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Show Approved by Foreign Minister DeLaBarra in Mexico City Washington, May 12 The cordial approval of Foreign Minister De La Barra to the suggestion by the conference confer-ence of diplomats in Mexico City, that foreign residents arm themselves, was reported to tho state dopartment today to-day by U. S. Ambassador Wilson In Mexico City Senor De La Barra declared de-clared the actions of tho foreign colonies, col-onies, in offering their serrices for tho maintenance of law and order, was appreciated by tho Mexican government. govern-ment. The desertion with their guns of forty soldlero, or half of tho local barracks, bar-racks, in Tampico, was reported to the 6tato dopartmont today Minor desertions are lncrcflsinp In tho vicinity vi-cinity of San Luis Potosi. Consul Edwaids, in Juaroz today, telegraphed that the railroads are preparing pre-paring to resume traffic In tho stato of Chihuahua. Rofugees from Mazatlnn roport a shortening of the food and the drinking drink-ing water The only supply of water Is from tho cisterns and an epidemic epidem-ic is feared. Thoy state, contrary to earlier reports, that there are few Americans in Mazatlan. DlapatchoB to tho war department roport ro-port that Torreon Is threatened by Luis Moya, who is at the head of sov-eral sov-eral hundred rebels. Ocon Katorfeld. a German, was shot while defending his ranch near Torreon |