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CRISIS NEAR IN
MEXICAN AFFAIR
Shooting Of U, s. Official
kggraVateS Trouble
PREPARATION IS DEMANDED
Government Feels That Action to End
State of Anarchy In Southern Re-
public Must Be Taken at Once.

Washington, July 2S. - Ii another
scrap of evidence were needed to de-
monstrate that the Mexican situation
is sadly in need of a remedy, the ad-
ministration has it now in the shoot
ing OF Charles Dixon, United States
immigration inspector, by federal SOL
diers at Juarez, on Saturday.
The Dixon shooting was made the
occasion of the most vigorous repre-
sentations yet ordered by the state
department Aside from the gravity OF
the incident in itself, the wantonness
and reckless defiance Of the United
States which inspired the occurrence
has proved to Washington that the
United States, its authority and its
representatives are being regarded
with contempt in Mexico.
Representations were made, both to
the military authorities at Juarez,
Mexico, opposite Ell Paso, Texas, and
to the responsible authorities of the
Huerta government in Mexico City.
Through Consul Edwards, at Juarez,
and Charge d'Affaires O'Shaughnessy
at the American embassy in Mexico
City, peremptory demands were made
for speedy reparation and redress for
the offense.
Consul Edwards has demanded the
arrest and confinement of all the fed
eral officers and soldiers concerned In
the shooting of Dixon. 1t is not known
definitely in Washington whether his
demands have been acceded to in this
respect The consul has also been busy
gathering the names of witnesses to
the shooting and seeing that these
witnesses were not spirited away. He
also demanded that permission be
granted for the removal of Dixon to an
Ell Paso hospital, which it is reported
has been granted.
Washington feels that it is on the
eve of a momentous decision upon the
part of the administration in regard to
Mexico. What that decision will be-
nobody seems TO know, but that It
will be a turning point in the situa-
ton no one doubts.
Out of the tension of the last few
days has come unanimity in regards
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trouble, and that is that something
must be done at once. Even Secretary
of State Bryan, who has been reiuct
ant to admit the gravity of the Mexi-.
can situation, now holds this view
Henry Lane Wilson, ambassadart ~
Mexico, will meet th pfe5iidezs = =
ference again That the ambassadOrN
determined to put up a stiff tight IN
defenes of his views is certain, and on
his success depends not only his own
official fate, but also to a great extent
the whole policy of the United States
toward Mexico If he fails to impress
his views on the president, according
to the best informed. his failure will
terminate his official career in the
diplomatic service of the United States
and may precipitate an explosion In
regard to the Mexican situation.
The president and the ambassador
may part company at the very rst
proposition in the Mexican situation.
The ambassador will urge as car
dinal principle of his policy the recog-
milton of the Huerta government and
other steps calculated to throw the
entire support of the United States
government to the side of the Huerta
government and encouragement of all
movements in opposition to him.