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Show SHIPS' PRESENCE CAUSESPRQTEST Americans Want Fresh Meat and Mexicans Aroused When Yanks Go Hunting Hunt-ing EL PASO, Texas, April 9. An official offi-cial telegram protesting against the presence in Mexican territorial waters of American war vessels has been sent to Mexico City by the collector of customs cus-toms at Magdalena bay, Lower California. Cali-fornia. The telegram which was given to the newspapers in Mexico City, follows: "On April 5, vessels of a United Stales squadron of five vessels invaded invad-ed Mexican territory and infringed the so ereignty of the Mexican nation. The vessels entered Magdalena bay and members of the crews disembarked without permission. When a tug was sent into the roadstead to investigate the presence of the warships, and a Mexican officer was sent aboard one of the vessels, the commanding officer informed in-formed him that several men of the crews had gone ashore to hunt game needed for fresh meat, and that upon their return, the cssels would leave." The collector expressed the belief that the excuse offered by the Americans Ameri-cans was a flimsy one and asserted that the sailors had pitched tents ashore. He added that a permit to hunt game might readily have been obtained ob-tained had the American commander taken the trouble to make request of the authorities at Magdalena bay. Though five vessels are mentioned in the report, only one, the submarine H-l, is designated by name. |