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Show REVIEW1 OF THE WAR SITUATION Carranza Commander Assures U. S. Consul, Foreigners and Property Will Be Protected. BLOCKADE AVERTED Order in Tampico Being Rapidly Rap-idly Restored Liquor Shops Closed, City Well Policed. Washington, D. C. May 15 -While two of tho South American envoys were on their way today to Niagara Falls, where they will complete arrangements for peace negotiations and with the third mediator and the American mission pre-paring pre-paring to leave here tomorrow, Immediate Immedi-ate Interest In the Mexican situation r-entered 1n the constitutionalists' administration ad-ministration of their prize the port of Tampico and plans for their campaign ajraJnst Saltlllo and San Luis Potosl. Reports to the navy department early-today early-today from Rear Admiral Mayo state, that G neral Gonzales, the Carranza commander at Tampko. had assured United Stales Consul Miller that protection pro-tection would be given to Amerlian and olher foreign property about the seaport. sea-port. Including the Immense oil interests inter-ests there News that the federal mission was speeding northward today from Roy West relieved ;JI anxiety o . r the possibility pos-sibility that the Mexi' an delegates would not reach Niagara Falls In time for the beginning of the conference. The first Indications or th. BCOPS of their authority were revealed in a statement state-ment by Senor Rodriguez spokesman for the party, who declared "We have full power to act; we carry no formula, ami we shall decide according to our consciences, con-sciences, always bearing in mind the natir.nal honor." That applied, however, to Issues between be-tween the Huertn government nnd the United Stales. The Mexican dftlasatae, Senor Rodriguez said, would deal onlv with external issues of the situation, because of the attitude of Carranza that sn attempt to compose Internal affairs In Mexico would be bevond the bounds of diplomatic activity Tampico Blockade Averted. News that Huerta's gunboats off Tampico Tam-pico had put out to sea. temporarily relieved re-lieved the possibility or a complex situation sit-uation growing out of .1 blockade of the, port While officials here declined to discuss whit might result from an attempt at-tempt by Hiterla to halt supplies and ammunition for the constitutionalists .it Tampico. yet naval experts ugreed that If the federal commanderc , i able to establish a fairly effe tlve blockade, it would have to be respected by foreign shipping Whether the federal gunboats would attempt to return whs e.tgei ly dlftCUBSt ' To respect an effective blockade, it was declared, would not Involve political recognition rec-ognition of either combatant. Details of Final Assault. Details of the final assault on Tanu ' after a months of siege, which rame through slowly todav Indicated that re-Inforcemenls re-Inforcemenls of artillery enabled General Gener-al Gonzales to drlv. the federal gunboats gun-boats from their positions, then, undei cover of firing from ihe lnrge gunf the constitutionalists rharge, Into the town the conflict ending with desperate fighting fight-ing In the plaza. Lightning's Interruption Interrup-tion Of WlrelfSS COmmUnlCatlOn between Rear Vihn.r.il lao ai Tampico ainl the fleet at era Tnz delayed detailed reports of the end of the siege. News that reached Ihe northern points bj I n overland wire stated General Gonzales menlloned n "bloody engagement " The fate of tb federals who fled from Tampico was In doubt today. In some quarters belief was expressed that they would be cm t j pieces by Intercepting constitutionalists long before they could hope to reach their own lines south or San Luis Potosl Fears that they might attempt reprisal 1 by setting fire to th huge tanks of oil Inland from the port were not realized Evidently they were moving hurriedly In the hope of reaching reach-ing a haven from pursuit Order Being Restored. Order rapidly Is being 1 .-stored In Tarn- pica reports today Indicate nnd Rear Admiral Mayo with the Deo Moines arid Dolphin has resumed a position In the river in front of the town it w.t known that practically nil foreigners had U ft TathplCO before Its evacuation by the federals and no reports of dam.