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Show War Note is Sounded By Bryan- I Pres. Huerta Called to Account I TUMULT OF REVOLT EXPECTED IN I MEXICO CITY WITHIN FEW DAYS British, German and Austrian Legations Well Armed and j Preparing to Stand Siege Foreigners Being Gathered from All Points for Refuge Some Hastening to Coast Feeling of Impending Danger General. i RESIDENTS PREPARE TO PROTECT SELVES General Velasco Ordered North to San Luis Potosi in Spite of Weakened Condition Said to be Plotting Against Huerta Criticizes Chief for Failing to Reinforce Him Mexican Newspaper Men at Vera Cruz Listed as Traitors Drastic Punishment Awaits Them Journalists to Join Washington Ma- 15. Secretary Bryan informed the Huerta government today that the state department consid- ered the action of the Ivlcxican federal authorities in withhold ing information concerning the whereabouts of Private Samuel Parks a hostile act. Vera Cruz, May 15, Creditable private pri-vate advices from Mexico CU) report that the Federals at To?ilejo, IS mile couth of the capital, wero attacked yesterday by ihe Zapatista v No details de-tails of th battle was received but the incident is regarded as Important 8. by nfficiaJB here. Topilejo has been the scene of num a prous clashes during the last fc.v IL mcnthfi aud the engagement are usu .illy indecisive, since the Federals nov-pn? nov-pn? cr attempted to follow the retreating Zapatistas It is not considered that ; h.- 'he n: w activity there indicates any Tm in tcntlon of Zapata to. make an ai- vifc tack on the capital, as the reported rtr agreement between Zapata and Villa pit to move Jointly against Meilco City la credited here. itj.fr The reported departure of the fed- ;siH eral gunboats from their anchorage with the American ships off Tampico KtMt 's believed to be the result of a desire t & by the commanders to communicate with Mexico from Puerto Mexico b ilacti the only telegraph wire open to them ilfld It is understood that the two Amur clia can destroyers are convoying the gun- Co,, boats to see that the coastwise lights and other aides to navigation are not HtrMij molested. JlJfc! Crisis it Approaching. Word has been received here fore-Ghadowing fore-Ghadowing the approach of a critical moment In the capital, British sub-52,i sub-52,i jectS; it is stated, have been gathered in the concentration districts In the iM foreign residential quarters of Mexico at: city where it was determined long ago 161.4' thev would protect themselves against whatever arose More British nation B- alp are reported arriving by every rcc t Train, while others are hastening to-suf to-suf ward the coast. if tb The Britishers are amply suppl.ed ffic with arms and ammunition despite earlier rumors that weapons liad been go taken from the legation and from . rcBidents by order of General Huerta The German and Austrian defense r.rcantzatlon is also ready to stand riege and those nationalities, according accord-ing to report, are being gathered Revolt It Expected. Apparentlv the feeling is general lTrft among all foreigners that the next re T davs will see a tumult of revolt in the f tt? capital since the movement into the led!' districts was planned to occur onl ffJl' when the situation became critical. Id General Velasco who was defeated hi Torreon with heavy loss and was himself wounded, has been ordered out of the capital to assume the mill- - urv governorship of San Luis Potosi. 1 ianv here regard the appointment as significant, since rumors have been 9 current that General Velasco Is deep ly involved in a military plot against General Huerta. Velasco has not yet S recovered from his wounds and his friends sav he is in no condition to assume as-sume command in the field Afrr his return to the capital, Ve-. Ve-. lasco is reported to have reproached by Huerta lor his failure to re.nfotce him at Torreon. This criticism of his chief was regarded by his friends as fool hard v and surprise was manifested & f ,,ial Velasco was not immediately im- PVe?a Cru Newtpaper Men Traltort Mexican newspaper men here have been listed at the capital as traitors. i . i In a semi-official document sent from Mexico City all those who remained after the occupation are accused of "selling their pens to Fletcher, the Invader.' an Intimation is made that the federal government will deal dras tlcally with them when it regains control con-trol of Vera Cruz The reply of the newspaper men was the Issue last night of a new paper named "The Voice of the People." Peo-ple." which devotes Its entire first issue to the advocacy of the Constitutionalist Constitu-tionalist movement and denunciation of General Huerta Washington, D i '. May 15. Admiral Bh1kt reported tliat the Mexican Vd- I gunboat nragoyii and Bravo, and tlx tus Tampico which Irfi Tampico ycslerdav followed by an American Run-ixiHt Run-ixiHt anj two destroyers, were expected to roach Puerto Mexico early tomorrow He reported the gunboat Vera Cruz abandoned In tie PSBlidd rfver. The Italian ambassador here today made repreaentMlon to the stale department de-partment In behalf of F. E. TCSS, an Italian reprc-ntatlvc of the Eacle Oil company at Monterey, Mexico, reported held for 10,000 pesos random by t'onMti-lutlonalttts. t'onMti-lutlonalttts. The t;j( department a-- a-- ii ! tiw unbssssdor every effort would be made- to secure information sod to obtain ob-tain the release of Teza If he was hold. St. Aucustlnc. Pis., Its.) 13. The Huerta Hu-erta delegate?" left here at 1 .y p. m. for Jacksonville They declined to be Interviewed. |
