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Diplomaci Tn MARTIAL LAW r Munitions of War Bei American Country?1 Made by South A matic Relations Bi SUMMARY OF WAR NEWS. AMERICAN" ARMY MAY GO TO MEXICO CITY. % Reported that Zapata Will Join Hnerta in Fighting Against > .American Forces. Galveston, April 26.?Three batnt nnAiintain p-lins of the 4th V^WVO VTA. AUVUMVM.M c ? ? _ field artillery sailed for Vera Cruz to-day on the chartered steamer Satillo. . Accompanying the guns were 325 men, 11 officers and 23 animals. This was the second sec1 tion of Brig. Gen. Funston's forces to get under way for Vera Cruz. The first section, comprising about 3,400 infantrymen, is due there some time to-morrow.. The artillery will arrive about the middle of the week. The cavalry will follow in a few days. The Santillo was convoyed today by two torpedo boats. The battleship Connecticut and torpedo boat convoy Dixie came into port to-day, bringing American refugees from Tampico and near by districts. ' "There may be five or six Americans still in Tampico, but they : would not leave," said Capt. John K. Napp, of the Connecticut There j are 490 refugees on the Connecticut i and 570 on the Dixie. On the steamship Esperanza, that arrived from Tampico last night, there were 377 Americans who had fled from Mexico. There are about 2,100 Ameri-1 can refugees held here in quarantine j on ships, but their release is expect- I ed either to-morrow or Tuesday. i ??? . i Vera Cruz Under Martial Law. I Vera Cruz, April 26.?Vera Cruz to-night is under martial law. Rear Admiral F. F. Fletcher, commanding the American naval forces on! shore, to-day issued a proclamation j to this effect, and the last opportuni- i ty Mexicans had for handling their own affairs in Vera Cruz under their own laws disappeared. Admiral Fletcher and his staff determined there should be no more quibbling with the Mexican officials regarding form of government and until further notice residents of this port will live and be judged by military law. The word has gone forth . that disorder and unruliness in any form shall receive swift and severe . < punishment. This proclamation makes Rear Admiral Fletcher absolute ruler ashore. It is believed martial law will open the way for more of the city and Federal employees to return and co operate in restoring the local government functions. Mexicans point out that these men now will be in a position to explain to their friends ? and the existing government at the Capital that under martial law they felt obliged to return to their work. Huerta to Mediate? Washington, April 26.?Spanish ambassador Riano announced late to-night that he had received private advices Prom Mexico City stating that Gen. Huerta has accepted the offer of Argentina, Brazil an'd Chile to use their good offices to bring about an amicable settlement of the ; difficulty between the United States and Mexico. This information, though unofficial, was accepted as authentic by the ambassador, who expects to be pre pared to Place uen. nuena, s lumwi acceptance before the representatives of the three South American countries to-morrow. The interests of the Huerta government in the United States were taken over by the Spanish embassy when Charge Algara left Washington. Ambassador Riano received an offer of the good offices of the three peace envoys last night, after the offer had been accepted by President Wilson. It was cabled immediately I Fails to S ouble; Wai IN VERA CRUZ ing Rustled to Central Proposal of Mediation ; merica?All Diploroken With Mexico / to the Spanish minister at Mexico! City and by him presented to President Huerta. When the formal acceptance from Mexico City is in hand, the South American diplomats will be ready to ! > proceed with their plan, no intima- i j tion of the nature of which has yet i I been given. It generally has been understood here, however, that the peace envoys expect to deal directly with the situation created by the Tampico incident and other offences against the honor and dignity of the United States, hoping to bring about i a peaceful settlement. Administration officials appeared to be much gratified at the prospect! of having the proposals of the great j South American republics listened j I to by Gen. Huerta. Until the na ture of the plan is known no officer of the administration will make any comment. O'Shaughnessy Arrives. Washington, April 24.?Xelson j ; O'Shaughnessy, American charge at; Mexico City, his family and staff, and Consul General Shanklin and his j staff arrived in Vera Cruz from the 1 Mexican Capital to-night. Taking Care of Refugees. Washington, April 26.?Secretary! of State Bryan was to-day advised that British and German war vessels have left Tampico bound for Vera < ; Cruz loaded with refugees, mostly i ) Americans. The secretary said that j all nations represented in Mexican j ! waters were co-operating with the j United States in handling the refj ugees. The refugees from Tampico j will be transshipped at Vera Cruz j I for transportation to Galveston. Government for Vera Cruz. Vera