The Dermott news., 1914-04-30
REBEL CH|EFTA|N
IS SEM|-H0ST|LE
IN LETTER TO PRESIDENT Will
SOME DlsAPPRovEs UNIT.
ED STATES OPERATIONS.
! DOES NOT RECOGNIZE HUERTA
Con. Carranza Demands That Ameri-
cans Retire and Let Him Pun
ish the Usurper.


chihuahua. Replying to message
from Secretary Bryan AT Washington
General Carranza telegraphed that the
United States is not justified in oe.
cupying Mexican territory.
The unofficial translation Of the
! text OF the letter follows
United states Consul ]. G. Caroth.
ers In answer 10 the message OF Mr..
Secretary Of State Bryan, which was
communicated To me through yoa
please transmit to the said MIR. Bryan
a1he following note addressed TO MIR.
President Wilson:
Awaiting the action OF the Ameri.
can Senate on your eNcellency's mes
sage. directed TO the said body. caus-
ed By the lamentable incident which
occurred between n crew in Il whale
boat OF the cruiser Dolphin and the
, soldiers of the usurper. Huerta, Ger
tain acts OF hostility have been exc
cuted by the naval force under COM
mand OF Admiral Fletcher at the port
OF Vera Cruz. and In the face OF this
violation OF the national sovereignty
which the Constitutioualist govern
ment did not expect from 4 govern
ment that had reiterated its desire TO
maintain peace with the Mexico peo-
pie, comply with the duty OF ele-
waited patriotism in directing this note
to YOU, with a view To eXhausting all
honorable means before TWO friendly
nations sever the pacific relations that
still unite them.
Mexico Does No. Recognize Usurper.
And the Mexican nation-the real
people of MeXteo-have not recognl1e
ed as It's executive a man who had
pretended To launch hemish on its
national integrity. drowning in blood
It's free institutions, consequently the
acts OF the usurper. Huerta. and his
hccomplices do not signify legitimate
acts OF sovereignty. They do not con
stitute real public functions OF exte-
ri5r and interior relations and much
less do they represent the sentiments
OF the nation which are OF co-fratern
ity toward the American people.
THE lack Of representative charac.
ter OF Gen. Victoriano Huerta as con
corning the reNtious of Mexico with
the United States, as we'll a with the
Argentine republic. Chile, Brazil ami
sCuha. has been clearly established with
Sthe justifiable attitude of these ma
lions. who have refused 10 recognize
the usurper in this way lending a
valuable moral support 10 the noble
cause ! represent.
The usurped title of president of
the republic cannot invest General HUI
erta with the right to receive n de-
mand for PREPARATION on the part OF
the United States. nor the right 10
grant satisfaction as due
Brands Huerta as Culprit.
.Vietoriano Huerta is n culprit, who
>is amenahle TO the Constituencies
government today the one under the alb
normal circumstances OF our nation,
which represents the national sover.
eighty The Illegal acts committed
Nv the usurper and his partisans. be-
they OF an international character as
those which recently occurred at the
tport OF Tampico or OF a domestic char
acter. shall be tried and punished with
tribunals of the Constitutionalist gov
eminent
THE individual acts OF Nictoriano
Huerta never will be sufficient to in