MEXICAN SITUATION
HUERTA THANKS AMERICAN ADMIRAL. TWsgtavh—Press Association—Copy right Times—Sydney ■'Sun'* Special Cables.) NEW YORK, December 17. A telegram to the * ‘New York -World” says that; - President Huertm expresses his gratitude for the firm, altitude of Admiral Fletcher at Tium-. pico. Ho Bays that Admiral Fletcher ’undoubtedly oared ‘millions of dollars’' worth of property. It is reported that General villa, with 8000 men, has been surrounded by 12,000 Federal troops. (Admiral Fletcher, the AmericanAdmiral, ordered the rebels and Fed' orals around Tampico to cease fighting, threatening that if he was dis-' obeyed he would open fire on hath sides. Fighting thereupon ceased.][
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8608, 19 December 1913, Page 7
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102MEXICAN SITUATION New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8608, 19 December 1913, Page 7
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