Show TO QUIT MEXICO WARNING TO WITHDRAW FROM DANGER ZONE IS GIVEN TO OFFICIALS measure result of advance of gons forces into northern mexico and lawlessness for which army chief denies responsibility washington american consuls in northern mexico which now has become the chief battle ground between the contending factions have been advised by the bbate department not only to notify american citizens to withdraw from the danger zones but to leave mexico themselves in the event that conditions become intoner able secretary wednesday de ascribed scribed the instructions to consuls which were issued several days ago as simply precautionary on account of the dl conditions they are similar to those given to american consuls in europe whenever the con tending armies draw near cities previously untouched by the the rapid advance of general obregon s forces into northern mexico aej frequent reports of lawlessness on the border for which general villa has disclaimed responsibility have led to the present measures according to state department officials the only formal announcement on subject was as follows owing to disturbed conditions pre availing along the mexican border department part ment repeats the advice heretofore given to american citizens to remain on this side of the international line for the present As soon as american citizens have withdrawn there will be no necessity opinion of high officials here for the consuls to remain but it was denied that they had been ordered to leave discretion being vested in the consuls themselves |