Stop Anti-american Mob.

New York Times 100 years ago today, July 14, 1913:
Police Put an End to Hostile Demonstration in the Streets.
Special Cable to The New York Times.
    MEXICO CITY, July 13— The action taken by the Government of Gen. Victoriana Huerta, Provisional President of the republic, yesterday in refusing to grant permission for the big student demonstration against citizens of the United States that had been scheduled for to-day resulted in a comparatively quiet Sunday, so far as anti-American activities were concerned. Small groups of public school students and other Mexicans marched through the streets of the capital to-day, and there were occasional shouts of "Death to Gringoes!" But this was the worst.
    Despite the refusal of the administration to authorize the great parade and mass meeting which had been planned, a half-hearted attempt was made this morning by about 150 students to start a popular demonstration hostile to Americans. The gathering was dispersed by the police, however, and, with the exception of the parades by little groups of enthusiasts, no further manifestation of public feeling was essayed.
    It became known to-day that the letter sent to Ambassador Wilson telling of a plan to blow up the Embassy was a warning rather than a threat. The communication was written in Spanish. It informed Ambassador Wilson that the American Embassy was to be destroyed with dynamite this week, and advised him to ask the protection of the Mexican Government. Should it not seem advisable to the Ambassador to make such a request of the Huerta Administration, he was urged to obtain from his own Government an order to have United States marines sent to this capital from the American warships in the harbor of Vera Cruz, and also to induce the United States Government to declare war on Mexico.
    Efforts have been made by the Mexican Foreign Office, to which the letter was turned over by the American Ambassador, to trace the writer through his signature. President Huerta's Government issued a statement to-day in which it reported that it had not been able to find any man in this city bearing the name signed to the dynamite warning, but that it had made the necessary provisions for the safety of the Ambassador and his staff. Those provisions thus far have not included the placing of a guard at the embassy. Neither Ambassador Wilson nor the Foreign Office has shown a tendency to take a serious view of the communication.

Mexicans Cheer for Japan.
    MEXICO CITY, July 13.— The American Ambassador's note of protest to the Foreign Office against permitting an anti-American demonstration here today had certain indirect results, although the Government did not absolutely forbid the holding of what officials styled "a popular manifestation of patriotism."
    A demonstration took place in the capital this afternoon, but not more than 400 persons participated. There were no speeches and very few cries against Americans. The line of march was through the principal streets, and the manifestants halted in front of a big Japanese store, crying "Vivas" for Japan. Small silk Japanese flags were carried with the Mexican colors. A detachment of police accompanied the procession, and the Minister of War, Gen. Blanquet, followed in an automobile.
    WASHINGTON, July 13.— Destitute Americans are arriving in the United States on every boat from Mexican ports. Many of them face financial ruin in consequence of the series of revolutions which have paralyzed commercial and industrial enterprises, and they are leaving the Southern republic with reluctance.
    In the last month between four and five hundred Americans have been brought to the United States at Government expense.