The Sentinel=record., 1912-04-18
RELATIONS
 STRAINED
MEXICO MAKES POINTED REPLY TO UNITED STATES NOTE BY
 HUNTINGTON WILSON.
Resents Our Attitude and Declines to Become Responsible for the Acts of Orozco and Rebel Leader
 in the North.

Mexico City, April 17.-Mexico re- piled to the note of Acting Secretary Huntington Wilson tonight, declining to assume responsibility for Orozco's acts, denying the right of the Wash ington government to deliver the ad- monition contained therein, taking ex. ception to the communication direct ed to Orozco through Consul Letcher and deploring the making public of this communication in the same note to which the government was re- quired to make answer.
 The reply was given to the press by the minister of foreign relations It. denies the right of the Washington government to deliver the admonish- ment for the reason that it is not based on any justiflable incident It denies responsibility for acts commit ted in territory removed from obedi- ence to the law as contrary to prin- ciples of international law, while ac- cepting full responsibility for every loss or damage sustained for foreign CTS legally chargeable to the govern ment.
 A caution has been issued to lead CTS of the federal forces to insure proper treatment of foreigners who may be taken as prisoners of war at the same time 1t Is asserted that no basis evists for supposing that any other course would be pursued
 Orozco is held to be answerable fol his offenses only to the Mexican courts and, therefore, should not hay, been made the recipient of diplo matic communication.
 After setting forth at length the clauses of the Washington note, tho minister continued:
 Tn reply and by express instruc tions of the president of the republic I have the honor to say to your ex cellency:
 The Mexican government has a full consciousness of it's duties and neither by it's acts nor by the mani festations of it's functionaries has it given reason to doubt the sincerity of it's determination to cause to be respected the generally accepted prin. ciples of international law and the rules which govern the conduct of civilized nations. Your government has recognized this in the note which have the honor to answer, and by means of other repeated demonstra- tions of friendship toward the gov. ernment and the people of Mexico, which demonstrations so highly and :, cordially have been esteemed in this country
 For these reasons the Mexican government finds itself in the pain full necessity of not recognizing the right of your government to make the admonition which the note con tains, for the reason that it is mol based on any incident that should b, chargeable to the Mexican govern ment and which could signify that | might have departed from an observ ance of the principles and practices of international law.
 Tn view of the fact that a part o the country is in state of rebel lion, the Mexican government has, a it's principal duty, the suppression of the rebellious movement, and in the regions removed from obedi ence to the legitimate authorities. al tempts are committed against tn lives and property of foreigners, tn legitimate government of the republl will not be obligated in this respec except in the same terms as woul the government of the United State or any other country if a rebellio existed in its own territory.
 ''The government of the Unite States may be assured that it is tn firm determination of the Mexica government to observe and to caus to be observed the principles of il ternational law and the laws of tn country. which latter are in full col formity with the former, with respe' to American citizens or other fo eigners, who may be made prisoner among the rebel forces: and akhoug there does not exist sufficient dat to suppose that the chiefs of the go ernment forces have declared the
 would execute summarily American