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Show I ANOTHER ENVOY IS""" I SENT TO MEXICO BBM H; Duval West of San Antonio, as Personal Hf " Representative of President Wilson, is H to Interview Various Leaders. Will H Emphasize Need of Establishing Peace.' B Washington, Fob.' lff.-Duvnl West B former United States district nttor- M noy at San Antonio, ToxttBwits so- B loeled today to go to Mexico iih tlio B j cthoikiI representative of I'rosldcnt B Wllum. BH tiecretnry It ynn iinnounccd Mr. B "West's (.election, llio mission Is B similar to tiiiit' of Paul Fuller, who Bj bomu time ago conferred with tlio H Mirlous leaders antl returned to this H country with his reports. K Mr. West curries no written In BBR striictloiiH, but Is commissioned to H niiiko general Imiuirlos Into tho con- BH dlllous, Interview tho principal rend- H crs, Intliidlng Carranza, Villa and B Zapata ami make clear to them tho B position of tho United States govern H ment with respect to the protection H of foreigners and their Interests. M Will Go to Mexico City H Tho lotigth of tlmo the I'rusldcnt's BH cnoy will spend In Moxlco hns not BRi teen determined, nor has any an- H iiouucement bedn made ns to wlioth- H or ho will see t'u"runza or Villa llrst. Hj J.; tiitiiallj. ho will go to Mexico City, B there to cooperate with tho llrarlllnn BBH DlnlNie' who is paring for Amerlcnn BBj Interests ami John It. Sll.imuzi also BBl uctlng for this government. BBl It Is understood that whllo Mr, BBs West will point nut tho growing tie- BBs cesslty for a permanent settlement of BBS affairs In Moxlco ho does not take j a!'y l'n or Biiggestlons from the Bl United States, lie has lived a num- BB her of years In Moxlco and Is tin K' derstood to bo generally familiar R ,v"h -bo situation In tho southern re- H,j Aftor conferences with President H Wilson and Secretary llryan, Mr. B West left tonight for his homo In H, Ran Antonio, Teens, from which B point ho prolnbly will go to Vera K' Cruz to talk with General Carranza. 1 Villa to Attack Tamplco Hj Further reports of tho dofcat of P the Carranza forces at Monterey re- H oeheil today s.Ud that nhout 1000 B, wounded troops have heen put on trains and sent' from tho sccno of f tho hattlo to the border. Work on J U'o fortlflcatlons around Tamplco Is H proceeding energetically, according to , a department telegram In nnllclpa- H.i tlon of nn attack by Villa forces H The gunboats Zarngosa and I.lbertad B1 havo arrived with additional Carran- B , zn troops from Vera Cruz. Hl Fnriquo C l.iorento, Washington Ht rcprcsentntlvo of General Villa re- Ht ' ceheil a tolegrum from the lattor, BBJj raying ho personally captured with Bj Ms forces a station Just In front of Bj Guadalajara and expected to retako H tlio elty from tho Carranza forces I V.! i within another day or two. As soon Bj ns this city on Tamplco planning not. B' to movo on Mexico City until the ' BB north Is completely under his control. B Bread Scarce in Mexico City H) Tho following report of tho sltua H tlon In Moxlco City was Issued to- B "Thoro continues to bo a sliortago 1 H j or the bread supply and It Is said B II that tbcro was recently noticed a B J bread lino In which thoro wore about B 300 waiting tholr turn. According, BB to reports, tho scarcity of bread and BBBJ water Is greater than It has over BBB been before. Homo people aro cat BBBJ Ing bread mado from bran On Feb BBB ruary 8 tho American e'ub served cornbrcad to tho needy. "Tho authorities still hold out tho promise that they wll bring about nu Improvement In tho situation. It Is said that as thcro was no Hour on hand on tho morning of tho Sth, n largo but Mulct demonstration was made In front of ml'ltnry headquarters headquar-ters by men of tho working classos, protesting against tho annulment of tho flat currency. It Is stated that their protest was frultloss. |
