Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1915-08-13
CARRANZA SENDS NOTES TO
LANSING AND SOUTH AMER
iCAN DIPLOMATS.
MExiCANS INVADE TEXAS
Reported Forces Enter State WIN
Announced Purpose Of melting Up
rising-U. s. Consul Asks Troops
-8attleships to Vera Cruz.

reached here that more than 1860
carranza troops from the command
Of General Navarette, have moved
into Texas, In the territory surround.
ing RrownsvIile, and have scattered
into bands to rally Mexicans Ia tho
state with the announced purpose Of
beginning an uprising They are re-
ported to be under command Of Juan
Datos santoe, vincente Davlka and
Carlos Garcia. War department o..
flelals would not discuss the report
Requests More Troops.
Laredo, Texas, Aug. IA request
for more troops In the Laredo dis
trict, because Of bitter feelings Of
some Mexicans over the nonrec0eni-
ton of Carranza, was wired the state
department by United States Consul
Alonzo B. Garrett, at Nuevo Laredo.
opposite here
Passengers arriving from Tamptco
reported that four American residents
Of that city have been sentenced to
long penitentiary terms, charged with
counterfeiting. It was reported that
these Americans have been placed
aboard the Mexican gunboat Bravo
and sent to Vera Crus.
Situation Worse.
Washington, Aug. 12-With Gener-
al Carranza warning the United
States and the Pan-American nations
to keep their hands of Mexican af-
fairs, with two United States war
ships rushing toward Vera Cruz, with
the ministers OF the A. B. c. powers
comforting with Secretary of State
Lansing in New York, and with the
situation on United States soil in
Texas growing worse as raiding bands
Of Mexicans battle with ranchers and
soldiers, the Mexican situation doomed
large in the affairs Of department
heads.
Despite the tact that word has been
received from Vera Cruz that the sit
uation at that place Is quiet, no
orders recalling the Louisiana and the
New Hampshire were sent out, while
Secretary of War Garrison admitted
S.A1k ~ CASpOA 10 eA0 A~0AAy ~ 0O3AVUv
troops Immediately If needed.
On receipt of word that at least
ten more persons had been killed
some of them United States soldiers.
in near guerilla warfare in Texas
and with reports that Mexican raiders
have penetrated fully 81 miles with
in the borders of the state, more
troops were sent south, and general
| orders for a gathering of all army
units within immediate striking dis
lance of the border we're forecast
Tells U. S. to Keep Hands Of.
Washington. Aug. 12.-General Car.
rama, through his Washington agents
notified Secretary Lansing that the
Mexican people view with displeas.
ure' any attempt tending to Illustrate
the success of Carranza's armed fore.
es. Carranza's message referred to
the pan-American conference, and
was taken as plainly signifyfng he
would not agree with its action to-
ward Mexican affairs
Carranza also has sent q similar
notification to the diplomatic repre-
sentatives Of all the Latin-American
republics participating in the Next
can conference, saying that any at
tempt between them and the Ameri-
can government to solve the internal
situation of Mexico would involve
| IN act which could not be looked up
On with levity, as it would mean. on
the part of the Latin-American ma
! lions, the acceptance of the prece-
dent that they can take part in any
Internal affairs of sister nation with
the cooperation of the United States.