The Horrors of War

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 295, 16 May 1914, Page 5

The Horrors of War

♦ TIIE UNSPEAKABLE MEXICAN CODE . VILLA'S WAY WITH PRISONERS. ALL IMMEDIATELY HANGED. ■' WHILE THE NATIONS STAND ( MEEKLY BY. Times and Sydney Sun Services. Received 15, 5.5 p.m. Mexico City, May la. In the final attack on Tampico the rebel infantry entered the streets covered by six-inch guns, and drove the Federals to the centre of the town, slaughtering them right and left. None were given quarter. Large numbers forded the river, where many perished. The prisoners captured were immediately hanged. Villa declares that he will enter Mexico City in six weeks. "' AN. APPEAL TO THE REBELS. TO PRESERVE THE OILFIELDS. FEDERALS FLEE FROM TAMPICO. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright Received 15, 9.20 p.m. Washington, May 15. The State Department is making representations to the rebels to preserve the oil properties around Tampico, and also to assume responsibility for the protection of foreigners therein. The question facing the United States : 4^ -i? whether, in view of the existence of . the embargo against arms, the Constitutionalists should be allowed to augment their arms and ammunition by shipments through Tampico. Two of the Huertan gunboats took refuge under the guns of the American warships. According to the State Department's information only three hundred were tilled in the rapture of Tampico. Two thousand Federals fled, the Constitutionalists' gum playing havoc with their defences. The Federals blew up their barracks.

THE PRESIDENTIAL ATTITUDE. Washington, May 14. President Wilson's attitude towards Mexico is still criticised. He is regarded as putting all liia money on the Constitutionalists in the hope that Huerta will fall before the mediators have finished their conference. i' ' '