The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-03
GOOD FAITH OF
TEXAS DOUBTED
Mexico Has a Grievance
Against Officials of Lone
Star State.
ROBBERS GIVEN ASYLUM
UNITED STATES WILL BE ASKED
TO TAKE ACTION.

City of Mexico, July 2-Mexico will ask
the United States to punish severely the
local authorities of Del Rio. Tex, and
authority they acted The grounds will
be that the officers knowingly failed in
their duty by allowing persons who par
took in the Las Vacas raid to ride OF
TO the Texas side of the river uninter-
rupted with and to bring with them their
wounded Punishment may also be asked
for the authorities and police of Del Rio
for allowing meetings to be held there
for the purpose of fomenting and PLAN
ming raids. murder and robbery in Mexico.
The latter request however will be
contingent upon Investigations not yet
completed. which have for their purpose
the ascertaining of the amount of knowl-
edge which the police of Del Rio had of
the meetings.
Bad Faith Suspected.
This new phase of the international side
of the trouble on the northern Mexico
border was made known today by Minis
ter Mariscal of the foreign relations de-
partment- Bad faith toward Mexico by
the state of Texas in the recent trou-
BILE is very strongly suspected by the
Mexican government
1.-The action of Washington has been
the very best said Minister Mariscal to-
day. Not only has the United States
government shown itself willing and
eager to assist Mexico. but took steps to
move troops to the border. evincng a
feeling of friendliness which cannot be
questioned by Mexico.
Doubts Increasing.
'The sincerity of Texas he declared
appears to be another matter. Our doubts
in regard to Texas have begun to in
crease with developments. The failure OF
local authorities to arrest these men on
the ground that their Offense was pol
iticdl. in my mind has no tenable excuse
No absolute decision has been reached as
TO whether complaints will be made be-
cause the facts in the case have not thor
oughly panned out and there are other
important matters for attention. but
am strongly inclined to believe that COM
plants will be made and punishment
asked for
| The minister called attention 10 the fact
| that about one hundred men Nd Sc
ries of meetings in Del Rio, which could
hardly have taken place in secrecy.
A large number of raiders also re-
turned to Del Rio after the trouble anc
carried with them wounded men. an ac
that could hardly have been performed il
| secret.
Will Ask Extradition.
| Mexico will probably ask for the ex
| tradition of a portion of the raiders. In
this regard Minister Mariscal stated tina
the Mexican government will wait unit
| the American government has dealt witt
those offenders whose delinuuencies come.
under the head of the iufraction of the
neutrality laws He will now ask for
those whose acts were wholly crimina
| and who should be punished here.
.-All the acts performed by the raiders
of Las Vacas and of Palomos were thos.
which are defined in the extraditior
I treaty between the two countries" de
clared Minister Mariscal. He said:
| Every claim for a political colorins
g. Iair arlx Of dor. M
destruction of private and government
property was contrary to reason and
| facts. They had no plan and no Other
purpose oher than those to appease the
grievance of few discontents who in.
| weighed these poor. simple people into be
coming their tools
The minister stated that the trouble is
now entirely over.