The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-05-06
OUR SOUTHERN BORDER.
FURTHER TROUBLE WITH MExICANs
AND INDIANS.
A United States Force Forbidden to Ent er
the state 0f Sonora In Pursuit Of Raid
ers-The RiO Grande LIne-lnstruc-
tiOns to Gems. Mcdowell and Ord-Ler-
glOjsts Again Active

tiOns to Gems. Mcdowell and Ord-Ler-
dOists Again Active.
WASHINGTON. May 5.--The War Department
the military division of he Pacific. that In
dians and Mexicans, from the Mexican State Of
sonora, have recently bsen committing depre-
force In pursuit of the raiders has been stopped
on the border by the Mexican authorities and
forbade to cross on pena ty Of being treated as
Invaders, Gen. Mcdowell in transmitting this
Inflammation asks for further instructions.
The subject was under CONSIDERATION yester
day and 1t is understood that Gen. Mcdowell
has been notified that tho same general instruc-
tons issued to Gen. Ord applies equally along
the entire boundary between Mexico and the
" nted, and that if necessary to effect this end
tho raiders must be pursued across tho border
into Mexican territory.
1t is not believed hero that the action OF the
Mexican authorities Of Sonora Is inspired by
Diaz
The government of the State of Sonora has
great extent controlled by Indian chiefs who
inbabit the mountain regions. If, however 1t
should turn out that the authorities OF Sonora
are under instructions from President Dia2. the
entire policy of this government in regard to
the treatment OF border outrage questions will
be changed and more vigorous policy will be
adopted.
II is understood that Cen Mcdowell has been
instructed to institute vigilant watchfulness
along the southern border of Arizona and
Southern California to prevent q violation of
tho neutrality laws by the Lerdo revolutionists
| and TO arrest any md all parties who are sns-
pected of eongregatng on the border for that
purpose
Customs officers and United States marshala
have also been instructed to use their best en-
| deavors to prevent any invasion Of Mexican
soil from the United States.
For the past week or ten days the government
has been in constant communication, by mai
| and telegraph. with Con. Ord, commanding the
Department Of Texas, on tho subject of the
| critical condition OF affairs on the Rio Grande
| Large numbers of Lerdo revolutionists have
| for some time past been concentrating ut differ
days they have been gathering at points on the
river convenient for Mexico. Lerdo agents
| have been actively Mt work corrupting Mexican
soldiers on the border. and the latest informa-
| ton received at the War Department indicates
| that they have met with success and that the
| Mexican soldiers in border garrisons are ripe
| for revolution,
| Gen. Ord has notified the department that he
has made such a distribution of the force un-
| the cooperation of other Federal and State Of
| flcials prevent any serious violation of the
| neutrality laws. He has directed the arrest OF
| all suspected persons who may attempt to
| cross the United States into Mexico. His &c
| tion has been heartily approved at headquar-
| ters here.
| While it is tho firm intention OF this govern
ment to protect the American border from
| Mexican raiders, even to the extent of sending
United States soldiers into Mexico in pursuit
of the raiders 1t is also intended to observe
every treaty obligation between the United
States and Mexico. and to punish to the full
extent of the law any attempt to invade Mexico
from United States soil in the interests oil
Lerdo or any other revoutionsts.