-ige to forelp-n property In the final fighting had litv-n received. With practically nil northern Mexico In control of the constitutionalists. Villa was preparing to lend the w-atjlt against Saltlllo. Constitutionalist strategist! wee- believed to have figured that if they took Saltlllo the federal garrison there would concentrate al Baft Luis Potosl, leaving that city as one of the points where MUSrl I vv.ajUl make a final fi-nal stand against the constitutionalists' campaign nlmul at Mexico City Opening of Parral Mines. Reports that a constitutionalist offl-clul offl-clul had stated that mines In tho Parral district must be opened within fifteen iIhvm or thev would be seized and worked "for the benefit of the Mexican people." peo-ple." caused some apprehension In ESI Paso. Foreign capital In thl Parral district Is estimated at from $30.rtn,-0011 $30.rtn,-0011 to tvl.OOO.nflO and the mine owners who were unwilling to return under present pres-ent conditions, were preparing to protect pro-tect to the state depart merit if reports of tho order were verified. 1 Reports, however, still were awaited concerning John It. SllMmim. the missing miss-ing American vice consul al Saltlllo. and Samuel Parks, the orderly reported to hnvi be, 1, exe. ul ' .1 b 1 1 1 J e r I a ' h iikii ' i e u I Vera "ruz after he left General Kuns-ton's Kuns-ton's lint The American ! - to the Niagara Falls conference conferred with th- president pres-ident and Becretao Bryan today tn preparation for the depart tin: tomorrow. Ambassador Ds Cama of lirazll left for New York whcncci he will proceed to Niagara Ni-agara Falls and Minister NftOn, of Argentina, Ar-gentina, departed direct for the Canadian Cana-dian border town later In the day Minister Min-ister Suarez of Chile will leave tomorrow Admiral Mayo's roport containing assurances as-surances from General Gonzales that nil foreign property at Tnmplco would bo protected was collected In h dispatch from Rear AdmlrsJ Badger at Vera Cruz. It Is as follows. Dispatch From Badger. "This morning Mayo sent officers accompanied ac-companied by consul to visit constitutionalist constitu-tionalist generals Gonzules anil faballe-ro faballe-ro to notify them Of his hopes that constitutionalist control of city and district would ensure perfect order and immediate resumption of business -n stated that while he expected his relations rela-tions with them would be most pleas- ant they would have 'In be considered .m Informal under present conditions. General Gen-eral Gonzules informed ths American consul that in the In lief that tin- 1'nl-ted 1'nl-ted Statt-s ships hud taken chaiRe tf the Mcxli-dn Kunboats he hud prepared t letter of protest against sut h violation f Mexican territory and hni demanded that gunboats be Turned over to him. B. InR Informed that he had not Interfered Inter-fered with Kunboutt he -aid n would be unnecessary to st-rvi latter. Previous Previ-ous statements thiit constitutionalists forces would at al) limes rrsp ,t and piotoct lives and property t.f American cltliena and other foreigners were r---n-'wel. rvrft ct urtb r said to -lsi In tho city. IJtiuor ahopa are closed nnd city well tollced. After federals had Tossed Til most hr'dk;. II ; prrtl.illv destroyed t'v Kunboat Vera frnz. hatter then went up river nnd Is sail to have been beached und abandoned above Tamos. Ta-mos. Damage to Buildings Slight. "Barracks In Tampl' bew up before evacuation and burned Inst night. iJ.irn- hkc to other buildings slight. Constitutionalist Constitu-tionalist field gun- of comparatively lib tie value. "unst l ntloirullsts udetitlv had very few and none were used against federal gunbmtts. Reports that one evacuation of the city by the federals feder-als principally due to ammunition short- tare arpong the treopa 'fin g-unl li still had ammunition left Several tank steaniers have comf up the river and oil men who were waiting outside li.iv.v rome In. Mayo considers Americans should be slow In returning until the whole Mexican question Is settliil Gen eral Gonzales expressed ncn-i thai Vera Crus Incident had bcctirrea and said inv hoped It would be settled with h"ti"r to his country." no |