CARRANZA FLEES.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 250, 25 November 1914, Page 7

CARRANZA FLEES.

VILLAS ADVANCE ON MEXICO;

.ALARM AMONGST FOREIGNERS.

j.' "Times" andj "Sydney ;stov'V v S'em< , ««. ! •" '> LONDON, November 23. . News from Mexico City states that thp Situation is becoming 'worse. Villa is advancing on the city,, where chaos 'is said to reign. ; ; "■ Cterrfenza : has -Hod towards the coast. Foreigners are alarmed art the prospect . 'the Ainiencan troops Vera

r "ALARMING CONDITIONS.»'

BRtTISH LEGATION'S REPORT

. By Cable!— Press .Association.—Copyright..; , WASHINGTON, November 23. 1 The British Legation in Mexico City reports that conditions are alarming. Sir »Cecil Spring-Rice conferred with the r State Department. . The ActingSecretary stated that ; the Department understood that every thing was quiet. Ambassador, added to Sir Cecil,;Spring-Rice's representations. .It j is;' announced that communications are cut betweeh Vera Cruz and Mexico City. AMERICANS LEAVING VERA CRUZ CUB(XN WARSHIP PISPATCIIED. '' u \ > VERA CRUZ, November 24. After seven months' stay, the American forces hauled down the flag and begap' ■embarkation to the United Stages. , The city is .quiet, , but the innervous as to future possibilities. The Constitutionalists have elitered the city. The Americans are not giving up formal possession, but are merely evacuating, allowing the Mexican, force to occupy it. Villa's forces still , are fighting the Carranzist General Blanco, commanding at Mexico City., lie states that under orders from neither Villa nor Carranza he is holding the capital until some form of government has been established. HAVANA, November 23. . v Cuba has dispatched a warship to Vera Cruz, where the Cuban Consul ■stated that Cuban citizens' interests are threatened.