Ogden Daily Standard | 1914-03-11 | Page 4 | General Will Protect Lives

GEHOILL Carranza Assures Consul That Foreigners and Their Property Prop-erty Will Not Be Molested. Washington, March 11. Consul Simplch at Nogales reported to tho state, department today that he hail assurances from Carranza that lives and property of Americans and other foreigners would be protected and that all molestation of foreigners would be avoided throughout the No-gales No-gales district. Carranza issued the orders on Consul Con-sul Simpich's protest under instructions instruc-tions from Secretary Bryan protesting protest-ing against rebel .depredations on George Beverldge's ranch and the Ganahl Hacienda in the Nogales district. dis-trict. Carranza has further promised that there will be no more assaults like that one on the son of Silaa King at Caco. The authorities at Tampico have promised the immediate roleaso of an American of the name of Byrd, held near that city. Consul Letcher at Chihuahua reported re-ported that the threatened seizure of the ranch of W. D. Snymau, a British Brit-ish subject, has been satisfactorily settled by an appeal to the chief state authorities of Chihuahua. No new reports have been received at the department on the Benton, Banch or Vegara cases. Secretary Bryan, who last night renewed re-newed his demand for the punishment punish-ment of Vegara's slayers, said today ho would continue to transmit to Charge O'Shaughuessy all tho evidence evi-dence gathered in that case. George Rutledge, Mexican Northwestern North-western railroad superintendent, for whose whereabouts Inquiry has been made nt tho state department, was safe and well at Juarez yesterday, ac-cording ac-cording to a report from Consul Edwards. Ed-wards. . Consul Meets Carranza. Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico, March 11. Discussion was rovived today ret garding the relation of the United States government with the Mexican Constitutionalists with reference to tho Interest of foreigners in Mexico. Frederick Simplch, American consul at Nogales, arrived here this morning morn-ing and had a short conference with General Carranza, who was prepar ing to leave on his march into Chihuahua. Chi-huahua. The Constitutionalist commander com-mander delayed his departure in order or-der to answer what was believed to have been another communication, from Secretary of State Bryan.