OCR Text |
Show lEFKESAIil FIWM CHIHUAHUA Consul's Instructions to Leave Promptly Obeyed by American, Ameri-can, German and French. El Paso, Texas, April ' 21. Six Americans, eight Germans and nine Frenchmen and women arrived here today from Chihuahua. The Americans Ameri-cans confirmed the statement that they were Instructed to leave by Marlon Ma-rlon Letcher, the American consul. They said that Mexicans in Chihuahua Chihua-hua held the belief that the rebels will be unable to remain out of the Huerta-Washlngton complication, and added that rebel leaders feel compelled com-pelled to accept the view that tho blockading of Tamplco and Vera Cruz will be a national matter affecting the honor of every Mexican, regardless regard-less of political affiliations. Letcher, they said, was endeavoring to get the Americans out without attracting at-tracting undue attention, and his efforts ef-forts in this direction were being assisted as-sisted by General Carrartza. Most of the latter's conference with General 'Villa yesterday, they asserted, was devoted de-voted to consideration of the Tamplco incident and its developments as affecting af-fecting the Constitutionalists. Grave View of Situation. The gravest view was taken, according ac-cording to report. In the cafes, clubs and other gathering places, Mexican citizens, practically all of whom are rebel sympathizers, declared openly that President Wilson's course is an affront to the Mexican nation and that a common enemy must be met by an united country. Meanwhile there was no definite announcement an-nouncement of policy on the part of Carranza, the Americans reported, adding that it seemed to be his purpose pur-pose by silence to imply the truth ot reports that he would continue with the revolution regardless of foreign complications This, they said, in view of the excited talk In the cafes and elsewhere, deceived nobody. In El Paso prominent rebel sympathizers sympa-thizers were unanimous, so, far as they could be questioned, In the view that not Huerta alone but the national nation-al honor was at stake. rn |