MEXICAN UPHEAVAL.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1932, 15 December 1913, Page 5

MEXICAN UPHEAVAL.

CONFLICTING REPORTS. FOREIGNERS SEEK REFUGE ON SHIPBOARD. SITUATION BECOMES WORSE. By Telesraph—Prcio Association-Coryrißht (Rec. December 14, 5.5 p.m.) • ' Mexico City, December 13.Admiral Fletcher, the commander of tho American naval forces olf the .Mexican coast, ordered the rebels and Federals around Tampico to cease fighting, threatening if they disobeyed to open fire on both sides. The fighting thereupon ceased. The British cruiser Berwick confirms the story that foreigners aro taking refuge on tho waterfront under tho guns' of the American gunboat Wheeling. PRISONERS SHOT AND HANGED. (Rec. December 14, 5.5 p.m.) Washington, December 14. Admiral Fletcher has taken off the majority of tho foreigners aboard the American battleships. No mention is mado by him of his having issued an ultimatum to cease fighting, but lio states that nothing serious lias yet occurred, although he thinks tho situation is becoming worse. Tho Federals and rebels aro shooting and hanging all prisoners, and three men have been hanged within tho Federal lines within full view of tho city. THE ATTACK ON TAMPICO. Washington, December 12. : The American Consul at Tampico has asked leave to charter a steamer for American refugees. A party of rebels entered the British Vice-Consulate and forcibly arrested Luis Tcrrayas, son of a wealthy landowner. Ho was placed in gaol, despite his protests. Tho Vice-Consul was absent. A message from Vera Cruz states that the rebel attack on Tampico is reported to have failed. (Roe. December 14, 5.5 p.m.) Mexico City, December 12. General Maas, tho Federal commander at Vera Cruz, denies the rebel captti'ro of Tampico, stating that tho rebels were repulsed and driven olf with heavy losses. Tho Federal force relieved the garrison during tho fighting, the gunboat Bravo shelling tho rebel position. There are 350 refugees Shoarcl tho liner Kronprinzessin Cecillia, 150 on the Logican, 150 on the American gunboats, and 500 staying in the neutral zone. MR. TAFT ADVISES CAUTION. « New York, December 12. Ex-President Taft, lecturing on the Monroe doctrine before the Pcaco Society, "said tho Government could not be too careful, and should avoid forcing its own ideas of government on a poopio with different ideas as to what constitutes a government. Referring to Mexico, Mr. Taft pointed out that intervention meant a long and costly war. He urged support for President Wilson's peace policy, eontending that the Monroe doctrine provod its usefulness by causing European Powers to look towards tho United States for settlement of difficult questions. Ho hoped, the South American people would realise that tho United States coveted no,territory outside the United States. The States ought not ham,,and Jonkinson,. sh, rds h rd shrdl to allow the present Latin-American hostility to tho Monroe doetrino to alter its course.