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CARRANZA MAY UNI1
. '-' TO REPULSE THE INVASION
is
CONSTITUTIONALISTS MAY UNITE
WITH WERT A FORCES AGAINST
COMMON FOE, IS NOW BELIEVED
Ccrrcaza Dcar 71af United States Erred in Ming of Vera Cruz, and Thai Actiin .-tended
Against Individual Haerta Was in Reality an Act of Hostility Against the YkclitJex.
: icon Nation Washington Jack Concerned. v
REBEL HOSTILITY WOULD MAKE
BIG CHANGE IN ARMY PLANS
Believed That Amy and Navy Board Will Re
commend Restoration of Embargo on Arms
Haerta Planned Tampico Incident
WASHINGTON, , April
z&. r general , .Carranza 's
note to President Wilson,
declaring , the . seizure of
Vera Cruz 1 by American
forces against the national
sovereignty, of Mexico, ; in
viting the United States to
suspend , hostilities : and
withdraw its forces and sug
gesting that the constitu
tionalist government should
receive demands for repara
tions offenses nTnrrriT.r.A1
, from 'Huerta, stirred the
iucAiuaii aibuauim . mi h. iirw
' - and, acute, crisis, tonight. Op-
biuuu .vo ; uie ; -onieiican
government's action, coming
from an unexpected quarter
alter the Wasnrngton' ad
ministration' had hoped for
an attitude or 1 neutrality
ior tne constitutionalists
brought the governmen1
face to face with possible
hostility from the great body
or .Mexican iorces lying . ua
proximity in the southern
; border of the United
.States.
Secretary Bryan received
the Carranza note at his
hoine just before midnight.
No Comment.
He did not comment on it.
becretary Garrison and as
sistant Secretary ; Bccken-
-.1 .1 . .,. . . " .....
nuge, wno were waiting at
the war department, were
given copies of the message.
becretary who had been
asleep hurried to the war
(department and Maior Opn
1 TTT-i.1 " . . .
w vim ? umerspoon, oner of
Stan, ot tne army, was sum
moned to loin the rnnfpr
ence. President "Wilson was
awakened about 1;30 o'clock
and talked over the tele
"phone with Secretary Turn
ulty. ' A few minutes later
becretary k . Garrison and
Secretary, Tumulty left the
conierence, 'entered a wait-
ing automobile ; and drove
away, As General Wother-
spoon and MrV Beckenridge
lett, tne general stopped m
the telegraph room.
Rumors of ; a possible re
storation of the embargo on
arms, current during the
day,-were revived tonight
and it was believed this was
the" subject of the wa de
partment conference. Pre
cautions against uprising on
the border as" a possible re
sult of Carranza 's opposi
tion to tne American gov
ernment's course also were
believed to be under consid
eration.
I make common cause with
Huerta, might be disposed o
his own initiative to resen
the acts of the,. American
government. made - tha
problem admittedlv more
I grave than it ever has been.
JNews that General Venus
tiano 1 Carranza. . constitu
tionalist chief, might regard
tne seizure of Vera Uruz by
the American naval forces as
an ,i act : of hostilitv to the
Mexican nation, fell like, a
bomb pheH m official circles
, rresident Wilson had es-
peciallv disclaimed anv act
of hostilitv to the Mexican
people, particularizing Gen
eral Huerta as the object of
the American operations to
secure reprisal feu offenses
at Tampico and elsewhere
against tne American f lag
Consequently, the Washing
ton government had honed
II. " ... A - -
tne constitutionalists would
not interject themselves into
ine lmbroigio.. ,
r: Text Not Received.
Secretary Brvan had not
received tne text of the Car
ranza letter up to a late hour
tonight but" indirectlv was
acquainted by one of the con-
siiiutionansts representa
tives here of the substance of
it.
Carranza pointed out that"
the seizure of Vera Cruz
would be regarded by the
M exican people as a hostile
act, and that it was advis
able for the United States to
withdraw its troons from
Vera Cruz iusf as soon as
was practicable.
