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Show MEXICO CITY IS W!l COT OFF El Paep, Tex.. June 30. -Felix Di-tz, Di-tz, nephpw of Porflrio IMaz, arrived J here last night from the east. With the exrentlon of a few friends, none knew of his Coming, and within a few j minutes be had slipped away from the I Union station and it is doubtful if ven agents of the department of jus- 'ice know his exact whereabouts to-I to-I Tight. Huerta and his counselors pro- ss ignorance of the motive for his visit. Washington. June 29.--ln the absence ab-sence of direct reports from Mexico City, which for nearly ten davs has been cut off by rail and wire from the outside world, there was much Anxiety In official quarters today con ruing conditions in the eld capital and its ieinitv. From previous dispatches dis-patches it is known that the food supply Is short and that the danger of military operations being carried into the citv itself has caused grave apprehension ap-prehension among foreigners. The state department's only information infor-mation during the day came from American consular officers at Vera Cruz, whose reports were summarized in this statement: "The department's latest advices regarding re-garding the Mexico rus situation are to the effect that General Carranza is massing a large number of troops and expects to take the city within two or three days. He has issued instructions to protect non-combatants." State Department Summary The state department's summary of conditions in Mexico issued tonight contained the following. "The department recently has re-ceived re-ceived a number of Inquiries concern-in concern-in rrn H i t i nilQ nt I ni fnrhio tvhirll was attacked recently by Mayo Indians, Indi-ans, resulting in the killing of a Jlrlt-Ish Jlrlt-Ish subject named Jamison. As a result of Inquiries received at the department de-partment regarding the welfare of American citizens, the navy department depart-ment was requested to order a naval vessel to proceed to the vicinity of Los MochiS to investigate and report on conditions. A report received from the U S. S. Colorado under date of June 27. states that the New Orleans has arrived at Topolobampo, and that its preliminary report states that conditions con-ditions at' I. os Mochis are satisfactory satisfac-tory and thnt Manager Johnson of the United Sugar company, who was re-iwrted re-iwrted to have been killed, is well, as is hjs entire family. There has been no Indian raid since June 17. "A mail report just received from Tamplco states that Ceneral Trovino has succeeded General Pahlo Gonzales as commander-in-chief of the army of the northeast (Carranza! and that General Trevino has moved ins lwad quarters from Tampico to Monterey |