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Show MEXICANS ATTEMPT Tl KILL OUR AMBASSADOR IN CITY OF MEXICO , - i i l Attack Is the Culmination of an AntiAmeri can Demonstration Which Began Yesler-day Yesler-day and Was Renewed Tcday-Bitter Feeling Against Americans Shown by Rioters I San Antonio. Texas, Nov. in Ad-! Ad-! vices received here from Iaredo state ' that rioters in Mexico City today had attempted the life of" United States Ambassador Wilson. The report came from sources con- I sldereu reliable. The attempt on the ! fe of the ambassador was made ' early this afternoon. T:ie attack was :he culmination of an anti-American Jenionslratlon which began last ti ght, in which two Mexican students and a Mexican onlooker were killed bv the police In an attempt to pro-serve pro-serve order. Further bitter feeling was aroused a a result of these fatalities and more trouble was expected with the break of. day. On account of th? vigorous ceu-fiiir.-ihJp, reports reaching hero are, meagre. Protest Is Made. Washington, Nov. 10. Official dls-patches, dls-patches, giving details of nn anti-Arrferiean anti-Arrferiean demonstration yesterday In i.'exlco City, reached the department of ttite today from United States Ambassador Wilson and Arnold Franklin, the American consul gen- Ml. Mr. Wilson confirmed the press reports that he had protested to the I Mexican department of foreign rela-Uens rela-Uens against the insults offered Americans Am-ericans because of the riois growing ut of the lynching of a Mexican, Antonio Rodriguez, at Rock Springs, Texas, on November 3rd, for murdering murder-ing a woman. Mr. Franklin's dispatch said the riotous students, who paraded tho streets, cried "Death to the Americans." Ameri-cans." and threatened the consulate . general. He also told h'w these stu-ijenls stu-ijenls bad pulled an American flag from a business house and had trampled It under foot. The department of state Is awaiting await-ing farther advices from Mr. Wilson bf'ore taking any action in the matter. |