Carranza a srreed ' with
President Wilson- that Hu
erta did not "represent " the
Mexican nation, but on the
other hand, feared the Mex
ican pconle micM ha in-
J. . X O
flamed and drawn into a
conflict which would makr
them sacrifices, to the usur
pations of Huerta.
Describes Rebel Victories.
General Carranza deserih-
cd the constitutionalist suc
cesses, saving that Huerta
was - slowly fceinsr cruslipd
i ..." " :
and that tne constitutional
ists soon would be in torkps-
sionr tne Mexico City gov
eminent When thev tri
umphed. he pointed out am
ple reparation would ho
made for all offenses. In the
meantime he wished the
United States ; to take no
steps which would excite the
Mexican populace.
rThe "knowledge- that Oar-j--Thrnoterit-Tra-r admrtted,
mmmti; A.uiuojug , ,u uixujf uuicialfl, was i ca
pable of a friendly construc
tion, but there was a belief
that the subordinate officers
under General Carranza
mierht not be so conservativp.
Apprehension over the situ
ation was manifest in many
quarters. Should hostilitv
- iv ; . .. ... "
on tne part or tne constitu
tionalists crystallize, ; army
plans will be changed. There
were reports during the day
tnat tne jomt armv and navv
. . . . -
board already nad recom
mended the restoration of
the embargo on arms. Action
by congress, approvincr the
president's course in using
tne army and navv. in view
or the situation he had pre
sented in his -message, and
the receipt if details of the
fighting at Vera Cruz were
chief ' development's of the
day. , Officials , expressed
themselves as creatlv
pleased with the promptness
ot ,ear Admiral Fletcher's
forces in taking PORfr. rsion
of ,YefaJCrui ancl restoring
oraertnerc. .
s uture steps are uncer
tain. The president has A
ermmed that his course
shall be gradual. No orders
have been issued to seize the
customs house at Tampico.
It is the purpose of the ad
ministration to keep order in
vera uruz and await the full
effect on Huerta of the first
American act' of reprisal.
1 here , is every reason to
believe that , the . railroad
running inland from Vera
Cruz for twenty miles, to
gether with a valuable t'res
tie. will be TloHceri hv Amor.
ican marines and blueiacfc
etc. This section of the rail
road is of supreme import
ance should future develop
ments require a movement
on Mexico (Jity.
No Further Action.
Beyond the holding of
Vera Cruz and this railroad.
the Washington government
does not want to net at pres
ent, but persons in the con
fidence of the administration
admit that action by Huerta
or Larranza at any time may
alter plans. r -
"Fears, for Americans In
Mexico City and elsewhere
are expressed in many Quar
ters. The house t'odav
promptly , passed a bill ap
propriating $500,000 to care
for refugees. The fact that
nothing had been heard from
Charge O'Shaughnessy for
nearly , forty-eight" hours
made President Wilson and
becretary Bryan uneasy.
Early tonight unofficial com
munication with Mr. O'
Shaughnessy was establish
ed, but apprehension has not
been allayed, as there is lit
tle information about the
temper of the Huerta gov
ernment or the people of
Mexico City since the can-
ture of Vera Cruz, v
In this connection, a high
government official rnAo
public a4etiirJ!rom aiiiend
SIX AEMUCAN LIVES LOST
AND THIRTY WOUNDED PPdCE
. PAID IN TAKING VERA ."B3
Cily is lkvj Uzdsr.Ccr.trcl cf Anericcn Fcrces, After Gzr.: d
iriz crA Chester Szccccd in Silencix Ihzvy Fire Frcn Hz:zl
Whole
Prciri
CcllegeLlexiccn Lc:s Hct Knczn.
; died 50R their country " .
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WASffiNGTOX. Annl w rU a nmivwt.ftfl list' ft
the Americans killei ivnd wonndpd in t.ho first flo-lit-
ing at Vera Cruz - yesterday was cabled today 1 by.
