New Britain herald., 1914-04-23
President Wilson Gives This Declaration to
 CarranZa.
ARE DEALING ONLY WITH HUERTA, IS
 DECIDED.

Washington, April 23.--After issu- ing a statement declaring the inten- < tion of the United States to enforce Preparation, whenever and wherever the dignity of the United States IS fiouted," President Wilson bent all theS energies of the administration to- $ day to- planning for operations in { Mexico. The presidents statement, issued after a cabinet conference, in reply to the message received from the constitutionalist chief Carranza, &eclared that We are now dealing onlys with those whom Huerta conn mands and those who come to his support
 From dawn today the wearied chiefs of the war and navy depart ments, Secretary of State Bryan and ea1he other cabinet officials hurried from conference to conference.
 Cabinet officials Aid.
 At the White House the cabinet officials. with Counsellor Robert Lan- sing of the tateFdepartment aided the president in formulating his re- ply to Carranza. At the war. de- apartment Secretary Garrison General ' Wotherspoon chief of staff Major General Leonard Wood, who has been designated toNcommand the army i'll it's Mexican operations and General E.. w. Weaver, chief of the coast artillery, held several conferences dis cussing operations Orders from the war department directed Fort Sam Houston to stop all importations Of arms directed to the Huerta forces across the border in Piedras Negras. 2 --This led to report that the ern- bargo on {arms had been re-estah- lished at the orthern border against both fedetarssts and 'constitutionalists.
 Blankct Order Withheld.
 The. depa rtIl1ent hesitates to issue "a bla1kat order until the exact atti- 1 tude e of sthe cpnstftuti toward 1 Res UnHAd States can be ders,onstrat- { The situation on the Mexican bor- ' der'was the su bject of all the day's conferences. Any.contemplated move ! nent of the army to Vera Cruz by transport, will be held up until bor- der conditions would permit with drawing of troops there. A complete AAange in the plan of military cam RAign in Mexico may be necessitated zsDy the menacing attitude of the con- stitutionalists. ks Predicated upon the belief that the ;5 G6146t 6titutionalists would observe an . att3kude of strict neutrality no ar 7 7 xhrIEefnents have been.made in regard G the disp osition of American mili- tary forces on the northern border. Anti-Feeling Growing.
 Late reports, however, from Con- 5sular Agent Carothers indicate grow ing turbulence and the development 7 of anti-American feeling .n the nor.n M o,-k;o ,,1O O.lxy i,, neighborhood of Chihuahua, where many Americans remain in charge of : their own business interests.
 A danger spot has. developed rapid 1y at Fort Bliss, where 5000 Mexican federal soldiers and their wives who fled from Ojinaga so.sie months ago, are within a barbed wire enclosure, insufficiently guarded The status of these internes is likely to be changed very soon to that of prisoners of war.
 s Plans of campaign are being ar ranged on the lines of the immediate syStablishm of sufficient protec- G6n along the aentire northern border of Mexico for stheseA Anleric&n inha hi- Following, that vii deyelofkthe de- tails of the original plan of carnpaign~ against Mexico Uity by land via the railroad lines from Fl Psssp south.
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 l This is dependent upon aedecision 2 by the administration that state, of actual war exists.
 Wilson Answers | Earranza.
 President Wilson issued the follow iiA iNS comment op' Carranza's statement
 "I wish to reiterate with the, great est earnestness the desire and inten- ton of this government to respect in every way possible the sovereignity s..h and independenes ss Of the 1 5people of
 '.rhe feeling ndaintention of the government in this matter are not N based upon politics They go much d deeper than thata, They are based ' upon genuine Aiepdship for the
 Mexican p"ople Ad. a profound in terest in the re-estahN hment of their
 constitutional systsA
 Government W s Firm.
 .whatever unhappy cfrcumstances
 IT. necessities may arise, this object
 i'll be held steadily in view and pur-
 he'd with constant purpose, so far
 Is this government is concerned.
 But we are dealing with facts.
 Wherever and whenever the dignity
 pf the United States is ffouted, it's in-
 erests or the rights of it's citizens inN
 yAded taraits influences Rebu uffedep fs8T& kt has the right to attempt gtei sk> tkis governrnent m ust VI ga fsss f Jf / F. &ose. actually inxscontfCfs@H Hf. lis tfiS3 3,z