Bisbee daily review., 1906-06-10

was not informed. In the published statement Mir. Mallen says:
 The Mexican government is fully able to cope with the difficulty, and has refused to permit armed Ameri- patch from a high federal officer today am given every assurance that the culprits will be duly punished.
 am authorized by my advices to deny in toto the Associated Press re- port that Governor Yzabal took with him to Cananea any armed Americans whatever. In fact, the only armed Americans whom I have heard of crossing the border is the rumor of small posse imported by Col. Greene, which, if true. will certainly cause in- ternational complications, as there has never been. at any time. any need for the Mexican authorities to call for outside assistance in handling the sit uation.
 The correspondent made no mistake in reporting that an armed posse of Americans accompanied Governor Yzabal from Naco to Cananea. This posse waited on the American side of the line for several hours for the ar. rival of the governor of Sonora. When he arrived. the Americans were on this side. waiting for permission from Gov, ernor Yzabal. They were not there to make war on Mexico or Mexicans, but had volunteered to go to Cananea 10 protect the lives of both Mexicans and Americans, who were being threaten. ed by several thousand Mexican labor, CTS, who were trying to coerce Col. W. c. Greene in the matter of increas- ing their wages. It has been report ed that there were some Americans at Cananea who were in full sympathy with the Mexicans, but they were not present in the crowd when Geo. Met. calfe and his nephew were both mur. dered by the strikers.
 The Americans who went to Can. anea with arms were there by the in. vitation of the governor of Sonora and it is not likely that he will be questioned very closely about the in. cident by his government. because of the fact that the Americans were the only available force to be had quick. ly at Cananea, where, all agree, con, ditions were extremely threatening,
 The incident at Cananea was purely a local trouble between the Cananea Consolidated Copper Company and it's employees, and whatever started it, we believe there will be no censure on those who were endeavoring to pro tect life and property there.
 Americans on this side Of the line were very much excited over the first reports received, because many oi them had relatives and dear friends at Cananea, and if some of them failed to observe every formality of interna tional law in their hurry to give as sistance to relatives and friends, who were believed to be in imminent dan ger of complete extermination, they will not be held responsible for that indiscretion.
 The warm friendship for Mexico which is now proverbiai on the border of Arizona is we'll known to President Diaz and Governor Yzabal. and they will applaud the display of this friend ship in the incident of the quick re sponse to the call for help in the pro tection of life and property in one oi the largest mining camps of the re public of Mexico. Had the strikers who were. threatening Cananea, beer Americans, the response would have been equally prompt.
 Now that the trouble at Cananea is over, it should be the policy of all both Americans and Mexicans, along the border to forget it." and proceed l with their friendly relations as though it never had occurred. It was unfor tunate, and let us hope no similar trouble will again occur in this pros porous section of the southwest