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Show PEOPLE OF MEXICAN CAPITAUpi GENERAL OBREGON REFUSES TO PERMIT MEMBERS OF FOREIGN COLONY TO SUCCOR NEEDY. Many Merchants Imprisoned and People Peo-ple Are Living In Terror of Another An-other Evacuation With Attendant Attend-ant Looting and Pillage. Washington. It Jins been learned hero that tho peoplo of Mexico City aro on the verge of starvation. General Gen-eral Obregon, the Carranza comman-dtr, comman-dtr, refuses to permit nn International rollef committee composed of wealthy members of the foreign colony to succor suc-cor tho needs'. "Mexico needs no foreign nld' the general 1b reportod to have Bald. All merchantB who closed their stores have been ordered to reopen under threat of punlshmont Three hundred of tohm, all Mexicans, have been imprisoned. The people of the city are living In terror of another evacuation, sbico Obregon has announced an-nounced that ho will not prevent looting loot-ing or pillaging for food or monoy. The Brazilian, British, Spanish and Italian ambassadors called separately at the state department on Friday, bringing pessimistic reports of tho situation, sit-uation, which corresponded to reports re-ports already received by tho American Ameri-can government Tho foreign diplomats diplo-mats suggested no solution. Secretary Bryan announced that ho had sent un urgent telegram to American Amer-ican Consul Sllllmuu with Instructions to lay the situation earnestly before General Carranza, so that Gonoral Obregon Ob-regon might bo directed to accept the proffered aid of tho foreign rosldents. Freight service is suspended between Moxlco City and Vera Cruz. Transportation Trans-portation facilities for relief purposes are being with held by General Obregon Ob-regon on tho ground of military necessity. |