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ssting on placing a time limit in the
proposed protocol regarding the activi-
J ties of the American forces. They de-
MED. however. that because OF this the
Administration was considering With
drawing the expedition.
| Regarding the railroad question Sec
retary Lansing to-day sprang Il surprise
when he declared that this Government
fas never asked the Carranza Govern
ment for permission to Use the railroads.
II do not consider the railroad q,ies-
! tion." he said. "worthy OF discussion.
IL really isn't "A factor In the situation
any longer at present"
When the reports reached the Senate,
based on tho publication OF the orders to
Funston, that the Administration WAS
preparing 20 withdraw the American
troops. senator Lewis Of Illinois. the
democratic "whly." made the statement
that. speaking for himself. the United
states will not withdraw In the effort
to capture those who violated the honor
Of the country.
Secretary Baker, who from the first
has consistently refused to reconcile with
! the Presidents statement his own original
| announcement to the eYert that the
troops were sent into Mexico to capture
or disperSc the bandits, Indicated that
| the action OF the War Department to-
, day IN ordering twenty-five more gaso-
lene tank cars sent to Pershing was not
considering "A withdrawal Of the expedi-
ton.
Tho customary official summary OF
dispatches received from Mexico by the
state Depart ment concerning conditions
IN the interior did not contain to-day
any reference to the reports concerning
tho uneasness at Mazatlan on the west
coast and the destitute conditions OF
Americans desiring to leave Laredo. The
report from Mazatlan stated that 200
Americans there were desirous OF leaving
because of bandit operations In the
vicinity and urged that a steamer be
sent there for the purpose OF accommo-
dating the refugees. The official sum-
mary was as follows:
Photographic reports dated April :
from Nogales state that conditions in
that district continue quiet. Reports OF
the same date from Piedras Negras state
that the situation Is quiet In that dis
rlct. Vera Cruz. Tampico and Puerto
Mexico are reported quiet.
The situation at Guaymas and VII
cinty and NJ ropolohampo Is unchanged
II is reported that Gen. Serrano has left
Guaymas for the south. and that Gen.
Estrada Is now in command AZ that
place. II Is also reported that Gen.
Callas has been placed IN supreme COM
nand of all the troops in Sonora
The Department is in receipt of a
telegram dated April from the Ameri-
can Consul at Acapulco stating that the
situation there remains qulet and that
the feeling toward Americans appears TO
be friendly.
The Department IS IN receipt OF re-
ports dated April : from Monterey stat
ing that paper money of the de facto
Government Was worth at Monterey on
that date three times as much As II was
on Saturday last.
photographic reports Of the same date
from III paso state that the currency
OF the de facto Government OF Mexico
has r.scn in the ri Paso market during
this week from $3.50 to $3.50 gold per
hundred pesos The reason is said to
bc due to the Mexico city market and
to causes originating there. The des-
patches from FL Paso state that an Off
cia of the de facto Government is said
to have stated that the rise had been
caused by a redemption in Mexican gold
and silver %: some Of the currency OF
IN, Government.
'T'legraphic advices from Guaymas.
ou the west coast. state that there has
been Il marked Increase in the value OF
paper money within the pas, week. ex-
change now being reported at so for -