Admiral Fletcher . ' ;
Dead? . j ; . ; r .i . -
Private. Dainel" Alovsius llnmrortv inOfV
' i " . OO J T T v...
pany, Second advance base regiment, United Gtatcs
.marines. Next of km. father. Michael Haggcrtv.
Cambridge, Mass. " . , .;-,
Private. Samuel Marten.' 16th rrrninanv: RnrviTid
advance base regiment: father' . Mavpr . Mart. '
Chicago. ";' ; . -
George Poinsett,' seaniim. V. 8. S. ' Florida, born '
April 10. 1891; William Poinsett father. - Philndnl.
phia; enlisted at Philadelphia. , : ' 1
John F. Schumacher, Cfoxswain, 117 S. S, Florida, '
lorn December 5, 1889, Brooklyn. Isabella Mclviu
non, mother.'1 ,,J -
. . Sioufily:V7ounded Hartocs.' . V ; 7
Private nAnro-fliUvoinoi ' 17fl
regiment Mother, Estella Draine, St. Josopli, Mo. -Private,
Edward P. Peterson, 16th company, Sec
ond regiment 'father: Walter' Pptrrsnn Vl.nlnn
,; . if
BRITISH PAYMASTER VOVi'.!"'
aboard s:::? jy stray c::
J
Er.zlkh Jzchi:s Liz: D:c!:s cf Tk::r V::::
Chzr Ttairfccns cs Th:y Go hi: .
I
Clarence Ear Hflrshbarffftr. Rpainan tT'fi TTfl
born. March '31.' 1892. C. O. ILirshbarrnr fatW
Wasterly.N.Y. ' 1.,' . '. ,".
Joseph Lewis' Kwanic.h' Reaman. TT SI R TTtati
torn March 6, 1893. John Kwapich, father, Rochcs-
ttr. N.Y. ' A;s-'-;r(r
Henry; N. Nickerson. Boatswain 'k tnat t. TT S H
V T v V Fk J 1
ijian, uorn LrecemDer,, js; nome Wheeling, w.
Va. - ' ' . . ' ,
Edward A. Gisburne, electrician, third class, U. S.
John R. Gisburne, father, Wasliingtoh, D. 6.
wounaea marines
Private. George Maurice Davidson. 1fith
Second regiment, mother, - Martha M; Davidson,
UsKaloosa, Iowa, . . , '
Private. John McMillan. 16th
regiment; mother, Frances McMillan, Mayfield,
r Private. Richard Shaker. 17th
regiment, mother, Frederica Shaker, Poughkcepsie,
Private. Harry J. Reed. 1ftth onmnanv PUmn,i
regiment, mother, Irene Reed, Chicago. '
wounaea uiuejackets.
William H. Mangels, seaman. TT. S. R TTtl. Imm
November 37, 1894; home, Yonkers, N. Y.
Frederick Nanse, ordinary seaman, U. S. S. Utah,
born July 4. 1895: mother. Marie Nanp -RmnkW
Nathan Schwarz. ordinary seaman; TT. Pt H Flnrl-
la, born April 22, 1893; home New York city.
dames Horace uopeiana, seaman, u: w. ' S. Utah,
born July 13,1892; home, Monterey, Tenn.
VERA CRUZ. April 22-
Six Americans , killed and
about thirty wounded mark
ed the complete investment
of Vera Cruz at noon' today
by the United States force.
.This morning,, Mexican
sharp.s!iooters on the rod'.;
put up a rtubbora rrsi&tai::
There was one brisk aclicu,
f,uns of the Prairie nnd Ches
ter as.sLUn.in fil-n'-ir'; a
heavy lire i'rou lhor.'vsl
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RBKKRVE TO ORGANIZE.
WASHINGTON, April 2.-The or
ranlzatlon of the "rowrve of train
ed and discipline, men," to reiponj
to any fall for volunteer for Mex
ican eervlce wu ordered today by
General H. Oden Lake, national com.
mander of the army and nary union.
