Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 62, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 November 1910 — MEXICAN RIOTERS INSULT OLD GLORY [ARTICLE]

MEXICAN RIOTERS INSULT OLD GLORY

Attempt to Kill Ambassador Wilson Is Discredited. WILSON'S SON IS ASSAULTED Riot Grew Out of Burning a Mexican Who Assaulted and Killed an American Woman —Knox Receives Official Report.

Washington, Nov. 11.—The zptiAmerican demonstrations in Mexico City are repor ed to the state deparU ment by Henry Late Wilson, American ambassador to Mexico The office of the Mexican Herald, be said, was stoned. Crowds gathered, be added, in front of the municipal palace and in passing through San Francisco street, tore down the American flag and assaulted several American citizens, including the ambassador’s son. The disorder, he continued, was caused by inflammatory editorials in Mexican newspapers upon the burning of Antonio Roderiguez, a Mexican, for assault and murder of an American woman at Rock Spring, Tex., Nov. 3. It is believed here that the disorder is of a temporary character, and will not last for more than a few days. It is expected that the Mexican government will take prompt step? to prevent a recurrence of the disorder and to protect Ambassador Wilson and the embassy staff. Several American establishments and hotels, Ambassador Wilson said, were sacked by the mob. Secretary Knox is not disposed to regard the riots as of sufficient importance to warrant any unusual diplomatic action. He is confident that President Diaz will take police measures to restore order and protect American interests. Francisco Leon De La Barra, the Mexican ambassador to the United States, had a conference with Secretary Knox. Ambassador De La Barra has filed a protest against the burning of- the Mexican at Rock Springs and the state government has asked the governor to Texas to investigate the incident. Officials of the state department credit the report that an attempt was made to assassinate Ambassador Wilson. -No official information of such a nature has been received at the state department. Ambassador De La Barra said he had no news of the disorder, ’but added that he did not think it would conitnue.