Show Us U.s. CITIZENS TENS MUST 1 HAVE PROTECTION T WASHINGTON ACTS WHEN AMERICAN AMER ICAN CITIZENS ARE PLACED IN DANGER Damage Done U Up To o Date Data la Is Not Officially Known Ambassador Herrick Demands Action By French Ambassador Washington Ambassador llor Herrick in Paris ha has made representations to the French government for protection of ot American life lire and property in Damascus In Instructions for the ambassador to tomake tomake tomake make the move were forwards forwarded or ard d when word of ot the disorders in Syria was received The government government govern govern- ment also has sent two American destroyers destroyers de do- from Gibralter to Alexandria Alexandria Alexan Alexan- dria Egypt where they are ready to proceed to Derl ut should the situation situation situa situa- tion require further urther steps tepa to safeguard safeguard safe safe- guard Americans and their property It was estimated by officials here that about 11 0 Americans probably were in Damacus' Damacus or its immediate vicinity when the revolt against French authority occurred in that city last week Reports as to damage e done by the bombardment of oC certain quarters of Damascus by French artillery and airplane have not disclosed the extent ex ox- tent of any injury to American property prop prop- erty So far as known no Americans AmericanS' were hurt and the representations made in Paris were of ot a general veneral and precautionary nature as was the action ac nc- ac- ac tion lion of the American consul in Damacus Damacus Damacus Dam Dam- acus in advising Americans to take refuge at until order ha had bad d been restored London Old London Old Damascus is b like a u city of the dead according to refugees refugee s from Syria quoted by the Daily Dally Malls Mall's Cairo correspondent Fleeing from the French bombarded bombardo bombard bombard- ed city the refugees brought rep reports report a that shells were believed to have killed killed kill kill- ed 1200 prisoners in the city prison while they reported several million n dollars damage to property They charged that the French Frenc h hf troops troop after alter their bombardment of o f the city camp came came Into the town an and d started an orgy shooting into stores store s on the principal streets from armored cars and looting as they went Cessation of the bombardment was said Raid to be due to the protests of European Euro European Eu Eu- ro consuls at t Damascus |