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Show CARRANZA MAY BLOWJP ROAD British Cotton Consigned to Interior Mexican Mills Seized at Vera Cruz. GRAVE CONCERN FELT Destruction of Railroad Tunnels Tun-nels Would Cut Off Foreigners Foreign-ers From Means of Escape. Washington. Dec. f. Sir Cecil Spring Rice, the Brltlsn ambassador, informed the state department today of a dispatch from British Charge Hohler in Mexico City, saying reports were current that General Carranza was planning to destroy the British owned railroad between Vera Cruz and Mexico City by blowing up certain cer-tain tunnels. The ambassador also Informed the department that Carranza had seized, at Vera Cruz, British cotton consigned con-signed to Interior mills, as well as other shipments of British goods, G'-ace Concern In Washington. W ashington. Dec. 6. Grave concern was expressed, however, over the reported re-ported threat of Carranza to put the railway, the only line operated be tween Mexico City and Vera Cruz out of commission If this were done by destroying tunnels, a long time would be required to restore traffic. Meanwhile British subjects and other foreigners In Interior Mexico would not have that means of escape from Me::lco City. oo |