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Show REBEL FORCE TO I AMJOAMPICO City Threatened by Over-' whelming Numbers American Amer-ican Consulate Advised. FOREIGNERS IN DANGER jRear Admiral Fletcher Prepares Pre-pares to Care for Refugees and to Land Marines, Vera Cruz. Dec. 10 n overwhelming over-whelming force of rebels threatens j to attack Tamplco at any moment, according ac-cording to advices received by wireless wire-less telegraphy this morning from Clarence A. Miller, American consul at that seaport. A messenger from General 'i 11a-real, 11a-real, the rebel commander, reached the American consulate In Tamplco last night with the Information that 4000 rebels commanded by Generals Villareal and Castro were approaching approach-ing the city The rebel advance guard, It. was said, was at Laguma F'Ufrite, nine miles from Tamplco Advice to Consul, General Villareal ripolarprt hie In. tentlon of assaulting the city with the least possible delay He said he hod given his followers strict orders to refrain as far as possible from de-?in;ctlon de-?in;ctlon of property and to protect the lives of foreigners, but he feared they would be gravely Imperilled In tho attack on the city and the consequent conse-quent fighting in the Btreets. For this reason he earnestly requested the American authorities to take immediate im-mediate steps to remove all foreign residents from the place. Up to the time of the dispatch of Consul Miller's advices no definite action had been taken on this request, re-quest, but Rear Admiral Fletcher, commander of the United States fleet had made preparations to take al foreigners on board his vessel at a moment's notice and to land marines ma-rines if It appeared advisable. Warships Ready for Emergency. Washington, D. C, Dec 10. The I placing of the scout cruiser. Chester and the gunboat Wheeling at Tumpl-co Tumpl-co yesterday, was Intended by the navy to meet JuBt such an emergency as a rebel attack on the city The Chester and Wheeling, ships of light draft, with the Tacoma and the sup ply ship Culgoa also at Tamplco, can approach Dear enough to the city to take off Americans and other for elgners who may he endangered. |