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Show Food Situation in lexicojesperale Wash ngton, Juno 18. Official ion-(lrmatlon ion-(lrmatlon was received nt tho state department today of the recapture by tho Villa forces of Saltlllo, reopening communication with Plcdras Negras. Fighting continues dally about Monterey, Mon-terey, according to a dispatch from Consul Ocneral Hnnna. "Mr. Hanna reported that on Juno 16 ho fed 12,000 noncombntants with corn sent by tho Red Cross. ''Wo will bo feeding 1G.000 by tho end of tho week,' 'ho added. From Sal nn Cruz food Is reported scarco with no prospects of relief. Locusts nro destroying crops in that region. Tho food situation In Vera Cruz has boiomo so desperate that Rear Admiral Ad-miral Capcrton fearing food riots has proposed to tho navy department that warships ho used to transport tho relief supplies and thus Increaso his forces. For tho present, however, navy department officials havo decided decid-ed not to Increaso tho American forces forc-es thcro and will contlnuo Bonding supplies on transports. Correspondence from Mexico City, dntcd May 29, says: "From 12,000 to 20,000 of tho city's poor havo been standing In lino n t tho food distributing station from 3 o'clock in tho morning until long after dark for tho last seven days in nn effort to get enough corn to keep nlivo. On somo days as many as 200 havo been carried awa yon stretchers by Red Cross attendants. These havo dropped fro mweaknoss duo to lack of food, fro mbelng ovortomo by tho sun's rays or from suffocation. So desperate havo tho rushes for corn been mo at times that tho soldiers : guarding tho lines in effort to mnln-tnln mnln-tnln a somblanco of order havo had to flro over tho heads of hungry throngs. - |