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- THE WASHINGTON TIMES, FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1914. Wednesday night the embassy was surrounded by hoot- TROOPS ON THE BORDER ing, jeering crowds. Flag of Brazil On Aeroplane Fleet Huerta's action in permitting the mobs to vent their - JCS vw. -- e i'S... ,! ..? V &&.": . anger against the Americans was obviously in an effort N ...SPO-V-- XW;izHnrs':Vl? : kt j She followers i. MAXVt vy- vf to gain sympathy. If dictator finds that the American Embassy .vvH-4,'r-r W" Now at Vera Cruz rj&& & ! ,11 ,' CHARLES of Carranza and Zapata, the bandit chief of the south, are x. VI ' By Lieut M. MAIGNE, U. S. A., Retired. "L .' J ? anti-America- (SUff Cttrrespondent n, he may even permit violence in an effort : rK- of Trf Washington Time.) The Brazilian flag today floated overthe United States " - . ; ";' Wj.tAU.v'.' i. 1 : divided of the country. .vi.i ' " to consolidate the factions embassy at Mexico City. The Stars and Stripes were i ' SHOW GREAT HATRED. hauled down at midnight, when Charge O'Shaughnessy :'; -- y r ' . ' : . ". .. .v t jt.z:ii.'A -- x sf m'.xa .Trijr, v v xvisxv fe?-- x&z:wA?tv,.c:rv,r'rA's i En route to Vera Cruz, our train came upon the fed- mMHTSi. .Wy::'sv' eral army which fled from Vera Cruz, and I talked with the Mexican soldiers. They were wild with anger and declared felillS'F they would return soon and "wipe out the Americans." 'The Americans fired before we expected," the troopers said, as they related the story of the landing, their hatred for the American sailors increasing with every re- peated detail. "We carried fifteen cannon away with us," the sol- diers told me, "and will soon be ready to return and drive out the gringo invaders." 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There was some further parleying, but with the arrival of the relief train, on which were British bluejackets, from the Essex, we were permitted to con- tinue toward Vera Cruz. MAKING PAPER MONEY. All passengers were transferred to the relief train for the final stage of the trip into Vera Cruz. The ''engine which pulled the refugees into the seaport city had been Topical Soldiers of Army Now Gathered Along the Rio Grande and Ready For Immediate service in the Field. filled with 4,000 buckets of water carried by the crews .of and his the battleships Arkansas and Florida. Not being in pos- staff left by special train for Vera Cruz, guarded by VERA CRUZ, Mexico, April 24. The battleship Huerta's soldiers. session of any water tanks', it is necessary for the Ameri- Mississippi! with a full complement of aeroplanes and State Department dispatches History by Wilson can forces to carry the water used on the engines. today told of the "sur- equipment, steamed into Vera Ciiz harbor thb morning, render" of There are 500 Americans in Guadalajara who are the American embassy the huge, stone castle, and before nightfall the American aeroplane corps will be abandoned by Americans probably in as great danger as those remaining in Mexico for the first time in.years. - Raps Polk for War given their first experience in real war: Anti-Americ- Every official document, every standard of arms, and City. an sentiment is to be permitted to run The warship which brought the corps from Key West every personal and article rampant until the anger of Huerta is satisfied. He has Government of the evacuating President Wilson's story p f the Mexican war is of especial in- has joined Rear Admiral Badger's fleet. Americans the double purpose of revenge for Vera Cruz, and support was placed under the protection of the Brazilian terest in view of the fact that he will be one of the leading characters The military aviators are ready to take up their air' government. in a general conflict with the United States. Huerta, according to advices so far received, in the event of a second war with Mexico. scouting, and are but awaiting orders. nas not attempted to Jn his "History of the American People" Mr. Xrilsort written The dictator is going to every extreme means to raise seize any embassy effects. Unless has ATTACK EXPECTED. he violates all a graphic description of the main events of the Mexican conflict. He an army and funds. He is making paper money galore. A international laws he cannotsecure the arms The troops of General Maas, former A great quantity of