NARROW ESCAPE OF REFUGEES.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2153, 20 May 1914, Page 7

NARROW ESCAPE OF REFUGEES.

EXCITING FLIGHT FROM MEXICO,

DESPERATE PURSUIT.

PEACE ENVOYS ASSEMBLING. By Tokgrrtiih- Press Astfocia-tion—C'&DyfiglU San Franoiscs, May 18. Ninety American refssgces, who escaped aboard the Cetri»Ha,' a British steams or, iiad a sensational experience. An angry Mexican mob at Maxauille threatened to board tlio vessel and sink licr. Tito wharf was actually undermined, >ind dynamite had been placed beneath it, white a Mexican steamer laden with inflammable material bad cast anchor 10ft. from the Cetriana. Lieat.ena.iit Minster, of tho British Naval Reserve, manoeuvred the Cctviana out of danger, jvisf. as the American warship Raleigh arrived As tlio Cetriana was leaving, the Mexicans dispatched a- Steamer witli the apparent intention of ramming the Cetriana, but an escape© got abcard a Mexican vessel, and the consequent pursuit of bim and a rifle fusillade permitted th-o Cetriaisa to got clear. THE PEACE. CONFERENCE. Washington, May 18. General Flufirta lias authorised _ his Peace Delegates to submit his rssjfifiation of the Presidency to the Peace Confercmso, if such a course is found to bo essential to . a firitfcrtic'nt of the peace negotiations. It is understood to bo likely t-liat tlio whole scope of the negotiations will bo widened, in order to include the belt means of pacifying Mexico-. (Itec, May 19. 10.80 Washington, May 13. -The United States Gov«Hinifent has docidcd to keep the troops at Tera ■ Cruz until the peace conference re-s&lts have been definitely readied. Tiie mediators have already afrsmgod thoir plans for dealing with Mexican agrarian problems. "Sen-or DagiMU, the I,ira?.ili:in .Ambassador, has arrived at Niagara Falls. 11. R.H. tlio Duke- of Cain taught (Governor-General of Canada), siji'tt his greetings to the conference, and hoped that tlio efforts of the cuvoysi wonld result ia a lasting peace. The Telegraph Officii advises"Pri-. vftte telegrams in oodo lanpmge or cypher arb airain admitted for ail Mexican hffi-ces via. Galveston, except telegrams.for Vera, Cruz, which must be written in, plain English, Spanish, or French. Ail telegrams are accepted only at sender's risk,"