Turbulent Mexico

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 159, 5 January 1914, Page 5

Turbulent Mexico

BRITISH WARSHIP'S ACTION'. PREVENTING MEXICANS LANDING. PRESIDENT SAYS SITUATION IS UNCHANGED. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright Received 5, 12-15 a.m. Gautemaln, January 3. When the Dutch steamer Marowijne arrived at Belize, from New Orleans; British .bluejackets from H.M.S. Lancaster boarded the steamer, refusing to allow Senor Castillo, a Mexican constitutionalist, to land. The warship's 'boats patrolled the bay to prevent other Mexicans landing. This action is taken to prevent Mexicans entering Mexico via Yucatan or Chiapas Pass. Mr Christian Wilson, American Con-ul-Oneral, boarded tho cruiser Chester nd conferred at length with Mr Lind, the American envoy. The latter afterwards departed, returning to Mexico. The President asserts that there is no change in the situation. RUSHING THE BORDER. TWO THOUSAND REFUGEES PROTECTED. Received 5, 1'2.15 a.m. Mexico City, January 3. Presidio, Texas, reports that 2000' Mexican refugees, including half-starved women and children, rushed across the frontier seeking to escape from the battle which is raging around Qjinaja. The American authorities afforded them protection- The lighting is still resultless, the Federal # troops holding the town. ' A v ■ ... : : ;;rf AMERICA MOVES. DEPUTIES RELEASED. Mexico City, January 2. President Huerta has released twenty-s'-x of tho imprisoned deputies, but still detains Don Reyes, ex-Minister of Justice, and Don Estanlo, ex-Minister of Public Instruction. The judge who tried the eases held that there was no basis for the.accusation of rebellion. Washington, January 2. ■ United States commanders have been ordered to receive fleeing Federals if they cross the American border from Mexico in the neighborhood of Ojinaga. I The Red Cross Brigade will render assistance, but will disarm everyone.