The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-03
BLAMESLONE
 STAR STATE Mexico Doubts Sincerity of Texas. BAD FAITH IS CHARGED To Ask Uncle Sam to Punish
 Authorities. It !. cssssea TAas P.iiee ef Del Rio Allowed Meetings ef Revoia- s siesists se be Hsia There.

City of Maxic6, Jesy a.--Mex,oo will ask the United States to punish severe : ly,t the local authorities Of Del Rio. Tex, and possibly others of the state. under whose authority they acted. The grounds win be that the oficers Knowingly failed in their duty by ai- lowing persons vho partook in the Las vacas raid to return to the Texas side of the river uninterfered 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 fomentipg and plan { nlng raids, murder, robbery. etc. in Mexico. The latter request however, WIN be contingent upon investigations not yet completed which have for their purpose the ascertaining of the amount of knowledge which the police of Del Rio had of the meetings
 This new phase of the international side of the trouble in northefn Mex ieo. was made known today by Minister Mariscal of the foreign relations de- pertinent. Bad faith towards Mexico by the state of Texas in the recent troublsals very strongly suspected by the Mexican governnient..
 The action of Washington has been the very, best" said Minister Marical today. Not only has the United States goyernment shown, itself. willing ana eager to, assist Mexico. but took quick steps to. move troops to the border, evincing degree. of frtendliness which cannot be questioned or but admired.
 The, sincsrity of Texas. however" :" he declared. appears to be another matter. 5 sss
 Our doubts in regard to Texas have begun to increase with developments. The failure of local authorities to ar- rest these men on the ground that their offense was political. in my mind has HoitenahIe excuse. No absolute de. efsion has been rea1ited yet as to whether eqFnpl4ints will he made Ae, cause the facts in the case have not thorcughiy banned out and there are more important matters for Attention, But am strongly lneIiusd to believe that ,compiatnts Will be made and pun ishnaent asked for
 The minister called attention to the fact that about t0e men had a series of meetings in Del Rio which could hard ly have taken place in secrecy, The to Del Rio after the trouble and carried with them wounded men. and act that could hardly have been performed in secret" tt
 Mexico will probably ask for the ex- tradition of portion of the raiders. In this regard Minister Mariscal stated that the Mexican government will wait until the American government has dealt with those offenders whose de- Iinquencies comes under. the head of in- fraction. of the neutrality laws. He will now ask for those whose acts were wholly criminal and who should be punished here.
 Minister Mariscal stated that the trouble Is now entirely over.
 
 U. s. Troops Make Capture.
 San Antonio. Texas. July 2.--severai alleged Mexican revolutionists have been captured by United States troops at Del Rio and the surrounding coun- try, according to W. sE. Weatherbee.
 s'Four of the revolutionists were cap tured night before last by detachment of troops" said Mir. Weatherbee." and three were taken yesterday morning. They have all been placed in th eoun- .ty Jail at Del Rio. By this time 1t Is not impossible that several more have naefi captured by the troops. of which there are about 900 now at Def RIO and along the river. s
 one wounded man who keeps a shop la Del Rio. but whose name do not know, crossed the river after the light of last Friday and has since died of his wounds in Del Rio. Two other Mexi- cans who tried to swim across 10 Del laio after that battle were drowned.
 +One hundred men went over to Mex leo from Del Rio. but not half of that number have returned and 1t is thought the remainder have either been killed or are being pursued by the Mexican troops.
 .That some of the revoIationists hardly realize the importance of the movement ls shown by two of the pris- onera who were captured by United states regulars, They were armed only with razorss One had revolver while I do not know if the otherswsre armed or not
 Mir weatherbee will remain here un- til tomorrow, when he will leave for .his home He said today that the river guards assisted by the troops have the situation well in hand and that no other revolutionists will be allowed to cross the river either into Mexico or the United States.