state pPPPPPeBENT. ' -■ •WILL PROTECT BRITISHERS. United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—OopyrigUT. Received March 4, 1 p.m. London, March 3. Replying to Mr Bonar Law, Sir E. Grey said several Americans had been hilled In Mexico. He conticoed: “If the United States thinks proper to take steps on behalf of its own subjects or British we will gladly await the result. Otherwise we reserve the right to secure reparation. We have no intention to send a force or to blockade any port,but Britain does not intend to let the matter rest. REPORT ON BENTON. UNARMED WHEN SHOT. Washington, March 8.
Mr Bryan’s official report states Benton waited two hours to see Yilla, that he went unarmed, and was shot in the stomach.
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10891, 4 March 1914, Page 8
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