The Sentinel=record., 1915-03-11
CARRANzA REPLIES ID WILSON NOTE
DECLARES HE WOULD BE JUSTl FEED IN NOT ANSWERING ON
 ACCOUNT OF ITS TONE.
Denies That He Has in Any Way Pre. vented the People of Mexico City From Receiving Food Supplies.

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 sul Siliman.
 Although the terms in which this 1
 note is worded would afford me caust |
 for not answering, it is my wish not. |
 witlstanding, that my silence be not | construed as justification of charges | contained in the same nave tried |
 to put aside for the moment refer. |
 ences which are made to my personal | responsibility and looking only ior the 1
 good of my country and for the bene, |
 fit of the cause which the Mexican
 people nave entrusted to me. | |
 thought it my duty 10 answer at once. l
 "On the other hand, in view Of the l importance Of the subject discussed
 in the aforesaid note. | have thought |
 myself authorized not to follow this time customary channels but to ad. | dress you CPresident Wilsonl person ally concerning a matter which may involve the success of the Mex cal revolution In the note am answer | ing il is taken for granted that the imputations made against Gen ral ObregOn by an international commit tee of foreign residents in the City of !, Mexico, the substance of which also
 has been commuicate1 to me by Mr. SlIiman in his note of the first in stance, are true, and thie assumption
 has been indulged in wlea the an. wer to those inspirations was being prepared
 Preserving the privilege of answer ing more fully and in detail tarough | the customary diplomatic channels the note referred to lately, take this opportunity to state in an earnest ana | emphatic way that General Opregon | never has intended to incite the hun. l gry populace oi the City of Mexico to | commit Outrages Of any character He | has not prevented in aly way the en- | trance of food supplies into Mexico 1 City but on the contrary has ,acii- tated such imroitatons. He has not created wilfully the distressing cond.,
 tions which prevail at present in 1 Mexico City but has done everything
 in his power to alleviate tlem Such a situation is the conse- | quence of a painful but unavoidable l ebdlt VI W uI III W lItH Nt are dlIu which for the first time really has
 reached Mexico City, but it has been | aggravated by the conduct of the mer-
 chants who were openly defiant and 1 with concert of action closed their | commercial establishments il mo-
 ments of greatest public distress as a protest against the humanitariaa re l faF faN ..hf ~ nl,uaaY,,, i'm, posed.
 "ln face of the charges expressed 1 by the international committee in 1 their complaint to the state depart nent point you to the fact that Gen eral Obregon has been in the posses
 sion of the City of Mexico since Jan
 nary 2G unti today without mobs, as-
 sassinations. lootings or any other of the outrages which are apt to occu, and which frequently do occur in times of war
 During all this time large amounts of food supplies nave been taken into Mexico City and large quantities of supplies have been distributed among the distressed people. Other impo,- tant measures also have been taken looking to further relief which I will mention in detail at the proper time While it is proper to state to your eXcellency that the right to occupy
 or to evacuate Mexico City or any other place in the republic must at all times be reserved and is to be eXer- cised when deemed by the responsi- ble military authorities to he in furth- erance of the cause of the revolution, the obligation on the constitutionalist army to safeguard the lives of for eigners is nevertheless fully under
 stood and realized You will there
 fore permit me to assure you that al the time of the evacuation of Mexico City every facility within my power will be afforded to all foreign resi- dents in that city to depart the coun- try or to go to other and safer places
 in the republic
 "I always have tried to give and have given the largest protection that
 has been possible to the lives and in
 terests of Americans and other for eignCrs even during the most difficult period of our struggle. l have pur- pose of continuing the same line of
 conduct and have decided to take all measures possible to avoid all dam age to foreign residents. With this purpose solely in view l addressed
 a note to the diplomatic corps in Mex. | leo City which l have repeated twice Inviting them in case of evacuation
 to come either to this port O. to any of the cities, for instance Puebia' Jalapa or Orizaba, which are under the control of the constitutionalist
 forces where they can be assured | perfect protection
 Tt was only three dave ago that the
 state department at Washington di- ! rected the attention of American resi- dents in Mexico City to your former advice that they should retire from the country until conditions saould
 be settled. It is my most earnest ,,.set, that tha othor F0rofou TO idputg