Millard County Chronicle | 1913-01-23 | Page 5 | Gunboat to Protect Americans in Mexico

GUNBOAT TO PROTECT AMERICANS IN MEXICO Stat Dtpartment Expresses Fssr for Amsrlcsns and Dispatches Assist- net on the Whsellng. Washington. Alarmed for Qi safety of Americans whose lives are In Jeopardy because of widespread lawlessness of Mexican rebels la Vera Crux state and throughout southern Mexico, the atate department again baa called upon the navy to protect' American Interest In the republic. The gunboat Wheeling haa been ilspatehed from Tampa, Ha., for Vera Crux, where Americans are suld to face a graver riisla than that relieved re-lieved by the cruiser De Molu at the time or the DUx uprising last Oo-tober Oo-tober 5. The request from the state department depart-ment to the navy tame after the receipt re-ceipt of a long series of official reports re-ports from Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson and consuls In southern Mexican Mex-ican cities, all reflecting a condition of anarchy, especially In the slate of Vera Crux, where federal authorities face the problem of restoring civil order with a disorganized and divided army. Guerilla warfare brigandage, sacking of ranches and other desperate desper-ate crimes place Americans and other foreign residents In a state of constant con-stant danger and the latest advices tc the state department express tear oi a worse outbreak.