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Show STEAMER FAILS TO LAND AMMUNITION POSSIBILITY OF SEIZURE OR BLOCKADE OF PUERTO MEX ,c0 IS ELIMINATED. German Steamer Carrying Arms and Ammunition for General Hue Returns to Vera Cruz W.thout Debarking War Stores. Washington.Tatening cloud disappeared from the zon when the German st earner K ro prinzessin Cecile, reported to be oai rving arms and ammunition lot -fuerta, returned to Vera Cruz on Saturday without debarking her war stores at Puerto Mexico and it ; announced that the munitions on thi and a second German steamer, the Bavaria, would be returned to ler- m The possibility either of a seizure or blockade of Puerto Mexico or ol an act that might perhaps be inter preted as a violation of the military status quo in favor of Huerta, there by was eliminated. The opening of the Mexican mediation media-tion conference at Niagara Falls on the scheduled date, May 18, was as sured Saturday, when word was received re-ceived of the departure of the Mexican Mexi-can delegates from Mexico City foi the conference. Preparations for dispatching reinforcements rein-forcements to General Funston al Vera Cruz, should such a movemenl become necessary, went forward stead ily, work on twelve transports tc carry troops, horses and supplies being be-ing pushed, but no warlike develop ment occurred, and the military if apparently being kept well in leash to avoid embarrassing the mediation negotiations. |