MEXICAN REBELLION.
AMERICANS IN GRAVE DANGER
(By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (Per Prerc Association.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. President Taft is determined to avoid intervention in Mexico City except as a last extremity. More battleships have been ordered to be in readiness to depart for Mexican waters. The commanders have been ordered to land forces at any ports where the Americans are needing aid, but not. to penetrate to the interior or the towns. It is believed there will be great loss of American lives it an expedition is despatched in consequence of the hostility towards Americans in Mexico. Diaz, leader of the rebels, demanded the surrender of President Madero after a day of strenuous street fighting. Shrapnel partially destroyed the National Palace.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9419, 15 February 1913, Page 5
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MEXICAN REBELLION.
Manawatu Standard, Volume XLI, Issue 9419, 15 February 1913, Page 5
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