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Show Cruiser Will Give Foreigners Asylum H Alarm Felt at Progress Owing to De- JB feat of Insurgents. Carranza 'JiH Promises Protection "ilH hH Washington, March 17. Owing to IViJI nlnrm which exists at Progrcso, Mox- j' jfl Ico on nctount of tho defeat of tho 'iH Insurgent forces, Socretary Danlols J 'H today authorized Captain Hlakoly of I tho cruiser Dcs Moines, now nt that j U port, to tnko aboard any Americans f'il or other foreigners seeking safety. iiflil Tho collier Drutus Is ordered to Pro- ll grcso from Vera Ciuz to nfford nsyl Wl u m to rofugecs. Il Consul Sllllmnu nt Vnra Cruz re- iiil ported today that General Carranza tl had agreed to coopornto In providing fiH transportation for Amorlcnna and i! BH other forolgners wishing to leave ttl Mexico City and to fncllltnto tho ifH transportation of Kod Cross supplies il to tho Mexican capital, and also had 'Iil promised protection to foreigners at MHJI Progreso, ' HH Similar assurances of coopcrntlon ) "ll havo been recelvod from tho author!- I i'H tlos controlling Moxlco City. I jH |