Cruz, April 24.?Five divisj ions of the civil administration were! j organized to-day?police, sanitary, j j harbor, finance and customs. An efj fort was made to put Mexicans at i the head of all departments, but as i this was impossible, at least in twoj departments, American officers were! assigned to the posts. They are j Lieut. Commander McNeelv, of the j battleship Louisiana, who was ap- j pointed chief of policed and the fleet i paymaster, who was made collector1 . of customs. An effort still is being j made to get Mexicans to act as head j j of the other departments, but if this! is impossible Americans will be placed in charge of all. An American will be made inspector over each department headed by a Mexican. Police provisions call for a contin- i uance of the patrol of Americans,! although Mexicans have been invited to co-operate in the organization of j a native force. The customs receipts, it is said, may be placed to; the credit of the United States. Close scrunity will be maintained i over all newspapers and other publi- j I cations, and no editorial comment j i concerning the American occupation : j or news regarding the movement of: | troops will be permitted. The commandant of the San Juan j ! do Uloa fortress in the inner harbor,! ! dressed in full uniform, called on ' Rear Admiral Fletcher to-day and was granted permission to take sup- j plies to the women and children refugees in the fortress. The battleship Louisiana sailed for Galveston today to convoy the army transports to Vera Cruz. American Prisoners. Vera Cruz, April 24.?Seven. American prisoners of Mexican sol-; diers are being held at Cordoba, or Orizaba, on the line of the Mexican Railway between here and the Capi-; tal, four of whom at least are threatened with execution, according to authentic information received here to-day. Four of the Americans were taken ! from a train and at Motzolong station three other Americans and an | Englishman were seized. Those cap- j tured are W. A. Mazgan, superinten- j iettle Mex ' to Finish dent of the railroad; Engineer Eliott, conductors Riley and Hart. Edward Weunch, his son, Sidney: A. M. Thomas and Mr. Boyd, an Englishman. The belief that the Federals intended to execute at least four of the prisoners was gained from the conversation of soldiers who captured them, overheard by passengers on the train. The prisoners were taken to Cordoba and, it is believed, later were transferred to Orizaba. Eighteen Americans still are in Tierra Blanca. among them J. O. Cook, chief engineer of the Isthmus Railway. An indirect report received here to-day from Mexico City said a mob attempted to burn the terminal of the Mexican Railway, but was prevented by President Huerta's troops. The Mexicans are confiscating all locomotives and rolling stock of the Mexican Railway and concentrating them at Apizaco, an hour's run south of the capital. All engineers of that line have been held and sent to Orizaba. Guarding Panama Canal. Panama, April 24.?Col. George W. Goethals, governor of the Panama Canal Zone, to-day issued orders placing the Canal Zone on a strict war footing. He instructed Major Gerhardt, commanding the 10th infantry, to send two companies of infantry to patrol the Gatun Locks and one each for duty at Miraflores and Pedro Miguel Locks. The soldiers were given 100 rounds of ammunition each and will Camp near the locks. Won't Fight U. S., Says Villa. El Paso, Texas, April 23,?Gen. Francisco Villa, head of the Rebel military forces, informed George C. Carothers, special agent of the United States department, that he will decline to be dragged into a war with the United States by anybody. "Why," he smiled, as he threw an arm about the shoulders of the government representative, "all Europe would laugh at us if we went to war with you. They would say, 'That little drunkard, Huerta, has drawn them into a tangle at last." Villa said he was not consulted in the drafting of the Carranza note transmitted to Secretary Bryan last night, and which was regarded as somewhat hostile in tone. The Rebel leader told Carrothers, who reported the interview to the State department to-night, that one of the chief reasons he came to Juarez was to show the American people that his attitude was friendly, and that he did not fear to trust himself on the bOTder without a military escort behind him. "Honest," said the Rebel general between mouthfuls, "I hope the Americans bottle up Vera Cruz so that they can't even get water into it. Your admiral is doing something it would have taken us a long time to accomplish, even if we could have accomplished it at all." Villa said he had arranged with all foreigners, except Spaniards, to ship out their cotton from Torreon on paying a war tax, to which the foreigners had agreed. Protection to Americans Refused. Vera Cruz, April 25.?Huerta now refuses protection to Americans. He has allowed looting at Cordoba. Two Americans were slashed with machets for refusing to salute the Mexican flag. Three American railroad men, names unknown, are reported killed at Soledad, a station