A - general order to officer of the
union wtotch Ii in organisation of
honorably discharged eoldlera. aatlora
and marines, commanJeS offlrea to
call a meetlna of all the honor hi v
diacharged aoldlem. llor, and
marlnea In their Jurisdiction and en
roll auch a are willing to reapond
to a call for volunteers.
QCKIK ACTION,
WASHINGTON. April 82. Qulcl
action 'on the annual army appropria
tion bill followed today when Chair
man Hay, of the military afTalr com
mittee, complained that on account
.of the Mexican, altuation the houae
conferee had agreed to all tenate
amemdmenta' ,
The houae at onco ooncurred In the
amendment and the measure went to
the president. It can-Jet a total of
approximately 1100.000,000, ,Q0O.
00D having been added by the aen
ate. ..
... . V
J The number 'of Mexicans
killed yesterday is estimated
at-150 with many wounded.
The Mexican loss' today is
not known, but it is thought
to be heavy.
The paymaster of the Brit
ish cruiser Essex: Alhort W
Kimber, was wounded on
board his ship by a "sniper"
ashore.
" ; ; Cheer Americans.
The British bluejackets
crowded to the bows and
vociferiously cheered the
American marines as they
proceeded in shore for the
landing. .
The flairs on the Essex
and fortress San Juan de
Ulua were half masted when
the dead were carried to the
boats.
Rear Admiral Badiw.r has
not decided whether to pro
ceed to Tampico, and it is
DCiievca nis departure will
be delayed. An indication of
this is found in the fact that
his flagship has entered the
harbor. .
Major Smcdley D. Butler,
with marines from the Prai
rie,' made a sortie up the
railway f or "a "'considerable
distance late today.
Rear Admiral Fletcher's
staff is composed as follows:
Vtuerof stair, Captain liar-,
rv McL. Huse: Adiutant
(Jeneral, Commander Stone j
window. The .blue?
to return the flr i
wnll a attri(l,
Tb rralrle; i;
cIhco opond wuit ti
Inch ituna and n
The biiinclcota fniv
adn(nit B Miiiint r i
I ien d'nili '1. J y
-'Only -iM..ry flrll't tr '
(linlitll'w n. ) ,)E tne town-. !
of .bllH lai-U'i l,nd niailn tin
liri(r two v : ! front tn tli r
nj Of the t ' 'i, aa ti .1 I
trenta but the t- ':'ht fn.- i
con. iiiued t I i ; ' 1.
J ! acutit c . r
ll'lt, ,:: l,tt 1, (,
X!ar1iKi 'Ada"u .s.
; The genorul movement frojn nil t" i
poaltlona ta!tn yeaterday began . in
tha direction of the main plea. X
rlrtei undor Uueteriant Colonel Wea.
dell C. Navflle movd to tha aouth
ward along parallel atreeta toward tli
oe titer, while marlnca oommandod hr
lieutenant Commander Buchanan, of
trt riorMa, and Lieutenant Comman
dor Arthur H. Keating, of the Arkan.
tua, wer ordered from their poaltlona
of th center towards the plat.
The twj forces swung forward with
a rush for a dlstancs of three blocks.
The machine atin and nn flr. u
supplemented by shell lira from the
smaller guns of the Pralrlt and Chea.
ter, ine sn.p a guns supported tht
movement of clearing the roofs to the
south and' east, occasionally dropping
a shell a few hundred yards in ad
vance. v..:,., ,ir .
. Buchanan's men, wider direct com,
mand of LX4utonant Ouy W.'O'Castle,
who moved forward to a position on
block directly east Of the plasa, Oth
er detachments occupied positions to
the north . And west. Both . marines
and bluejackets dragged light Hold
places, but there was little work for
tnem, :;."-v-. j-' :
There waa no organized raaletanca
but from the beginning of the ; ad
vance a Smart fire came from de
fondera on lioune to Da which invurl.
ably drew a merclltss flr from ths
advajiKsng parties- T(h machine
guns sounded their taip tap In alt :
nuarters, and American sharp-shoot
era, posted at stre( corners and other
points of vintage, picked off any ma
who appeared to than hottaif ants
plcloualy, , ' ' u
JAPAN NKCTIUU
TOKIO, April 22. Japanese offic
ials today, declared the attitude of the
Japanese government in the Mexican
situation was naturally one ot strict
neutrality.
