Show CARRANZA ANSWERS PROTEST OF BRYAN ADDRESSES NOTE TO PRESIDENT PERSONALLY AND DENIES i. i ALL THE CHARGES Ii i I JS Suggests That if Foreigners Do Not Desire to Leave Mexico They i Should Seek safer Places in inI I the Republic i i Vera Cruz Mexico General General Venus Venus- hano Carranza in answer to the protest protest pro pro- test addressed to him by Secretary of State Bryan through United States Consul regarding conditions in the City of Mexico addressed a r re reply ply Wednesday night to President Wil Wilson WH son personally He denies th thre the responsibility re re- of ot the Constitutionalists for a sit situation which is considered alarming for foreigners but expresses the hope that Americans and citizens of other countries will wm lose no time in departing from Mexico until tranquillity tranquil lity shall be restored The Constitutionalist chief pledged himself to provide pro vide every facility for the exodus which he he re recommends He suggested that If if fore foreign n residents do not d desire sire to leave the country they should seek seek safer places in the rep republic General Carranza declares that he always has tried to safeguard the interests in of Americans and other foreigners foreigners for for- eigners and intends to continue this course The charges that General Obregon has deliberately fostered disturbances in Mexico City are denied by Carran Carrano Carranza za w who declares every every possible effort has been made to distribute food sup sup- plies He He contends that the presen present situation tio l has been aggravated by th the conduct of merchants who have protested protested pro pro- tested against the imposition of a humanitarian hu relief tax |