Abbeville progress., 1914-03-07
COMMISSION STOPPED
At TEXAS BORDER
REBEL ORDER DELAYS INsPec.
TON OF 6ENTON'S BODY BY
STOPPING COMMISSION.
MUST DEAL WITH CARRANzA
Colonel AviIa Flatly Refused to Per.
NIT Committee to Leave Juarez
for Chihuahua-New Com,
plcations at Hand.

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Juarez, McX.-The Benton investi,
eating committee Sunday was preveAt-
ed from proceeding to Chihuahua to
examine the slain Briton's body by
rebel orders Colonel Fidel Avila, mil.
itary commander at Juarez. declined
TO permit it to board the regular pas
senger train which was waiting.
The order surprised the commissions
ers Villa, at chihuahua, repeatedly
has expressed his desire to hasten the
inquiry ana his offer of a special train
to take the commission from Juarez
to Chihuahua. where Benton's body is
said to be buried, was formally accept
ed by Marion Letcher, the American
consul there
George c. Carothers, agent of the
state department in many Of its deal
iucs with Villa. also delayed his de-
parture for chihuahua.
The commissioners are Charles \.
S. Perceval. British consul az Calves
ton. and James ifambicdou. "a British
subject long % resident in Mexico,
r. f.. Thomas. lawyer of El Paso,
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Il NO. foo,ro5 +fot tso,, ,,.or,, .tc,,
oad m instruction from, Iyaebiroton
At Fort RIiss cororaI Urob / Soft
who annointed Davidson and ,1,rI,, ~
assist in tba nv,mination or Rortor.s
body. said he had no information. fur
ther than that the medical men had
been notified to be at the train at 9
O'Clock and that later they reported to
him that they were not going.
General CarrauZa's declaration that
Great Britain. instead of the United
States. should deal with him concern,
ing the death of n british suhiect
coupled with the broad mtimatiOn that
all communications on international
affairs first should be addressed 10
him, instead OF 70 General Villa or
any other subordinate, injected a new
complication into the situation, and
the expedition to Chihuahua.
orol e'"IS bIE"h fIl'
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-i'''i''' l'',' i'AiOo ~ "PPi eiicHu tHoSe
lo'lo'',"'e 'o' 'Ile '"nsiIS .! Oie-
'i''N,G - 7''d' an american cIIlAen'
"'u'" INV CIV " ie9PouSloiilIS "hlcH
'Iie Iru'Idl government a4ohe was III
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49, s..5o.., NJ Lev ii-4O,'0 ~ ""o''l,,'
iectiore to tho eordira h,, +ho s+ata
of = force IN arrest tho sIavars of vor.
cara. Secretary BRYAN replied that
the Washington government was do
ing all that it could do to obtain the
arrest and punishment of the Offend
ers.
A similar situation arose in Texas
in February 1919 and Februarv %
1919 when border troubIes caused
Governor CoInuitt n declare no might
send Texas rangers into Nexico other
TO prevent firing into American terri.
tory or to protect Americans.
When, on February "a, 1913, Govern
or Colquitt ordered four companies of
militia to Brownsvllle the war de-
partment teiegraphed General Steever,
then In command OF the department OF
Texas, under no circumstances to
permit their crossing the river except
uhdef speclIlc orders OF the secretary
u val
President Wilson Thursday took the
position that for the United States to
send marines or armed forces of any
kind into Mexico without the consent
of tba coyerning autboritias tbara
would be an act of war. He declared
emphatlcalIy that permission never
m"u Deen sou7h, e'llel VI "enei a.
cotod cIoarI,, NO roouoet of tbat char
acter would be made in the near fu-
ture. The president announced, too,
that no change in the policy of the
American government toward Mexico
hdu peeH uecIueu uPoh'
Inc president hau peen asked par
ucularly about reports that American
troops might be sent across the bOr-