser Denver at Acapulco Mexico for tile the protection of ot Americans thu thy cruiser Annapolis has been ordered to San Diego whence tho the Denver was as or ordered ered Continued on Pa Page e 3 Column 2 I CRISIS AT VERA CRUZ BRINGS GUNBOAT Navy Dispatches Wheeling to Troubled Mexican Port to Protect Americans Continued From Page One south While the Annapolis has no I marines aboard they might easily easil be transferred to her from other ships Officials sa say there is no intention of ot sending the tho Annapolis to Acapulco now Tho The Denver Dener got away from San DIego Di Diego Diego DI- DI ego Saturday and should be in Acapulco tomorrow Meanwhile a British warship warship war war- ar ship Is standing in the harbor rea ready to take on Americans and other foreigners for for- eigners should the they bo ho endangered Rebels Defeated D fRt d at t El Paso Tex Jan 21 Federal Federal confirmation con con- was made here toda today of a a. rebel defeat Sunday Sunda at nt Ahumada eighty eight miles below Juarez of the battIe battle bat bat- tle tIe were wired by wa way of Chihuahua CSt City and Laredo Tex all communication tion remaining cut below Juarez About rebels attacked Ahumada a defended b by federal infantry says aS a'S the Mexican consuls consul's report Just as the tho fight tight was at Its Us height the entire twenty third battalion arrived from the tho state capital A big ships ship's cannon carried carried car car- ried Tied on the train was turned against the rebels routing them On the field sixty bodies were counted including that of ot Antonio a a. rebel general general gen gen- eral oral it is declared Tho The federal loss was as slight S Rebel scouts couts have bavo been U few ow miles below Juar Juarez z and all at attempts attempts at- at tempts to repair the tho Mexican Central railway were abandoned today todo While Rojas noja was attacking Ahumada It is be believed believed be- be that Gen Inez Ines Salazar with a 3 large larse group roup of rebels was moving north on Juarez which Is weak weakly defended Reinforcements cannot arrive arrhe from the south except by a n. forced march and only federal infantry is available Col Cal David do la Ia FUenta chief of ot artillery In rebel arm army again la is in the field It was said here today by friends fI Ho He Is under bond at San Antonio Tex where he was held with Col Pascual Orozco on a n. charge of ot that neutrality violation It was said de 1 la Ia 1 Fuenta entered Mexico a 0 few teW days ago aso near N. N M. M and has Joined the rebel forces below Juarez Juares |