ammunition was and criticises President Polk for his action jn sending General Taylor to military governor of Vera Cruz, are found In a parochial church from whlci. soldiers sent to an American printing shop, cartridges held in the embassy for many months. still reported fifteen miles outside the there had been continual sniping. The guard of was Rio city. marines arrested padre, drop- y the Grande without, first having consulted with Congress. Should Admirals Fletcher the who Secretary Bryan stated-toda- steps tnd ped to his 'knees in street, praying being produced. that for protection of Badger receive reoorts that the re-e-n- the where money was The criticism is of especial President forcemepts loudly and protesting his Innocence. single interest because Wilson has Maas is said to. be, 'expecting 'refugee (Copyright, 1914, by The United Press.) every article of United States property had been "o upproacmng. ine aeroplanes could The ship Esperanza iai left forced the taking of the custom house at Vera Cruz without waiting quickly take to the air and brine-- back for Galveston crowded with Americans taken. Unless rioting and vandalism spontaneous or j reports of tie positions of the 'federal who have fled from Mexico City' ana for Congressional approval of his program of reprisal, which he asked wwjjs. .fin aiuicjt upuu vera, uruz la other Interior cities. They left every- winked at by Huerta should ensue, the building is be- mora or less expected, but the American thing behind them, many carrying; only RUSHING Congress to sanction. officers do not believe It will be at- light luggage. EAD! MONEY FOR ;t lieved safe. tempted until Maas Is by The marines and bluejackets contin- MM DISPUTE-- . troops from Mexico City. ued their work of cleaning up the city HE TAKES UP TEXAS Vera Cruz was comparatively quiet today in the face of "sniping" from thtr The embassy building, itself, is not owned by the last night. Occasional "sniping" con- housetops. Three more men were killed After speaking of other boundary command of his superior, sent by tea yesterday by the sharpshooters. A to Vera Cruz. tinued, however, and the marines and - total WAR United States. It is merely rented. Secretary re- disputes, Mr. Wl'son takes up that attack bluejackets were kept busy making' ar- of fourteen have so far- lost their lives: NAVY K ASSURED1 TO ENLIST FOR Bryan by "On February 22 and 23 Santa Ana between Texas and Mexico, which attacked him, with four times his rests and raiding houses from which Eighty wounded are aboard the hospital cently recommended that the Government buy it, or some the war was brought on. numbers, where he lay at defense shots were fired. ship Solace. "The Texas boundaries," he says, on the broken plain of Euena Vista, permanent-embassy- , other suitable building, for a at a cost "were another matter. Hero tho thinking to crush him while he was uj weak, and was repulsed. The Amer- point and burned bridges, torn-- Likely Army to Fill Up Every Regiment Government dealt with a rival and no longer raw militia, tracks, and other obstacles were mat. S142,000,000 in Budget of $150,000. compromise icans were com- neighbor with whonj no men and officers alike, as they had FU TO LEAD It was tough work. t Funston to Its Full Strength Navy was necessary. Texas claimed not been in the extemporized armies of ML manded the Twentieth Kansas Volun- To Be Placed at Immediate The embassy occupies about two acres of ground on only everything west of 1S12. Though they were for the most teers foj.a time, and did it so well h north and soon was made brigadier. her had been Spain's or Mex- part volunteers, their officers were a of Well Supplied. an elevation, picturesquely situated. It is built of hewn that professionals, and they were drilled What Funston learned In this flghtlnj Use President. ico's, all the way to latitude 42 de- and handled with a skill, and thor- was the importance of rapid movements. grees, but also as much of the ter- oughness veterans of TROOPS T was always a case, not of lying-dow- stone blocks, fashioned like a medieyaj castle, with battle- that made It enemy ritory of her one-tim- e partner State, them with a single battle. Mi and shqoting at the for hours at bud-ce- t. long range, but of getting up and going The appropriations In the naval An unprecedented rush of men for en- ments, ramparts, and spires.