Rebels Appeal For Aid.

New York Times 100 years ago today, July 17, 1913:
Gen. Carranza Asks for Rights of Belligerents.
    EAGLE PASS, July 16.— Urging that the United States extend to the Constitutionalists in Mexico the rights of belligerents, Gen. Carranza, their leader, telegraphed a long protest to Washington to-day against recognition of Provisional President Huerta. The protest is to be presented to officials in Washington by the agent of the Constitutionalists.
    Gen. Carranza contends that the majority of Mexicans favor him and that with belligerent rights he could get control of the Government at once.

    DOUGLAS, July 16.— Advices that foreign Governments were bringing pressure to bear on Washington to induce the United States to interfere in Mexico were received with much apprehension among the rebel officials of Sonora today, and brought out a statement that the rebels throughout Mexico always had treated Americans with the highest respect.
    The Constitutionalist representatives on this side of the boundary said that their greatest desire was to prevent foreign intervention.
    "We submitted to the temporary defeat involved in Obregon's retirement from Guaymas at the request of The foreign consuls," said one leader today. "Huerta is losing and wants to force intervention. We do not."

    TUCSON. July 16.— "We pray you not to permit the nations of Europe to make of the United States an agency to collect moneys that they have advanced or have agreed to advance for the support of the murderous Huerta Government."
    This petition was telegraphed to President Wilson to-day by Ignacio Pesquiera, the Constitutionalist Governor of Sonora.
    The insurgent Governor of Sonora further asserts that Huerta is back of the European powers in urging a declaration of the attitude of the United States toward Mexican affairs.
    The message to President Wilson continued:
    "These nations have advanced their money with full knowledge that it was to a usurping government. Now, when Huerta and his followers find they are being crushed he appeals to the powers which have advanced money to him that they force the United States to grant him recognition.
    "The people of Mexico, who have been fighting and winning battles to sustain the regular government, protest against this attempt to take from them their hard won laurels. The State troops have protected and always will protect American interests in Mexico."
    Mail advices from Los Mochis, Sonora, to-day said the commander of the American gunboat Buffalo had threatened to land bluejackets, and had frightened off a rebel force which had announced its intention of disarming Americans. The Americans had gathered rifles and ammunition which the rebels wanted.
    The Americans at Los Mochis and Topolobambo are dependent on the American warships for food and water.