South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-06-30

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until an escort could be furnished
for their train. and as ne was man
very impulsive and always desiring
10 impose his authority and possess
ing a very bad temper. his own tenn
permanent carried him 10 his doom,
together with the rest OF his COM
panions.
Told OF Danger.
These facts are well known in FL
Paso and in all that region il is a
fact that the American military au-
thorities and the same American
government could not deny that Gen
Gavira upon the sixth day Of March
notified them that he had been adj
vised that Villa, leading a band Of
marauders. was on their way 20 the
frontier going through Palomas
This notice. given in ample time,
should have prepared the American
authorities for the incoming danger
on account of the presence of Villa
at Palomas and Columbus.
The American authorities also
know what were the hostile inten-
tions Of Villa against the United
States The constituencies gov
eminent from the moment it heard
Of the Villa movement and right
after the attack of these bandits on
Columbus, ordered that 1900 men
under the command Of Gen. Luis
Gutierrez. should march at full
speed 70 the northern region of the
state of Chihuahua to pursue the
bandits who. after having committed
outlaw acts in a foreign territory
were returning TO their own country.
Imprudent Acts?
1T is of public domain that per-
secution of villa was Immediately
started and that the marauder bands
were soon scattered.
1T is a gratuitous imputation
of the American go eminent that
the constitutionalist government was
not anxious TO end these incursions
or TO punish the guilty for the
crimes committed
1T is an established fact that the
incident at Parral was precipitated
by the imprudent act of the Ameri-
town when he was well aware that
the cOnstitutionalist government
never gave him permission to enter
or for the presence of the American
troops in our territory and much
less take possession of towns. 1t is
also true that the troops of the con-
stitutiOnalist government protected
the American troops against the very
just Indignation of the people of
Parral for their presence in said
town.
1T is inexact. in every manner of
form the imputation Of lack Of 10y
atty on the part of the constitution
alist troops which is referred TO in
the note.
The constitutionalist government
could not help but consider unlawful
| the presence of the American troops
in Mexican territory because the
/ orders which this army had from
its own government and as publish
! ed by the American press were to
| commence the persecution of villa
and his bandits, returning to their
own territory once these bands were
/ dispersed or that the constitution
alist troops should take up the pur-
suit, as they have done"
Is Not Agreement
The note calls attention to what
/ really was no more than a simple
proposition that the Mexican govern
ment made conditionally to the gov
! eminent of the United States. in a
note dated the 10th of March for
| the reciprocity for the passage OF
I Il oops in pursuit of ihe bandits in
case that in any other region of the
/ frontier the Columbus incident
should be repeated in the future.
This provisional proposition
could never be called an agreement
and therefore it is not true that the
constitutiOnalist government has re-
pudiated any agreement.
1T is absolutely untrue that the
constituencies government should
have considered the form and ma
ture Of an agreement for the mu-
tual trespass of troops for the per-
secution of bandits. What really the
constitutionalist government wanted
was 10 fix the terms and conditions
for future difficulties that might
arise between one and the other
country and 10 satisfy the Mexican
people as to the reason for the pres
ence of American soldiers in our
own territory.
Charge Abuse.
The United States really has
tried TO abuse and not to use a fun
damental and defined agreement be-
cause in all its acts it could be
easily seen that they have not want
ed to limit themselves TO the perse-
cution of bandits. but to enlarge
their radius of action.
1T is true that the constitution
alist government suspended the dis
cussiOn of the agreement on the reci-
procity OF trespassing troops. but il
had very serious reasons for so de-
Gliding. because the government OF
the United States did not want 10 in
clude the Columbus expedition in
this agreement, and this naturally
could not be accepted by the con-
stitutionalist government. inasmuch
as it would have been equal 10 con-
sent 10 the invasion of Mexican ter
ritOTy
1T is not true that the govern