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Show SNIPING ON THE MRICANTROOPS Mexican Federals' Acts Being Investigated Persistent Reports are Received in Washington. TRY TO PROVOKE FIGHT Many Believe Huerta Men Are Trying to Force Intervention In-tervention by United States. Washington. June 24. Persistent reports of BniplUg by Mexican federals fed-erals on the American outposts at Vera Cruz and rumors of constitutionalist constitu-tionalist further advances toward Mexlcd City, served today to stir Interest in the Mexican situation, Although the war department will, make public no reports from General j Punston regarding sniping on the American forces, it Is known there has been an investigation of contin i ued reports to that effect There have been nianv infereno - that Huerta's j force? were attempting to provoke a1 fight with the American troopers and force intervention. Patient Waiting Continues. Patient waiting on mediation continued con-tinued today to be the attitude or the administration The coming of Alfredo Breceda. a representative of Carranza to Washington tomorrow, was awaited with Interest In official q uarters. The Breceda and his colleagues are coming to participate In conferences : with officials of the Washington government gov-ernment is declared to be a fact, but whether they or other constitutionalists constitutional-ists will go to Niagara Falls to Join the American and Huerta delegates In informal discussion of peace still seems problematical. Administration leaders insisted, however, that mediation prospects were hopaful. |