Carbon County News | 1914-02-26 | Page 4 | British Subject Murdered at Juarez by Villa's Men

BRITISH SUBJECT MURDERED AT JUAREZ BY VILLAS MEN mexican bandit falls falla to heed warn ing to protest foreigners and orders execution washington A slumbering I 1 mexican situation was brought quickly to a point of intense interest friday by tho the flash of a Mefi message sage that william S denton a brulah subject had been killed in juarez by 0 order of general francisco villa the constitutionalist tion alist commander sir cecil spring rice iho the british ambassador conferred with secretary bryan about it president wilson and his cabinet discussed it briefly and a thorough investigation was ordered by tho the state dopart department ment from conEnt consular lar representatives on the border in this case for the first time since tho the present revolution began a year ago the warning from the united states government to mexican factions fa C tion 3 to protect all foreigners went ment unheeded although there Is every evidence to show that both the british an athe state department were advised too late of Dento bentons aps impending fate to interceded for him the news shocked 0 ficiala fici als who ho had como come to believe that general villa fully realized the position of the american government in regard to the protection of foreigners foreigners eigners fol lu tu mexico 51 exico particularly in the north of that country