MEXICO.
WASHINGTON'S WARNING
VILLA'S ARMY PERPETRATE HORRIBLE ATROCITIES.
("Times" and "Sydney Sun" Services.)
Received 8 n.m., April 13. WASHINGTON, April 13. The Government has warned the combatants that the destruction of oil wells at Tampico will probably cause a change of policy. General Villa's army is committing horrible atrocities. Wholesale assaults on women are a routine occurrence, and blackmail under threat of death is "ordinary finance." Federals, when caught, are burnt in kerosene.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 20054, 14 April 1914, Page 5
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73MEXICO. Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 20054, 14 April 1914, Page 5
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