Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 November 1916 — ALIENS FEAR VILLA [ARTICLE]

ALIENS FEAR VILLA

BRITISH AND FRENCH~REBIDENTB TO LEAVE CHIHUAHUA. Special Train Being Made Up to Take Refugees to the Border—Viliistas Win Fight El Paso, Tex., Nov. 10. —Passengers arriving from Chihuahua City brought a report that a special train was being prepared there to bring the French and British residents of Chihuahua City to the border. Chinese residents are also coming from the estate capital. It is feared that Villa is preparing to attack. All foreign residents of Chihuahua City are expected to arrive at the border on this train, which is reported to have left Chihuahua City early in the day. The fear of an attack on the Chihuahua state capital by Villa, bandits and a massacre of the foreign residents is said to be responsible for the reported exodus of the foreign residents. Laredo, Tex., Nov. 10. —Severe fighting between Carranza and Villa soldiers at Santa Rosalia, with the Villa men victorious, is reported by persons reaching the border from Monterey. The body of Gen. Fortunato Maycotte, Carranza general, is said to have been brought to Monterey, and several wounded officers are reported arriving there. Washington, Nov. 10. —Confidential reports from Atlantic City indicate that the Mexican section of the joint commission has informed the American members that it is useless to continue the discussions further in the hope of reaching an agreement. The Carranza commissioners, it Is understood in Washington, resolutely refuse to yield in any particular to the position taken by the United States, It is expected they will insist upon the Immediate withdrawal of the American expedition from Mexico. The dissolution of commission, in the opinion of some officals here, without having reached an agreement, will mark the beginning of a radical change in President Wilson’s Mexican policy. ft was said at the state department that conditions in northern Mexico are very bad. The disorders are confined almost entirely to the state of Chihuahua, officials said, the situation in other parts of the republic being somewhat improved.