The Green Forest tribune., 1916-06-30
HOLD IN ABEyANCE
 MEDIATION OFFER
cALDERON SEES LANSING AND SAYS NO STEPS WILL BE
 TAKEN AT PRESENT.
MAKE PREPARATION FOR WAR
Supplemental Orders to Departmental Commanders Called for Greater Haste in Getting the National
 Guard to the Border.

Washingto Efforts toward Latin American mediation in the Mexican crisis. favored by Carranza officials, collapsed without having reached the stage of formal proposal to the United States.
 It was made plain by Secretary Lansing to Ignacio Calderon, minister of Bolivia, that the Washington gov ernment sees nothing in the sit0atlon that would warrant arbitration pro ceedings.
 MT. Lansing talked with the minis ter for half an hour, and is under stood to have told him that the blame for the grave outlook rested squarely upon Gen. Carranza. The attitude of the United States was so fully out lined that Mr Calderon did not men, tion directly the original purpose of his visit, which was to ask if the United States would entertain an of- fer of the services of it's southern
 neighbors to aid in averting war.
 When the minister left the State
 Department he said the time seem
 ed inopportune, and that for the
 present the diplomatic representatives
 of six South and Central American
 countries, who had approached the
 Mexican embassy on the subject of
 mediation and received assurances
 that the Carranza government was ia , vorable to the principles, would tender their good offices to the United States.
 He indicated that the attempt to ar , range mediation might be renewed if
 Gen. CarrauZa's reply to Secretary :. Lansing's last note furnished any base on which the proposal could be X founqhd
 Or , s :..zzis s is.:. :;si-.. -; 5 Az: s -- z ssss s .-s s5' csSe An IT, for Garranza's final word in reply
 the note demanding release of th f prisoners taken at Carrizal, and " formal diplomatic announcement of il
 tentions.
 |: The note has reached Mexico City l. Special Agent Rodgers reported it's re V ceipt, adding that he had failed il
 his first efforts to place it in the hand v of the Carranza minister of foreign re
 lations. Officials looked for an an y swer within a day or two at most r Meanwhile both Congress and tn
 War Department put new urgency 1T . their preparations for war. There . were indications that should forma - break occur towarI the end of the
 week, every possible precautionary , step will have been taken and Gen :, Funston will be in a position to de
 fend the border adequately and rein ;, force Pershing's expedition, although aggressive action may be delayed
 somewhat
 War Department activities during
 the day covered a wide field. Sup
 plemental orders to departmental , commanders called for greater haste . in getting the national guard to the border Authorization went out to accept the men under the physical ex- aminati1ons on which they entered
 the state service, postponing final ex-
 animation until they are en route or have reached the border Those found . unfit will be sent back at once. Pay For State Troops. : estimates to cover the pay and 9 maintenance expenses of the state 2 troops, totaling $S8,000,OO0 up to Jan ! uary 1, were laid before Congress i. With them went figures of S13.0Oo OOC for the purchase of horses and mule; , for army use. The total estimates c the quartermaster-ge general alone pass the $100000,000 mark.
 The House passed the annual army appropriation bill after adding s26. 100000 for emergency purposes dur ing the brief debate that preceded the vote. An urgent deficiency bill car, rying $25,000,000 for national guard pay, equipment and transportation was framed in committee for presen- tation to the House.
 Railroad representatives were call, ed into conference at the War Depart ment to hasten the movement of
 troops and supplies to the border. A definite plan was mapped out under which traffic experts of all lines of work will work with army quartermas.
 ters in routing trains Special marks
 will distinguish cars with army sup.
 plies, insuring them right of way at
 all switching points.
 Plans for military censorship over newspapers, magazines and other pub
 lications as well as over lines Of com
 muniq ntion were talked over.