The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-09
FUNSTON ASKS
AID OF MILITIA
Continued from First Page.

continued presence of American troops
IN Mexico. Ninety Americans are at
TuXpim The nearest America vessels
are the guuboats Machias and Marietta
a Tampico.
The second ,.use of the htSsatisfactip3
IN official circles here is the la; that
despite urgent representations from TINS
Government Carranza has refused. cN-
cept in a minor degree. - molly he
mining decree which vent INTO eject
May /. Because of the exorhitHrt taAts
which are imposed on the products or
foreign owned mines, but particularly
because OF the provis ION vhicn enables
The Carranza Government to Duy all the
products Of the mines and smelters
with deprecated Carranzo paper cur
rency. the American mine owners have
protested bitterly that the new decree
is practically confscatory.
Although no additional details con-
corning the raids were received at the
war department to-day. the State be-
,aItment received two dispatches from
Consul Blocker at Eagle Pass. the Sec
ond of which contains "A report that the
bodies of j. Deemer and another Anleri-
can, named Coy. who disappeared after
the raid at Bolu'l'as, ha | been found
with their threats cut.
The despatch gives III. total number
Of American casualties In both towns nj
six killed, two wounded and 'our MISS
ing. The elk killed include the three
American soldiers. Lawrenc, *. Rogers.
Stephen ]. Coloo and william Cohen. all
of Troop A., Fourteenth Cavalry a ten
year-old boy named Compton ahd
Deemer and Coy. The despatch added
that all the women at Glen springs nave
been taken to Marathon on army motor
trucks and places the total numDc oi
Mexicans in the raiding party at zoo
| The first despatch placed the NUMBER
Of raiders at IS. :,
Administration officials appear 10 DC
| still hopeful that the Scott-Obregon con
ferencee will yet result In early cooperi'
ton. Although army officers are scepti'
| cal they admit that II there rams 10 ~
cooperation and the border raids cor,
tinue the United States should proceed
10 the formal military occupation OF 'h'
whole Of northern Mexico,
This was the alternative which I'M
General STAFF at the outset proposed 10
the plan Of sending "A punitive expedi
ton, which was approved by the fresi
dent, cu
While il Is not known whether Gen
Eunston has recommended that TIM
| alternative plan should now be iol'o"e.
army officers here declare that u
adoption would call for a force or a
least $50. 900 men ard would require IN
services of the entire National Guar
Mus a complement of volunteers. a.
owing TO the impossibility OF sendih'
raw men into Mexico to face the rigor
of climate it IS estimated that lou
months at least would have to be spei
il, whipping them into shape
Officials OF the Administration appea
s,u loath TO consider such a plan, III
yolvine. as it necessarily would prae
teal intervention.
Inquiries at the state pepar'men
this afternoon concerning the arrange
,pents which Gen. ObregOn has been oil
f,ring TO make with American minin
operators for the reopening of the mine
developed the fact hat the Hnnerlea
Government is in no way n party !
these arrangements, and THAT II ines
Americans venture in they Will DO y
al tn.,r risk. Secretary lansing sal
that the warning to American clviian
tn keen out of northern Mexico still OF
taiuS,