The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-03-24
-FOUR YANKEES
! PUT TO DEATH
Convicted as Rebels By Mex.
iCan ConrtmartiaI.
KNOX WILL INVESTIGATE


Treaty Between Japan and Mexico
Had Been Negotiated--Baron uchi-
da Also EmphstioaIly Denies That
His Country Had Acted In Under
handed Manner Administration
Places No Faith In lingo Rumors.
Washington, March 24.--The state
department has asked the United
States consul at Chihuahua for infor-
nation In regard to the press reports
that John Hamilton Dignowity and
three other Americans had been shot
10 death under orders OF q Mexican
drumhead courtmartlal, which found
them guilty OF participation in the
insurrection movement.
Considerable interest was mani
tested at the war department over
Third cavalry had been fired upon by
Mexican marauders and insurrection.
lists while the United States troops
were marching under orders OF Brig
adler General j.. w. Duncan from
Marathon to the Chisos mines, In the
big bend of the Rio Grande, south OF
Alpine, in Brewster county, Texas.
Neither the state nor war depart
ment has as yet voiced the reports
that United States troops, while
guarding the customs officers on the
border, had been fired upon by Mex
leans. The customs officers, accord
ing to the reports, had interrupted
supplies from the preside intended
for Mexican troops besieged at DIN
ga. The state department, however,
felt impeled to send instructions to
the treasury officers fixing the
bounds of their authority in making
seizures. The note sent by the state
department to the treasury officials
reiterated the instructions that only
such goods passing from the Uniteo
States into Mexico were subject to
seizure as contraband or war tnat
we're proven to have been shipped
by persons in the United States
known TO be In sympathy with the
belligeTents, and the consignment,
would have TO be actually proven 10
be made TO persons in an armed
state OF lnsurrectlon. .ea'.
Treaty Rumor Denied.
Another interesting rumor carried
In the press dispatches that received
some attention in official and diplo-
matte circles was 10 the effect thht
Mexico and Japan had mutually
agreed TO terminate secret treaty
In the interest OF preserving the
peace. State department officials
met this report with the assertion
that there was no secret treaty be.
tween Japan and Mexico alId that
the treaty of commerce and naviga-
ton which had existed between ia
pan and Mexico was almost Identical
with the treaty between Japan and
the United States, and was not sup.
ported by the convention ratified by
the senate Just before congress ad
journed
Baron Uchida, the Japanese ambas.
sador to the United States. declared
emphatically that there was no Sc
cret treaty between Japan and Mex
leo and had not been. lie also called
attention to the fact that the only
treaty between his government and
Mexico was the commercial treaty
negotiated in 1888, and he added that
this was not to be abrogated.
Ever since the troops were sent to
Texas there has been manifest ef
fort on the part OF jlngoes TO connect
Japan In some way with the condi
tions or exigencies which made the
military demonstration necessary
One OF the reports persisted in by
the jingoes was that the movement
| OF soldiers to the border was de
signed as a military demonstration
against Japan because OF an alleged
secret treaty by which Mexico had
ceded to Japan a naval base upon
her territcry. II was TO give official
disapproyal OF this story, repeatedly
denied in authoritative circles within
the administration. that President
Taft invited Baron Uchida TO the
White House for the purpose OF as.
suring him that the administration
did not put any credence IN the re-
ports that Japan had a secret con.
vention with Mexico.
Demand TO Investigate.
New York, March 24.-To arrange
Tor formal demand that the United
states institute an immediate investi-
cation of the report that John Ham
ilton Dignowlty and three compan-
lons were summarlly executed by Mex
lean regulars near Chihuahua, ]. ".
Dignowlty, an uncle. and several other
members of the family conferred to-
day They insisted that they had every
reason 10 believe that the report of
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