The Sentinel=record., 1914-04-23
Carranza's Statement.

Chihuahua, Mexico, April 22.-Re plying to a telegram from Secretary Bryan at Washington, General Car ranza today telegraphed that the United States is not justified in oc- cupying Mexican territory.
 "The invason' says the letter, will drag us (Mexico) into an un- equal war with dignity but which until today we desired to ayoid'
 The unofficial translation of the text of the letter follows:
 United States Consul j. C. Caroth- ers.-In answer to the message of Mir. Secretary of State Bryan, which was communicated to me through you, please transmit to the said Mr. Bryan the following note addressed to Mir. President Wilson:
 Awaiting the action of the Ameri- can senate on your eXcellencys mes. sage directed to said body, caused by the lamentable incident which oc- cured between a crew in whale boat of the cruiser Dolphin and the soldiers of the usurper, Huerta, cer- 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 constitutional government did not expect from a government that had reiterated its desire to main tain peace with the Mexican people, | comply with the duty of elevated patriotism in directingg this note to you with view to exhaust all honorable means before two friendly nations sever the pacific relations that still unite them.
 And the Mexican nation, the real people of Mexico, have not recog- nized as it's executive a man who had pretended to launch blemish on its national integrity, drowning in it's blood its free institutions, conse- quenly the acts of the usurper, Huerta, and his accompliccs do not signify legitimate acts of sOver- eighty: they do not constitute real public functions of exterior and in terior relations and much less do they represent the sentiments of the nation, which are of co-fraternity to- wards the American people.
 "The lack of representative char acter of Gen. Victoriano Huerta as concerning the relations of Mexico with the United States as we'll as with the Argentine Republic, Chile, Brazil and Cuba, has been clearly es- tablished with the justifiable atti- tude of these nations, who have re- fused to recognize the usurper, in this way lending a valuable moral support to the noble cause I repre- sent.
 ''The usurped title of the president of the republic cannot invest General Huerta with the right to receive a demand for reparation on the part of the United States, nor the right to grant a satisfaction as due.
 "Victoriano Huerta is a culprit who is amenable to the constitu- tionalist government, today the only one under the abnormal circum- stances of our nation, which repre- sents the national sovereignty. The illegal acts committed by the usurper and his partisans and those which they may yet perpetrate be they Of an international character as those which recently occurred at the port of Tampico or of a domestic charac- ter. shall be tried and punished with inflexiblity and promptness by the tribunals of the constitutionalist gov | ernment.
 "The individual acts of Huerta never will be sufficient to involve the Mexican nation in disastrous war with the United States because there is no solidarity whatsoever be-
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