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Show I STRIKE TERROR OF' , HEARTS OF BELGIANS 'i I ., . . " . . - ill Surviviors-of.the Sacking of. Louvairi Mir Charge Germans With Inhumanity .. IB ". - . ' .... 'Ill .!.. ill State: Department OffleUh Do Not i 8 ' . .Vlovy the Action a i Unfriendly 1 F ! i ; t ,w , ! Washington, Au&.. HroxMon- l nl "President Carranna aa ordtrcd i J I' 'fte'porVcf Vara Cru rlostd acev'd i lng to o.T.cInl &dUes todav to the j ' & ' 4aywaa (go;vnniTOt General 'j; ifuttaUWi ttansmttted r. '.oa.? report jj" uji Uie'1toiniUcntt-ns'flich reult, but '.li; fih$(or$eJrtuient ofl'e!?ls were not fyj t Inclined to regard It as nti unfriend- I ffi'i Inaction. j 3J, liurlns tho Hucrtn regtmo Vorn 31 Cruz was similarly closed, but for- ' cl'gn vessels paid llttlo attention to the order. Carranza's d'.rreo would piMcnt Mexican shins from putting j j in at Vera Cruz and, If enforced In; ' II an unfriendly way, might y.ncl hoary 1 51 penalties from foreign vassels cntpr- fjjl lng nny other Mexican port after they lit touched at Vera Cruz. General Fun- lir sttin called attention to tho pos3lbll jji itythat'forcfgnrshlp owners desiring. fl noL, to, ".Incur the displeasure of the xl Carranza administration, might lies- i Hate to Vend cargoes to Vera Crusi dl- i I mlnlshlng tho fded supply of tno city. .ft ' ,JLn, somo quarters thero was a flls- j( position to regard Carranr.t i: attitude I M;i afPiio of resentment against tho Jm ' continued occupancy of Vem Cruz ''m by American troops, but state do- , partment oindals did not snaro this ' view. An Interruption In railway trafflc between Vera Cruz and Moxlco ,) City roceutly occurred but ns soon t as General Funston hnnounred that 'Ml t he would keep all rolling Btoclc In Jg 1 Vera Cruz until trafflc was resumed 0 I the Mexican authorities cxplulned ' i ' that thoy wero using Uio trnlnn to ft i unnsport troops, and Immediately nd- ll'i justed tho schedules. L.i Paul Fuller, personal rcpresenta- ; 1 1 i tlve of President Wilson, Is due in j Mexico City tomorrow to discuss with III the government thero Questions re- ! j . latlng to tho American occupancy of , j Vera Cruz, as woll as differences be- ( : f i' iween Carrunza nnd Villa. Although j ft ' administration officials have not an- I ' I nounced their position in nny form- ..! I' nl way It Is generally understood " tjiat recognition will bo withheld un- 1 til a comp'oto agreement between I the two chieftains has been reached fj nnd arrangements modo for a const"- j tutlonal election. f I Police Force Is Dismissed I'll Washington. Aug. 31. General ; (i tj Carranza has dismissed tho pollco, ' ' J forcef Moxlco City and substituted ' constitutionalist troops. Iteporta wore ! h ' received here today of fighting bo- 1 ' tween General Juan Banderas, a f S former federal offlcer, and somo con- 8 j stkutlonallst troops ht Xalco. : t To Be Declared Void I I Mexico City. Aug. 31. An official i j announcement Issued last nlnbt do- cJnrcd that- nl contracts nnd conr ccvMons awarded by tho ministries of fouurata and communications dur-Ins dur-Ins tho administration of Provisional President lluertn would bo doclared old. |