No Cause for Alarm.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 30, 27 May 1914, Page 5

No Cause for Alarm.

THE MEXICAN SITUATION. MEDIATION IN PROGRESS.' [By Electric Telegraph—Copyright! [United Press Association. “Washington, May 25. Satisfactory reports are, received from tlie Niagara Falls Conference. A basis has been reached on which the United States and Mexico will be able to reach a settlement.

Mr Bryan has received messages through the Spanish Ambassador, indicating that there is no cause for alarm through the activity of the Mexicans around Vera Cruz. The United States has agreed that no aeroplanes will pass on the Mexican fines while hostilities are suspended.

The War Department has decided not to withdraw the battleships from Mexican waters until the possibility of war disappears. American airmen when aeroplaning over the outskirts of Vera Cruz city, received a volley from Mexican riflemen, but were not damaged.

There are renewed rumors of revolt in Mexico City.

TAMPICO OIL PROPERTIES.

Washington, May 26

Britain, the United States, and the Netherlands have agreed that the acquisition of the Tampico oil properties by persons who have taken advantage of the absence of the real owners during hostilities should be repudiated by the three countries.