The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-03-03
i. S. NOT TO EXAMINE
BR|T|SHER'S BODY
Carranza Refuses to Allow Com
mittee to View Body.
is ENGLAND'S CHOICE,
Ii is Thought Rebel Leader Fails
to Understand the United
States Position.

naoitn of the body OF William S. Ben |
ton, the British subject executed by
General Villa at JuareZ, will be made |
by the commission composed of
American and British Government
representatives pending the outcome
OF an exchange of notes between Gen
eral Carranza, chief of the Mexican
Constitutionalists and the United
States Government
General Caranza's declaration that
Great Britain instead of the United
States should deal with him concern
ing the death OF a British subject.
coupled with the broad intimation
that all communications on internat
ional affairs first should be address
ed to him, instead OF to General Villa
new complication into the situation
or any other subordinate injected
and the expedition to chihuahua. ar
ranged to start from El Paso TODAY.
was postponed.
President Wilson and Secretary
q Bryan conferred most of the after
noon, reading the notes from Car
rama, and other dispatches After
wards, Secretary Bryan mOtOrCd to
the British Embassy and informed Sir
Cell Spring Rice. British Ambassa-
dor, that the expedition to Chihauhau
where BCnton's body is buried. had
been abandoned until satisfactory ar
. rangementS could be made with Cen
eral Carranza.
/ HOPE TO CHANGE CARRANZA.
Just what instructions have been
sent to American Consul Simpich at
Nogales, who is i'm toucn with Cen
/ eral CarranZa was not divulgcd, but
I representatives of Carranza who un-
desstand the American viewpoint to-
night were busy telegraphng the
/ Constitutionalist commander urging a
change of attitude. Carranza's friends
here believe he does not understand
exactly the position Of the United
States with reference to all foreigners
in Mexico and are seeking to impress
him that when dealing with the Uni
ted States he is in effect treating
with the agents Of Great Britain. as
England and other Powers have DR." e.
ucally entrusted u the Washu- -,pn
Government the taa}, or 'ookir & d. .er
its subjects i'm Northern Nc,icr. par
ucularly at points whore there are no
British Consular rcp-esan;nti. cs as at
JuarcZ.
That Carran2a will realize this and
change his attitude Is the confident
expression of his friends here. Wash
ingtou official said they did not in
terprct CarranZa's notes as unrriend-
ly. Thegt Carrauza really was offend
ed because the United States address
ed its first communications about the
Benton killing TO American Consuls
in touch with General Villa was the
generally accepted explanation here
of his declination to submit informa-
ton to Washington about Benton's $
death.
WISH TO ACT QUICKLY.
The principle which the American
Government has been following in
dealing with General Villa and others
has been one of practical expediency.
Its course has been to make repre-
sentations quickly through American
Consuls to the authorities civil or
military who happened to be in de
facto control OF the region where the
danger laly. Instances of this were
the presentations made about for
eigners at Torreon and Tampico
In some quarters Carranza's sug-
gestion that he should be first ad-
dressed was regarded as a bid for
formal, recognition. The American
Government, however, 1t was stated
on the highest authority holds that
recognition could be extended only
through formal announcement and
expressed intention rather than
through any casual relationship. In
dealing with General Carranza it is
felt here the United States merely is
consulting the man whom General
Villa says he acknowledges as chief.
In the view of many officials here
Carranza desired by his notes to i'm
press upon the world the cohesion OF
assertion OF authority over villa while
in many quarters has been in doubt
/ is one OF the phases OF the situation
which the development OF the next
few days are expected to clarity
On the assumption that Carranza is
the chief of the movement, IL is more
than likely now that If the American
Government on behalf of Great Brit
ain seeks reparation for the Benton
killing, representations will be made
directly to him. Failure or inability
of Carranza to comply would be re-
garded as having an important bear
ing on the relation OF the United
States Government to the future of
the Constitutionalist movement on
7 cials here admit they are considerably
perturbed over MeXicos affairs They
will wait. however, for villa and Car
rama to give the world the facts on
the Benton episode before declaring
the next step
Secretary Bryan stated positively
today that the American Government
had reached no final COnclusiin on
the circumstances surrounding Ben
tons execution although it has al
had much evidence.