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Show i I MEXICO DEMANDS CASH FROM 1 ALL FOREIGN BUSINESS CONCERNS Military Authorities Want Money to Maintain Army in Monterey Mon-terey District Waters-Pierce Oil Company Refuse Pay-(Jl Pay-(Jl ments of Levy and Place Themselves and Property Under Protection of U. S. Consul. Mexico City, Nov. 21 A demand i was made today by the federad mill- i-W tary authorities on all the foreign business lonroms in Monterey for r cash to provide for the maintenance fc of the army in that district. From the .Monterey Steel company 2n,000 5 pesos was asked and from the .i ters-Pierce Oil company. 15 000 pesos. Others were taxed In pro-it pro-it jiortion 10 their importance. The j lu I managers of the Waters-Pierce OH 1 company instructed their representa-1 representa-1 f tlve in Monterey to refuse payment j of the levy and to place themselves I f and the property of the company un der the protection of the American PL, consul i Hard Fighting in Progress, j Hard fighting was still in progreQs )j L today about Ciudad Victoria, the cap K'r ltal of the state of Tamaulipas, ac-' ac-' r cording to information Issued by the j war office. Although the city was 'paid to have been captured by the jjj r rebels on Tuesday last, it is now ' V claimed that General Antonio Ra ! i bago, the federal commander, i6 still jjj holding the place, although continu-I Rous fighting has gone on Inside the It city for the last 24 hours Federal reinforcement? under General Ruhlo RNavarrste, are due to relieve the, uHt 'garrlson at any moment Commenting on the situation in an I ! W editorial article today El Pa's says: "DrkOH lriivlrfoTil " rr r rir- Wllcrn Knot know or does he not care to , K?kr,ow that in history' and before the Bclvllized world he will be obliged to answer the charges which humanltv jrwill make against Francisco Villa?" The article then recapitulates the crime of murder and pillage attri- 00, Routed to Villa, the rebel leader, at KTorreon and Juarez, alleging that if littl the revolution triumphs. Villa will Rbecome vice president, minister of I war, or some other functionary, by y. Hfirtue of the valuable service he has I rendered to Vnnustiano ('arranr.a. the aaaaw Constitutionalist leader It continues BK Wilson's Absurd Wedding "This ITesident Wilson should know and doep know fur a eenalnfy. f yet, wishing 10 Justify his unwarrant- - I rd and absurd meddling In our af-J af-J t fairs, he chooses to protect Francia I. co Villa, the better to Impose his will I and caprice on Mexico even though B kach a counse be the direct cause of y. crimes without number such as have been committed at Torreon, Juarez et I and many other towns " i The Tmparclal publishes today, un- Pfl Uf der n sc;m head, 'he statemer.i t'n.T j jl, E the adherents of Carranza In the vl cinity of Juarez shot two American It 1 army officers This news Is alleged to have been conveyed to the federal ""l capital by private messages which de- - -t dare that President Wilson Is horri- f if d b 'lie 1 1, famous executions carried car-ried out by Villa which hae Inclin HB ed him to Rive to the Mexican question ques-tion "the solution demanded by Jus- lAlllr aru common sense that is to IRINIt ,hp ,f,ocii"iori llUltV tuted government uhose chief is the . I illui ( lioaf 1 1 uert . WJ O'Shaughncssy Meets Minister. Mexico City, Nov 21. The fact that II Nelson O'Shaughnessy. American I charge d'affaires has had two 1 on-fiTPnres on-fiTPnres with the Mexiean minister of .. g foreign affairs during the last few1 Jtta daP, become known here today. The m exat character of tbet meetings am! g the nature of the conversation are not known, hut it is evident that their net q ft result did not c hange the situation Assurances were Iven at the era fltBP 1 Vioot:. Ih',1 n, IriCt riipl Irit.C ,r.r. , l Qm received from Washington for ( barge M OShnuchness- to leave his pust It DC is known that his personal affairs are jJLmm in such order that he could leave at J an hour ? notice If the necessity arose. A levy of 500,000 pesos has been 1 made at Monterey to pay the troops Iflflfl there ii is stated lhal the American hIIiI Smelting & Refining compan s con-nlil con-nlil tnhutlon toward thlE amoutii was 25.- (Mill J.etrOS |