on the Mexican railway. Admiral Fletcher has issued orders that anyone found with weapons to-night shall be shot immediately. All arms in the city, wherever found, except in the hands of American troops, are to be confiscated. Admiral Fletcher has taken supreme command upon the recommendation of Admiral Badger. Nelson O'Shaughnessy has in his possession a letter from Huerta which is a virtual declaration of war upon the United States. The letter accompanied the passports, which were handed to the charge 'daffaires - A ^frArM AT nvi_ JUSl UtJiOl tJ ins ucfai iuic nuiu co City. This letter may yet play an important part in the war, for it would serve as a basis upon which congrees could declare that a state of war exists between this country and Mexico. The substance of the letter has been wired to the State department. Following is the text of the letter handed to Charge O'Shaughnessy * ican with his passports and which he considers equivalent to a declaration of war by Mexico: ".Ministry of Foreign Relations, .Mexico, April 22, 1914. "Mr. Charge d'Affaires: Assuredly j your honor knows that the marines of the American ships of war anchored in the port of Vera Cruz, availing themselves of the circumstances i that the Mexican authorities had given them access to the harbor and i to the town because they considerI ed their presence was of a friendly ! character, disembarked yesterday i with their arms and possessed them| selves by surprise of the principal j public buildings without giving time for women and children in the streets, the sick and other non-com| batants to place themselves in safe| ty. I "This act is contrary to internai tional usages, for if these do not de mand, as held by many States, a prej vious declaration of war, they im: pose at least the duty of not violatI 1 - j i lug ixuiixciiit; i:uuaiuciai.iuua ui guuu faith by peoples whom the country ! in which they are received as friends | and who therefore should not take i advantage of that circumstance to ; commit hostile acts. "According to international law, | these acts of the armed forces of the United States?which I do not care , ; to qualify in this note, out of deferi ence to the fact that your honor personally has observed toward the i Mexican government and people ' most strictly correct conduct so far I as has been possible to you in your Character as representative of a government with which such serious difficulties as those existing have i arisen? must be understood as the i initiation of war against Mexico. "This ministry reserves to itself : the right of presenting to the other powers the events and the considerai tions pertinent to this matter that they as members of the concert of j nations, may judge the conduct of ' the two nations and adopt the attiI : tude which they may deem proper. * "In view of this deplorable outrage upon the national sovereignty, ; the president of the republic has seen fit to determine as I have, the honor ! 1 to communicate to your honor that the diplomatic mission which your honor until now has discharged is concluded and that you will have ' the goodness to retire from Mexican ; territory. To that end, I enclose t you passports, at the same time in- i j forming you that, as is the diplomat- J ic custom on such occasions, a special train shall be at your disposi- 1 tion with a guard sufficient to pro- 1 j tect your honor, your family and ] your staff, although the Mexican peo- ] pie are sufficiently civilized to respect even without this protection your honor and those accompanying 1 you. I take this opportunity to re- * I iterate to your honor the assurance of my highest consideration. "Jose Lopez Portillo y Rojas." j O'Shaughnessy came ashore today from the battleship Minnesota, = i where he spent the night as the guest of Admiral Fletcher. He was i accompanied by Consul General j Shanklin. The two men were closet| ed for a long time with Consul Cana da. Mr. usnaugnnessy uues uui jet j know what he will do, as he has not j received orders from Washington. The two hydro-aeroplanes that have been brought here in the cusi tody of Lieutenants Mustin and Ellij son flew over the city to-day in a preliminary reconnoitering trip. The German Ambassador Von ! Heintze at Mexico City has refused . ; point blank to comply with a demand | made upon him by federal soldiers 1 to surrender 200 rifles with which j the embassy has been provided for i its own protection. Von Heintze inj formed Huerta personally that he would fight before he would surrenj der them. j It is reported that the German ambassador has received personal I instructions from the Kaiser to bring or send all German subjects { immediately to Vera Cruz. The train carrying the German refugees ! is expected here to-night. Zapata, the rebel chieftain, is re: ported to be now in Chapultepec, aci cording to Paul Hudson, who arrived here to-day from the capital. Zapata i is now completely reconciled with ' Huerta and has brought with him ! 20,000 men who are ready to fight the Americans. 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