The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1914-05-01
REBEL CH|EFTA|N
IS SEMEAOST|LE
IN LETTER TO PRESIDENT WILL
SON He DIsAPPRovEs UNIT.
Ed STATES OPERATIONS.
DOES NOT RECOGNIZE HUERTA
Gen. carranza Demands That Amerl-
cans Retire and Let Him Pun
ish the usurper.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Chihuahua Replying to message
from Secretary Bryan at Washington
General Carranza telegraphed that the
United States Is not justified in oc.
.cupying Mexican territory.
The unofficial translation OF the
text of the letter follows:
.Urftgr states consul J. C. Carotns
sers: In answer to the message OF MI.
secretary of State Bryan. which was
communicated to me through you
please transmit to the said Mr.. Bryan
the following note addressed 70 MT.
President Wilson:
awaiting the action Of the Ameri'
can Senate on your excellencys mes
sage directed to the said body, caus-
cd by the lamentable incident winch
occurred between crew in a 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 Constitutionalist govern
-,rant did not expect from a govern
..vnont that had reiterated its desire to
maintain peace with the Mexico peo-
.n,e I comply with the duty OF ele'
.yated patriotism in directing this note e
to you, with view to exhaustlng all
honorable means before two friendly
nations sever the pacific relations tnat
still unite them.
,maxico Does Not Recognize usurper:
"And the Mexican nation-tne real
,neonle of Mexico-have not recogniz
ad as its executive man who> hao
.nretended to launch a blemish on lts
national integrity, drowning in oiooo
&c free institutions, consequently tne
acts Of the usurper, Huerta, and MI
.accomplices do not signify legltlmat5
acts Of sovereignty. They do not con
.stitute real public functions OF eSte
r;or and interior relations and mucl
loss do they represent the sentiment
If the nation which are OF co-fra'ern
itv toward the American people
aThe lack Of representative cnarae
.or ~ Cen. yictoriano duerta as con
corning the relations of Mexico VIII
the United States, as we'll as with Tn
ARGENTINE republic, Chile, Brazil an
Cuba, has been clearly estaoilsheu W." -.
the iustifiable attitude OF these , IL,
tions who have refused to recogh'z
+ha nsurper, in this way lending
Saluahla moral support to the noo'
cause represent .,sont
"The usurped title of president -.
the republic cannot invest General n !
art, with the right to receive a q
m.nd FOR reparation on the part
Tho United States, nor the right
grant satisfaction as aue'
Brands Huerta as culpr's'
"victoriano Huerta is culprit, WI v!
"a amenable to the CONSTITUTIONS,
government today the one under the a
normal circumstances OF our ha'.o ,
which represents the national so "
e;gnty The illegal acts commie,'
by the usurper and his partisans,
thew of an international character ;,
those which recently occurred at q
port of Tampico or Of d ls',n,snsa q, ",
acter, shall be tried and punlsnea W. v,
tribunals of the Constitutionailst u
eminent. ,n,..r,o
"The individual acts OF vie.orla
lHuerta never will be suttlcleh' ~