Arizona republican., 1913-07-28
No Note of Friendliness in
 Request for Release of Dixon and Immediate
 Punishment of Soldiers :. Who Shot Him.
PUT AS A COMMAND
 BY CONSUL EDWARDS
Strong Representations Sent to Mexico City Re garding Dixon Outrage and Men at Chihuahua Under Death Sentence.
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH l

WASHINGTON, July 27.-Strong representations, the most drastic in phraseology, made since the present American administration came into power was made to the Huerta gov ernment of Mexico today. The United States government has de- manded the prompt arrest, court martial and punishment of the Mexi- can federal soldiers who shot Chas. B. Dixon the young immigration in spector at Juarez on Saturday and the immediate release of Charles Bis sell and Bernard Mcdonald the min ing managers imprisoned by the fed erals at Chihuahua City and said to be threatened with execution.
 Ambassador Wilson dictated two strong telegrams to the embassy at Mexico City and the consul at Juarez which were dispatched after they had been slightly modified by Sec retary Bryan.
 The president had the ambassadors long report today and studied it carefully. After an early conference tomorrow with MT Bryan he will be prepared to inquire of the ambassador what remedies he would suggest.
 Ambassador Wilson declined to dis cuss this affair but probably will explain his views on such happenings when he meets President Wilson at 2:3O tomorrow afternoon for a gen eral explanation of affairs in MeXi- CO
 Meantime the ambassador would give no inkling of the recommends tions had in mind beyond a general statement that his plan would con- serve the friendly relations between Mexico and the United States and
 hn int n Americans in the southern republic.
 The ambassadors long experience with outbursts against American ci- tfzens such as these against which the American government lodged protest today, will make him an inn portant factor in whatever policy may be adopted toward the Huerta government on account of yesterdays developments at Juarez and Chihua- hua.
 The demand that the soldiers at JuareZ be courtmartialed, and that the guilty be punished was a much more pointed request than had been hitherto voiced by the American gov ernment Although Mcdonald, Bis sells fellow prisoner at Santa Ros- aIia is reported to be an English subject the demands for protection covered both men and the American consul at Chihuahua was ordered to go to the extreme of caution to pre- vent harm befalling them.
 Secretary Bryan was at the state department for short time today comforting with subordinate officials in the Latin American division. It was stated later that telegramS or dering an investigation constituted the only action that would be taken for the present but that the Ameri- can government intended to pursue it's inquiries vigorously.
 Telegrams corroborating the re- ports of the shooting of Dixon were received today but there was little information about the status of Me Donald and Bissell. It appears that they were on the route to Parral III an automobile to bring out refugees when they were arrested at santa RosaIia The machine was confisca- ted and the two men taken to the city of Chihuahua whence news of their pending fate was carried to the border by Americans.
 While the demands today were dl- rected toward the Huerta govern ment the constitutionalists according to reports are making every effort here to gain favor with the United States by affording all possible pro- tection to Americans.