The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-06-23
DE FAcTo CHIEF IS THREATENED
BY PRESIDENT WILSON IN LONG
REPLY TO LATEST DEMAND
INTENDED FOR PEOPLE.
REFUSES WITHDRAWAL;
RESENTS INVITATIONS
American Note Excoriates Carranzs
for Failure to Co-operate-Charges
Government Troops Failed to
Punish Raiders and Helped
Them to Escape.

CoIonla Lublan, Chihuahua, June 22.
via Wireless to CoIuabus, N. NJ
An American soldier was captured by
carranzistas of the Casas Grandes gar
rlson and held prisoner several hours.
He was released only when General J.
J. Pershing, expeditIonary command
or, sent demand in which he warned
the Mexican commander that If tho
soldier was held an hour longer
American troops would attack the
town.
Douglas, Ariz., June PA special
train left Aqua Prieta, the Mexican
town opposite here at 8 p. m. with
$500 passengers which represented all
the civilian inhabitants of the place.
Men, women and children hurriedly
entrained upon receipt of code teie-
gram from Mexico City by General
Gales. The destination of the train 10
reported to be Nacozari, rs miles be-
low the border. As it pulled out cries
OF "Viva Carranza," "Viva Mexico" al
most drowned the sound of the Wheel
ing engine.
Washington, June 21.-The Ameri-
can government has threatened Gen.
eral Carranza with the gravest con-
sequences if he attacks American
troops now in Mexico
This threat was contained in long
note replying to his last withdrawal
demand. Full of short-arm diplomat
ic jabs, the note positively declines to
take the American forces out of Mex
leo. 1t excoriated Carranza for his
failure to cooperate and resented his
bruskness and his limitations of bad
faith.
Wilson Threatens carranza.
IF the de facto government is
pleased to ignore this obligation Ito
protect American rights and chase
bandits)," said the note, "and to be-
lieve that in case of refusal to retire
these troops there is no further re-
course than to defend it's territory by
an appeal to arms" the government
of the United States would surely be
lacking in sincerity and friendship If
it did not frankly impress upon the de
facto government that the execution
Of this threat VIII lead to the gravest
consequences"
Bluntly the note told Carranza that
this government cannot recede from
its settled determination to maintain
its national rights" and to prevent
further raids across the boundary.
Summary of Note.
The high lights Of the note were:
Resentment of Carranza's discour-
teous tone and temper In his last note.
Charges that bandits have gone un-
hampered and UNPUBLISHED in attack.
ing Americans.
Recitation of scores of instances Of
banGitry.
Charges that the Carranza regime
has been indifferent to atrocities and
even encouraged and aided some Of
the leaders of these.
Charges that Carranza did not take
proper steps to apprehend Villa and
others.
Questions Sincerity.
Il am reluctant to be forced to the
conclusion which might be drawn from
the circumstances" Secretary Lansing
declares, that the de facto govern
inert, in spite of the crimes commit
ted ard the sinister designs of Villa
and his followers, did not and does not
now intend or desire that these out
laws should be captured. destroyed,
or dispersed by American troops or.
at the request of this government, by
Mexican troops"
Outlines v. s. Intentions.
The purposes of the United States
government toward Mexico, ques-
toned in the last Mexican note, are
announced in the following language:
IF denial is needed that this
government has had Interior and i'm
proper motives in its diplomatic rep
reservations, or has countenanced the
activities Of Mexican sympathizers and
the American press opposed to the
de facto government, I am glad most
emphatically to deny it. 1t is, how
ever, a matter of common knowl-
edge that the Mexican press has been
more active than the press In the
United States in endeavorilg to in
fame the two peoples against each
other and to force the two countries