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Show ROCK SPK N iS STORY UNFOUNDED SAN ANTONIO. TEX, Nov. f 13 A telephone mess? go from Rock Springs soys that the ex- cltement there over the reported marching on the town of a band f of armed Mexicans hi- subsided. A patrol of tUteeu armed titi- zens will be on duty all night. Monday night fifty men were mi- der arms. There Is considerable excitement Ihioughout this peetiou, although by n.iny the report that i body of armed Mrxicans Is headed rof Rock Springs Is believed unfounded The report said ul"! M.icans ttd-le( ttd-le( teil at La8 Vacas, opcosite Pel Rio ! Tex., vesterday and last nlg'.it, crossed to this side of the border with the uvowed pnrpohe of making an attack .tt this town and avenging the recent I timing of Anttnlo Rodiiuez. Governor Campbell last night, at the reriueat of the sheriff of Uil county, ordered a company of rangers, commanded com-manded by Captain John R. Hughes, to proceed to Rock Springs, but they cannot reach here before tomorrow. Quiet on the Bordfr. LAREDO. TEX.. Nov. If.. Every-thing Every-thing Is quiet along the border lu ihe lclnlty of Laredo and then: Is no sem-l sem-l lance of disorder, either anti-American or anti-Dlnz. Cousul Hlehold says that In the event of u dLturbance the Mexican government Is amply prepared pre-pared to cope with the situation. The Irorder is protected on t!v.- Mexican 6lde by infantry and cavalvy troops. Ready to Volunteer. GUAnALA.IARA. MEX.. Nov. 15 At a meeting of political clnhs at Sayula. rue cf the principal towns in this Ftnte, a resolution was passed that they would be the first to effer their services In the event of w ar. A I Hi ther resolution was adopted requesting request-ing Ihe secretary of war to send In-frtructions In-frtructions to nil principal cities and towns In tho republic to leach military mili-tary tactics. Race Demonstration. LI, PASO, TEX., Nov. 1" A rumor Is current here tonight that' a race demons! ration Is to ho mao In Juarez, ticross the Rio Grande from this city, by an element of Mesh am opposed to President Diaz, living in both c'l es. The chief of pol.ee of Juarez is prepared for trouble and has already al-ready sworn in a large nui.iher of special spe-cial mounted deputies. v ell-known citizens admit lhat a demonstration may take place. Opet Is Still At Large. ANAPARKO. OK LA , Nov. 1.7 Os-(tr Os-(tr Opet, the Mexican .-liver of Police Po-lice Chief Temple of Anadarko, Is beloved be-loved to have been seen in two places laft night an. I today. At Wlnnekah. In Caddo county, a Mexican entered a farmhouse and diove from the placo several women rnd children. Tho man ate, supper rnd theu disappeared Into the brush pgain. When cHlcers summoned from Auadarko arrived the man could not bo found. Near Lawion a farmer mw a Mexican Mexi-can hiding In the underbrush lie apk-d apk-d the man what he was doing and the cn!y answer was a clenched fist. The man turned after glaring at the farmer farm-er tcveraj minutes and rr.n away. Explains Attitude of Mexico. NEW YORK. Nov. 15. Senor Don Francesco do la Barra, Mexican atu-lasvador atu-lasvador to the United States explained ex-plained the altitude of his government govern-ment on the Rodriguez, lynching In Ti xas and the subsequent demonstrations demonstra-tions against Americans "r. Mexico, In an address U the "Quill Club" to-richt. to-richt. "In former times," he s.vd "two nations na-tions could bo plunged into the honors of war by the blm pie eapiicc- of a ecv-celgn. ecv-celgn. Today such a thing would be Impossible; t lie people Impose their v ill and within prope r bounds they are the arbiters of their destinies. You have lately, seen a proof of the beneficial bene-ficial effect of such international id-lc id-lc In the unhappy event :i that have produced panning disturbances on either eith-er fide of our lrontier. Americans Not Responsible. "The manifestation of public sentl loent, which would have l.ecn easily explicable within reasonable bounds, exceeded the limits required by law, but my government, acting with the utmost promptness, repressed Huch unexpected un-expected disorders. Tho American government was not responsible for ihe awful crime committed, nor Is my government responsible for the punlsh- Iiible acts which gave rise to a public manifestation born of a legitimate sentiment. "The statements pj nnltanoously Mhde by the secretary of Mate of the United States and by the secretary or foreign affairs of Mexico, nhow the same ttntiment of equity and contain equal promise of au Immediate and effective ef-fective solution of the cae. My kov-eminent kov-eminent has already shewn by Its prompt action that It Is fi lly aware of Us obligations and ready to discharge them consistently with the sovereign rights to Mexico over vvhrse, integrity ve are very zealous. Spirit of Justice. "When thl. has been accomplished 1. 1 a sincere spirit of justice and other leal consequences have been fulfilled, the incident will be a matter of his! tcry. But the less-cm for the future will be a profitable one. without altering alter-ing in the slightest the friendship be-tween be-tween the two countries and the two govern inents.'1 Fenor do la Barra explained that it had not yet been definitely established establish-ed whether Rodriguez was a Mexican mbjeet, but that this will PCon be determined de-termined by his gtvernnu tit. |