Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-06-28
JTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE %, 1915
CARRANXA NOTE AND REPLY.
Release Immediately Of Prisoners To-
ken Is Demand Of u. 8,

Washington, June 25.-President
Wilson called the ranking members
Of the congressional foreign affairs
committees to the White House to-
night and informed them of q COM
munication sent to-day to Gen. Car
rama. He told them he would take
no further action and would not de-
sire to- address Congress before a re-
ply was received.
AS he left Senator Stone said:
''rhe situation is exceedingly
acute" None Of the conferees
would discuss the contents Of the
note, which the State Department had
arranged to have published in the
Monday morning papers.
Text of Note to CaIranZa.
Washington, June 25.-The text of
the note to the Mexican de facto gov
ernment, transmitted to-day to Jas.
Linn Rodgers, special representative
Of the American government in Mex
leo City, says:
"Mr. Arredondo yesterday deliver
I'd to this government the following
communications:
Il am directed by my government
to inform your excellency, with refer
ence to the Carrizal incident. that the
Chief Executive, through the Mexi-
! can war derartm ent, gave orders to
Gen. Jacinto B. Trevino not to per-
| NIT American forces from Gen. Per-
shing's column to advance further
| south, nor to move either east or
| west from the points where they are
located, and to oppose new incursions
of American soldiers into Mexican
territory. These orders were brought
by Gen. Treyino to the attention Of
Gen. Pershing, who acknowledged the
receipt OF the communication rela-
tive thereto. On the 22d instant, as
your eXcellency knows, an American
| force moved eastward quite far from
it's base, Notwithstanding the above
! orders, and was engaged by Mexican
troops at Carrizal. State of Chihua-
hua. AS a result Of the encounter
several men on both sides were kill
ed and wounded, and II American
soldiers were made prisoners
Demands Made by u. $.
"You are hereby instructed to hand
to the minister OF foreign relations of
the de facto government the follow
ing:
The government Of the United
States can put no other construction
upon the communication handed to
the Secretary of State Of the United
States on the oath OF June by Mr..
Arredondo, under instructions of
your government, than that it is in
tended as formal avowal OF delib-
erately hostile action against the
forces of the United States now in
Mexico, and Of the purpose to attack
them without provocation whenever
they move from their present posi-
ton in pursuance Of the objects for
which they were sent there, notwith-
standing the fact that those objects
not only involve no unfriendly inten-
tion towards the government and
people Of Mexico, but are on the con-
trary, intended only to assist that
government in protecting itself and
the territory and people OF the Uni
ted States against irresponsible and
insurgent bands Of rebel marauders.
4 am instructed, therefore, by
my government to demand the imme-
diate release of the prisoners taken
n the encounter at Carrizal, together
with any property of the United
States taken with them, and to In
form you that the government of the
United States expects an early state
ment from your government as to
the course of action it wishes the
government Of the United States to
! understand 1t has determined upon,
and that 1t also expects that this
statement be made through the usual
diplomatic channels, and not through
subordinate military commanders I"
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