Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 February 1914 — MEXICAN SITUATION AGAIN LOOKS SERIOUS [ARTICLE]

MEXICAN SITUATION AGAIN LOOKS SERIOUS

Killing of British Subject May Necessitate U. S. to Intervene— England Insists.

The assassination of William S.Benton, a' British subject, by General Villa in Mexico, is apt to make it necessary that the United States enter that troubled republic in order to guarantee to the subjects of all foreign countries the protection to which they are entitled. Benton had interests in Mexico and when he went to Villa to protest because his; rights Were not 'protected die was kilted.- —-Villa claims that he was court-mkrtialed and when being tried drew a revolver in an attempt to kill Villa. This story is not believed by those who are iri a position to best know Villa’s temperament. England is outraged at the killing of Benton and insists that her subjects must be protected and will probably send troops there to see that they are protected. The United States, by reason of the Monroe Doctrine, may find it necessary to become the protector of all country’s interests. Gradually the Mexican situation is assuming proportions that seem to point inevitably to armed inter- 1 vention by the United States.