VKIIA CKVZ QUIET. '
WA8HINOTON. April 2J.-Tlie fol
lofiring atatemer.t wmtt given out to
day at the white houae:
"A dispatch received at 4:20 o'clock
from Consul Canada at Vera Cms stat-
T. , , . .... . ... ii um Miiuui vnacza at v era urus stag
It waa Poln!d out that tha Japanese! ed that at 2 p. m.. the cHy was quirt
, (OMHtancd rat mat.)
warship Idzumo was now at Qatvmu
on the Pacific coast, and could .. ar
range for the embarkation nf lna.
eae residents In Mexico if that were
necessaryi. :.
TMK WEATHKK.r V
WASHrXCTON'. ADTil lis
. I 11,11 l'L IV, I AIIIQI1IWII wno iuvkq
forIvortliraroUna; , Oeuerally .fair Ut lhJlllgencla . botel. during the
Thursday and Friday; gentle
"nad era te. winds mestlr aonth. -
and thoroughly polked by American
rorces. his request that San Sebastian
hospital be placed at the disposal of
our chief ' sanitary officer, together
with native doctors and nurses, to
care for Mexican wounded, was grant
ed Immediately. Hetorts have reaah.
d him that all Americans who stayed
Wires Onsored '
(MEXICO CXTV. April ll.(v
Havana, April JD (Ths following
dispatch was sent by mall to Havana
in order to avoid the censorship re
tabliahed by General Huerta, which,
Is mors strict than at any tlm hers-.
Every telegraph wire out of ilexl
co City commercial, ; railroad or
cable is now watched over oy a
cnor. chosen among the moat re
liable and intelligent men in th
government service. These '.. censors
frankly Inform would-be snr of
dispatches that It is not a question
nf ill w. will i.'.Af m.,H. trM nttm
Quartermaster, Lieutenant, whelher ,hey n""tnr move.
V mi 'Ijia.v ii I ments, but is merely a question of
suppressing all news not favorable to
to flrhtlna- are safe and an boardlne- lha
Biperaiiua ;
(Commander Elward C. Kalb-
fus; Bngadc Engineer, Na
val, Constructor Richard I).
Oatewood; - Ordinance Offi
cer, Lieutenant Albert M.
Cohens Aide and Secretarv.
lieutenant ' George McC.
Courts: Aides. Ensifns T)ood
and Hersv: Briiradp fiiirfynn
Middleton Elliott; Brigade
commissary ravmatser. C.
u. rcopies. ,
CE.VKRAL MOVEMENT.
Ilear Admiral Plrtcher at :I0
o'clock in the morning ordered a gen.
eral mdjvement for the occupation of
all the town. A bluejacket column
advanced and pawed the uncompleted
tnntiKet place and nnval college. When
tbey had reached the walla of the
college g, terrWo rifle fire was pourM
the -govern men L
Code messages are absolutely pro
tolblted with the exception only - ot
bank telegram. The bankers suc
ceeded in having , the embargo on
thee messages raised, but only after
they had proved that detention . of
dlr patches would seriously smbarraM
the financial department ot the gov
ernment
Newspaper oorreaponnts wers
given to understand that' If they were
: detected ' In . using sufbtcrf uses to
evade ths censorship,' they' would find
themselves la Jail., .
Ignorance General. ; .
'While Nelson 0'fllaiighn"y ws
acting as the mesoenger of the Un'f
ed States government t Huerta, in
the endeavor to avert war betwrm -the
two cuntrle.' more than ?9
cent, of -Mexican realdpnti
eTltftl went ehnut f' "'- -
AT
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