Salt Lake Tribune | 1916-05-19 | Page 2 | Consuls Called to Border Towns for Conference

CONSULS CALLED TO BORDER TOWNS FOR CONFERENCE WASHINGTON. May IS. While awaiting await-ing reoptMiinsr of diplomatic discussions with Carranza and results of the military campaign ntjainst outlaw bands, the Unitfd Stales povomment Is considering . further measures for protection of America Amer-ica ti interests In Mexico. Several consuls from the interior of Mexico have been ordered to the border bv the state department for conferences which are expected to re- suit in r- orir ruf-r: In t ion to the de- ' I:i r: rnf-n t In the Int.-f-st ut American live;; I propwtv h-tush soutli-,-n hoi.ndaiy. Coin id-mt with th- f--ar.ii- i mine tf the .r.nsuls, tijc- state dor.art- j Hi.-ht t i-.u y a nno'in-.M pn n lal r-hirna of Hie c-r.-i! of An:(;n.afiH In Mfv,-0 r-M-iitly onh-red. It wan stated offlriallv that, tlui Aiin:rlr-:in colony at Mexico :tv no v.' n.Jiiih.M-s i liuO. It'.'portM from oti.e'r point .h Indicate; that there-; rnav now I if; Ifus than :ii-) citizens of the Cnited ,St;i tt.-.H in all M-xk-o. i Thf ''on-suls' fonrf-rf-nfr:?, bef wen I i th-rnHidvr-H and with fji-nral "'in.-'ron and ' otlu-r rnliltai" l;adfi, are exp-tM to rf- suit, in ''Oiiri-ridl Hte-r-H to rnrthyr sal'r.--i.'n;ird Anif-rh-ans and (i...-ir pioperty. VVii-ther th--- .u-tion of f-lTertinff rnno'.rfl of Ani'.-ri'-ann fit ill rf-niaiiiini; in the handlt-imiVmM handlt-imiVmM i--1oiih will b. -.on-sidered was not dlsc!oH.;d here offh lally. Letcher to Report. f'otiH"d L.-reher of Chihuahua Cftv will rOi:i: to Wasldntou aftT ti,e border con-rcri-ncps to make a detailed report to the 81 fit I.- df- artun-nt. No Important military developments In Mexi'-o or along the hord'-r were reported to WashliiKion today. Officials h.'ie are i-lose.ly observing the campaign het;un by rjf-neral Trevinn in southern Jttui western C.'hiliuahua and against the outlaws who raid-d tiie Hig He nd district. Ofrb'ial dis-pat.h'H dis-pat.h'H tolay staled that Colonel Sihlev, In ehargt: of the pursuit Of the outlaws who raided Olenn Springs and Lioejuillas, had a temporary ba sf abou t fori y miles aotil li of t be boundary. With Carranza troops reported moving northward toward the Coahulla-Chihuahua border, army officers of-ficers believed It 'possible that the bandits might be caught between the Curranza und Amerii'aii forces. The rescue of Jesse Deemer and his nero cook, .VI on me l-ayne, captured in tho C.letin Springs raid, was officially confirmed con-firmed during the day. Strike Spreading. The state department dispatches !ndi- cated fhat the strike of Mexican railway employees was spreading. Shop employees em-ployees at Pledras Negras were reported to have gone on a strike, preventing movement of trains from the. south since May 14. H also was officially reported that the railroad employees In Guadalajara Guadala-jara struck May 1 (J and that Agnas Call-entes Call-entes wan cut off from railroad communi-cation communi-cation because of the strike, j The Mexican embassy tonight announced an-nounced the receipt of dispatches from Mexico City, saying construction had begun be-gun on the railway line which will cross the states of Yucatan, Chiapas. Campeche and Tabasco from the Caribbean sea, to the Pacific. The advices also stated that tlie national monetary commission shortly would promulgate regulations, to become effective June 1, to sot forth the method and basis of settlement of obligations contracted for payment in metallic money before the Issuance of the present paper currency; that offices had heen opened in the capital, where claimants to properties seized by the constitutionalist government govern-ment during the recent revolution may present their applications for reinstatement reinstate-ment to their titles; that the mining camps of Guanajuato were rapidly re-suning re-suning operations, and that General Carranza Car-ranza nad ordered the beginning of harbor har-bor improvements at Guaymas, Mazatlan, Manzanlllo and such other of the Pacific eoant ports of Mexico as are In need of such work.