Bisbee daily review., 1911-04-28
L|MANTOUR CONDEMS METHODS OF REBELS
 AT BORDER BATTLE
Says They Tried to Provoke Conflict Witt. United States
 ConaPs Plans
WILL NEED LONGER REST

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 On the subject of border condit- ions. which isr of especial interest
 to the people of Arizona, the New York Times publishes an interview obtained by its special correspond ent with Senor Limantour In Mexico City. from which we quote part Senor Limantour said
 First, there is the border ques- tion, and then. 1t would seem in. eyitable. the dangers that spring from it. The insurgents go to the border because there-enjoying as they do the entire sympathy of your frontier population- they easily obtain anything they want, arms. money. and medicines. Oh! If they would only stand their ground on un- doubted Mexican soil we would have no trouble in dealing with them. But they won't. Again they hug the border because when defeated they can easily cross the line and disappear amid the sympathetic population and so escape the conse- quences of their seditious acts which are sometimes. fear, purely criminal, according to the code.
 Thirdly, they center their actiy-, ities on the border because they hope to provoke conflict between our forces and your border patrols. 1 hate to think this of any Mexicans but unfortunately proofs of this de sign are in our possession that ad-
 init of no denial. To illustrate this point: the position the insurgents took up after their capture of Agua Prieta compelled our men, when they advanced to recapture the city, if they were to fire at ail. to fire across the American border.
 Mexican Troops Handicapped. "On these and kindred vexatious subjects" continued Senor Liman- |
 tour. q held last night long con ference with my colleagues, the minister of foreign affairs and the minister of war. The minister of war assured me that the restrictive measures on the United States bor- Ider imposed on our commanders in the field for the purpose of obviating the recurrence of incidents such as that at Douglas-whieh we so deeply lregret-have reduced the military efficiency of our troops at least seventy-five per cent. The minister of war says that our field officers have sent communications in which they respectfully complain that they are sent to attack rebels who are in lposiuon near the border. with their
 hands tied benIuo their back and
 their feet hobbled.
 Really we cannot go further than We have already gone in this direc
 ton. I do not know if we can con
 tinue to go .as far. if. as l have
 reason to believe will he the case lin few hours or perhaps even now
 the insurgents repeat their Agua
 Prieta tactics at Ciudad Juarez
 should they place themselves in
 position that could only be at
 tackled by endangerins American
 lives ana property-well, let us hope
 it will not happen. l for one dc
 not know what We should do. Blu
 you must remember that, after all
 today the first duty of every Mexi lean, especially those who have th' honor of fighting for the fatherlaHC on the firing line. is to save tho state from those who. unconsciousll Iperhaps, at least so I am assured are determined upon the irretr'eT able run of the mother country. Will Extend Absence.
 } In the same issue of the Time. Stephen BonsalI writes as follows ? relative to the Mexican situation: have come into the possession O
 important information which ma
 CT may not be true. but which ough to be true in view of the sourc' f from which It comes.
 l According to this informant, sooi { and at the same time Senor Cora t reaches Europe. which should be il a few days. he will cable that hi
 consultations with the distinguishes physicians whom he is going to SCI have resulted unfavorably; that s longer rest and greater care 5f hi Q health is required than he hat 9 thought: that, under the circun1 stances. he deems it his duty not L await the termination of his si,
 months leave of absence, but to re sign his office by cable, thus making f room for more active man
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