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Show CRUISER IS I TURNED BACK I Denver Ordered to Return Re-turn to Acapulco to Protect Americans Washington. Feb. 14 Because of i intense anti-American feeling at Aca- l pulco. Mexico, the cruiser Denver bas III been turned back into that port to II protect Americans and other foreign- jl ers until tho cruiser South Dakota puts into that port Sunday. II Many Acts of Violence, Many acts of violence havo been Sssa committed at Acapulco against Americans. Amer-icans. They culminated on a street attack on two officers of tbe cruiser rfl Denver before her departure for 1 ! jut la. Salvador. Wednesday. Thee dHOjoustrations of hostility endangering endanger-ing tbe lives of hundreds of Americans so thoroughly alarmed officials her that today they ordered the Denver o erfreleas to return-in return-in addition to the recnlar American Ameri-can colony in Acapulco are American ranchers and ministers forced to flee Into the city by rebel depredations In . tbe countryside All these refugee- are dependent upon protection from tbe navy, as the rebels forced suspension suspen-sion of work on railroads which would havo connected the Pacific coast with the Mexican capitaL |