The pioneer express., 1912-12-27
SAFETY Dr. SUBJECTS
MEXICO MUST sEE~rHAr LIVES
AND PROPERTY ARE GUARDED
DURING WAR. !:
NOTE BEING PREPARED.
Great Care Exercised In Writing Let
ter to President Madero
-Depredations De.
ciareo to Be.

Washington, Dec 23-Henry Lane,
Wilson, the American ambassador to
Mexico, who has been here in confer
ence with state department officials
regarding conditions growing out of
the Mexican revolution, has left for
New York, preparatory to sailing for
his post, without the expected note of
representations which this govern
ment is preparing to be sent to the
Mexican government demanding pro-
lection for American citizens and prop.
erty.
Great Care Exercised.
This action is taken as further evi.
dence of the intention of the admins.
tration to deal with this delicate and
difficult situation with circumspec.
tion and in spirit of deliberation. The
communication is now being prepared
with the greatest care at the state de.
partment and will be transmitted to
the American ambassador shortly aft.
er his arrival in Mexico City, early in
January.
The deliberations with which the Of
dciafs are moving in the preparation of
the case of the United States versus
Mexico is expected to result in the
production of the brief that is expect.
ed to be well nigh unreasonable ex.
cept by promise of prompt and ade-
Quate action on the part of the Mexi-
can government to fairly and fully
meet the demands of the United States
In the matter OF the protection of
American interests in Mexico.
Conditions Growing Worse.
Justification for this demand by the
to be found in the numerous reports
to the state department from every
quarter to the general effect that con.
ditions in Mexico have grown worse
since the dispatch of Secretary Knox's
note of protest last September and
that there has been a marked increase
in brigandage and in the kidnapping
of Americans for ransom, and in the
levying OF forced war loans by the
rebels upon American mines and plan
tations.
Secretary Stone of Missouri, who is
q member of the foreign relations COM
Mittee, issued statement in which
he expressed the opinion that the pres
ent administration should leave the
Mexican situation in statu quo until
Governor Wilson assumes the presi-
dency."
Committee Hears Complaint.
The senate subcommittee on foreign
relations, which has been engaged in
Investigating conditions along the
Mexican border, held a meeting yester-
day to afford an opportunity to George
Fred Williams of Boston to lay before
it a number of letters bearing on the
situation.
Mr.. Williams is president of the Los
ARGOS Smelling and Mining company,
which has extensive properties SO
miles from Toluca in the state of Mex
| leo.
The letters presented were from a
| Mr.. Tucker, manager of the Los Ar
cos company and described a condi-
tion of continued turbulence and bat.
Ting with bandits for the last four or
five months.
Bandits Destroy Property.
Mr.. Traeger declared that the sol.
diers which were sent to his assistance
by the government last November had
been withdrawn leaving the important
mining centers of Zacualpan and Suite
pee and the surrounding country en-.
tirely unguarded. He said that last
August pitched battle was tonight
with the bandits in Zacualpan in which
the mines and its buildings were
burned and everything ruined that
could not be carried away, and min.
Ing engineer. a Mr.. PIatt was taken
prisoner.