Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-03-14
President Wilson Agrees to
the Demands of Chief
CarranZa.
WORKING AGREEMENT
HELPS U. s. SOLDIERS
General Funston Carefully
Planning Campaign to
Be Followed.
March 1S. - The


tered INTO a formal agreement with
the de facto government of Mexico to-
day under which American troops will
cross the border to hunt down villa
and his bandits with the expectation
ot hearty cooperation from the Car
rama forces.
Secretary Lansing made public the
text OF note accepting General Car
ranza's proposal for reciprocal ar
rangemcnt between the two govern
ments and announcing that the United
States neld this arrangement to be
In force and binding upon both par
ties. Official announcement was
awaited tonight that the American
force had crossed the border. Plans
for the troop movements have gone
ahead without regard to the diplo-
matte exchanges.
= Lausinc's Statement.
Mr. Lansing also made public
statement issued in the name OF
President Wilson reterating that
every step being taken by the admin
istration is based on the deliberate
intention to preclude the possibility
OF armed Intervention in Mexico. Tue
statement follows:
I'm order to remove any mis-
apprehension that may exist
either In the United States or In
Mexico. the president has author
ixcd me to give in his name the
pubic assurance that the mill
tary operations now in cORtcm-
platiOn by this government will
he sVrupuIously confined To tie
object already announced and
that In no circumstances Will
they be suffered to infringe in
any degree upon the sovereignty
Of Mexico or develop into inter-
Nentipn of any lend In the In.
tcrnal affairs of our SISTER re-
pubic. On the contrary, what Is
now being done l. deliberately
intended to preclude the pOssi-
biiity of intervention"
The note to CarranZc declines the
terms of the agreement beyond the
possibility of misconstruction. In
brief. it provides that where condi-
tions arise on the American side OF the
border similar to those at Columbus
which led to the orders to General
Funston to enter Mexico, the same
privilege will be accorded to the Mex
lean de factO government without ne
cessity Of further exchange of views
1t is clearely stated, however, that the
bandits to be pursued on American
soil by Mexican troops must have
nlitted depredations on the Mexican
side, and fled back again to United
States territory There is no such in
stance on record in recent years.
Mcxicans JubiIant.
Officials at the Mexican embassy
were jubilant over the acceptance OF
General CarranZa's proposal by the
United States. The ambassador des-
iguate, Eliseo Arredondo, withheld
comment pending advices from his
chief but other officials made no Sc
cret of their entire satisfaction with
the American note. 1t was trans
mitted promptly to General Carranza.
Some officials said that while a few
extreme radicals among Carranza ad-
herents might show opposition to the
agreement this element would not be
important nor would II influence the
relations between the two govern
ments.
Advices to the navy dearptment to-
day from Vera Cruz. Tampico and
other points on the Mexican gulf
coast tended to confirm this view
Commanders of American warships
at these ports said the publication
there of the intention of the United
States to send armed forces after
villa had caused no excitement or
uneasiness. There were no indca
tions of anti-American demonstra-
tons. the messages said. even when it
appeared doubtful what course the
Carranza government would pursue.
gjresoneheirta pnddmicus3 taoi aaeaoe
stop Munitions
To prevent any war munitions from
reaching Villa from the United
States the treasury department today
instructed its collectors at San Fran
cisco, Nogales, and Los Angeles. to
place an embargo on shipment of
arms and ammunition through those
points into Mexico. The embargo af-
fects the principal commercial gate
way to Chihuahua, Sonora, and Lower
California and Is regarded as suffi-
cient in extent to make certain that
villa will not be supplied from this
country. There is no present inten-
ton to extend 1t to other Mexican
territory.
While General Funston was pro-
ceeding with his arrangements to
pursue the bandits and end their ac-
tivities once and for all, the war de-
partment was unusually quiet today.
Scores of kilograms came from the
border dealing with troop movements.
supplies and other countless details of
military operations; but no word that
the forces had gone into Mexico. The
dispatches have not yet disclosed to
the department an outline OF General