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u. s. ARMY TO
LEAVE MEXICO
Wilson Decides to Recall Force
After Massacre.
no IMMEDIATE EVACUATION
Secretary Lansing Announces United
States Will Treat With Carranza
For Retirement.

Washington, April l5.-Secretary
Lansing announced that he was pre-
! pared to treat with General Carranza
as to his proposal for the withdrawal
| of American TT ops tom Mexico.
| It was added, however, that no i'm
mediate withdrawal was in contempla-
ton.
The United States will inform Car,
/ rama to that effect soon and discuss
with him the time and manner of their
removal OF the troops.
! The secretarys announcement was
| taken to mean that inasmuch as the
United States fully expected to with
draw the troops when the Villa chase
was ended, some formal arrangement
will be made.
| Secretary Lansing said the United
| States had not agreed to restrict the
punitive expedition to the territory 1t
| had reached by March %, and that
there evidently was some misunder-
standing on the part of General Car
rama In this respect.
In both houses of congress Mexican
developments were watched closely,
and there was an undercurrent of SEN
| timent, chiefly among Republicans,
that the embargo on munitions of war
everywhere in Mexico shou be en-
forced.
Chairman Stone, OF the foreign re-
lations committee, after comforting
with Secretary Lansing, said the state
department had no information not
made public.
"The problem confronting this gov
eminent Is how long it would be wise
to. keep an expeditionary force in Mex
tco," said Stone. Il have never be-
lieved we would achieve the capture
of Villa. Diaz had a price on Villas
head for years and could not get him.
I do not doubt that Carranza would
like to get him, but he has been I'M
able to do so. Villa is in his own
country and our soldiers are in a diff
cult unknown country. They have sue
ceedel in breaking up some Of Villas
bands and have accomplished some
thing. 1 was strongly in favor o.
sending the expedition after villa.
whether it got him or not.
"But we have recognized the de
facto government in Mexico and
agreed to send an expeditionary force
into Mexico for a certain purpose
How long can we let that army stay
In a foreign country, where friction
already exists and where more friction
Is bound to develop? If we adhere
| to our policy toward Mexico we can
not keep the army there. To my mind
the only alternative to Withdrawing the
troops sooner or later Is Intervention"
Representative McLemore, of Texas,
whose resolution to warn Americans
of belligerent ships raised one of the
hveliest rows of the present congress,
introduced resolution declaring that
"the American military forces must
not for any reason be withdrawn from
Mexico until Francisco Villa has been
killed, captured or forcei into exile"
The resolution was referred to tie for
| eign affairs committee.
Deep anxiety was felt in official cir
cles over the fate of Major Tompkins
and his little force of United States
cavalry, attacked in Parral Mexico,
on Wednesday. Known to be outnum-
bered, perhaps beleaguered. in a dis
trict VIGOROUSLY anti-American, 1t was
feared the troopers might be in grave
danger. Lack Of information from the
| isolated detachment intensified the
anxiety for their safety.
General Funston reported to the
war department that he had received
no word from General Pershing on
the fight Wednesday at Parral, but
that he Is continuing to press for in
formation.
Secretary Baker said there had been
NO change in General Funston's or
ders but declined to discuss questions
OF policy raised by the Carranza note
The border commanders hands were
entirely free, he said, to make any
necessary disposition of the 10000
men under his command
Officials were still unable to deter
mine just what troops were involved
In the Parral ARRAY. The opinion pre-
vailed, however, that it was a detach-
ment of the Thirteenth Cavalry, al
though some officers believed it might
have been a detachment Of the Tenth