Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 September 1914 — CARRANZA DEFIES U. S. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CARRANZA DEFIES U. S.

General Kuroki is one of the leading men In the Japanese army and Is a hero of the war with Russia.

Bids Port of Vera Cruz Close. Provisional President of [Vlexlco Takes New Action Which May Har rasa America. Washington, Sept. 1-—Brigadier General Funston has reported to Washington that Provisional President Carranza has ordered the port of Vera ( ruz closed. This will have a serious effect on the city’s food supply. This new move by Carranza is expected to cause further complications in the situation between the United States and Mexico. One of Carranza’s first acts was to cut off the line of communication between Vera Cruz and Mexico City. He refused to allow any trains to pass over the railroad between the two cities and ordered the telegraph wires cut, according to the information received. The protest sent to him by messenger by Brigadier General Funston was unheeded It was not until Brigadier General Funston ordered that all the railroad equipment at Vera Cruz, or within the American zone of influence, should be confiscated that Carranza permitted the resumption of traffic between the two cities.