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Show If DTIFOTI GNB TO FOM POWERS i " Secretary Bryan Holds Conference Con-ference With Embassadors k on Vera Cruz Matter. By International Ncwa Service. WASHINGTON. April 2l. The fact Hint President Wilson had ordered Ad-ml Ad-ml nil Kletclicr to land marines and .allors , i at Vent Cruz and seize Its customhouse, J ' forced Secretary Bryan early today to ; communicate the .plan to the foreign I powers. It was represented - -as necessary to forcibly stop a Gorman steamer which was to dock at JO o'clock this mornln? at Vera Cruz and which carried 200 machine ma-chine guns and 15,000,000 rounds Qf ammunition am-munition for Huerta. As the President liad not Issued formal nollllcation of n blockade, Secretary Bryan took the short diplomatic cut by ( aondlng. for the Washington embassadors embassa-dors of the countrlen that are represented In Mexico City. In re-'ponso to the secretary's request, the following embassadors' called at the state department at 3 o'clock: i Count Bcrnstorff of Germany. M. Jus- scrund of Fnince. Baron Chlnda of JapaTi, Sir "Cecil Sprlns-Wce of Great Brltcln. Dr. Theodore Dumbn of Hungary. These were followed time by time dur-i dur-i lng the afternoon by the Chinese minister minis-ter and the representatives generally of J South American and Central American ' etats. I The European, Chinese and Japanese represents lives were Informed first be-I be-I raune they have been obliged to estab-I estab-I Hah legation guards at .Mexico City and are intorcsted deeply in the rallwny connections con-nections between Vera Cruz and Mexico , City. J The French embassador said that ho I could not discuss the question na to what , had' beiti done. Jt wus stated by the seiretary of stnte that the German cm-baarador cm-baarador had not (aken up with him the J Moppago of the German ship. Mr. Bryan f nu that the department did not know t the name of the ship to he watched, or ' w izl flag she carried. The embassador r went away apparently satisfied with the i omniunlcatlon made by Mr. Bryan. Mr Bryan declined to suy whether t' ere had been any difference of opinion between this government and the German goxernment or any other represents tlvo ' at the conference on the subject orders to sclso Vera Crur. and take control of itr. .'ommerce and custom house?. Baron Chlnda, after the conference, tald that no effort had been made to take Issjuo with the United States government on us net or to Interfere between the i 1'ilwd States and Mexico, and thnt con-fi con-fi dlllons were satisfactory. |