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Show PEOPLE AGAINST POLICY OF U. S, Mass Meeting to Be Called in El Paso to Demand Protection Pro-tection of Americans. INDIGNATION INCREASES Delay in Arrival of Bodies Stir Up Residents of U. S. Border Town. EI Paso, Texas', Jan. 12. A committee commit-tee today was appointed to organize a mass meeting of citizens to protest against the policy of the United States In the Mexican situation, and against tho apparent failure of the Mexican do facto government to protect American Ameri-can citizens In Mexico travelling under un-der promised of protection. As an evidence of the alleged inefficiency inef-ficiency of the Carranza military government gov-ernment of Chihuahua it was learned today that a troop train containing 75 soldiers were sent today from Juarez Ju-arez to protect the properties of the Maderla Lumber company nt Pearson and Madeira, western Chihuahua. These properties represent investments invest-ments of nearly nine millions of dollars dol-lars and it is feared are in a program of Mexican bandits to be destroyed together with all American lives. Popular Indignation Increases. "Delay in the arrival of the bodies of the eighteen foreigners murdered at Santa Ysabel January 10 has Increased In-creased popular Indignation. The bodies were reported last night to have arrived at Chihuahua City. They were reported from thero by Mexican officials as having started for the border. This morning official advices from the mining association of Chihuahua City wore that the train uould not start for Juarez until this afternoon and it was said the train would not reach the border until midnight. mid-night. Arrangements have ben made by Collector of Customs Zach L. Cobb , and Mexican Consul Garrett to allow the train to cross the international bridge into El Paso without formality. Goneral Pershing was also notified that in view of tho state of public feeling here, it would be wise to detail de-tail guards about the bridge approaches ap-proaches tonight. |