Bisbee daily review., 1916-04-15
Stone Voices View
 of Administration On Mexican Problem
Senator States That Only One Alternative Remains if Troops Continue to Press Further Into Mexico.
(By Review Leased Wire)

| WASHINGTON. April 14.-Senator Stone. chairman of the foreign rela tions committee, is thought to have voiced the administration view to the Senate speaking after a confer ence with Secretary Lansing.
 The problem confronting this gov ernment," the senator said, lis how long it would be wise to keep an ex- peditionary force in Mexico. If we adhere to our policy towards Mexico We cannot keep the army there. To my mind the only alternative to with drawing the troops sooner or later is | intervention"
 Senator Stone said that while he had strongly favored the sending of the expedition, he had never believed it would succeed in capturing or killing Villa. The troops already had accomplished something, he added, in breaking up some of the Villa bands.
 Some army officers share the view that the capture of Villa is most i'm probable, unless the expedition is in- creased in size and scope to a com plete military occupation of all north ern Mexico. Since the administration has no intention to take such a step, they feel that the present. mission of the expeditionary forces is merely an offensive movement in defense of the border They do not believe raids on American towns are likely as long as the pursuit is kept up far south of the international line. Great interest in the outcome of the cabinet meeting today was manifested by members of Congress. Many inquiries as to the course to be pursued were received at the White House and by members of the Presidents official family It is understood it was made very clear in every instance that domestic policies would not be allowed to have the slightest weight in dealing with the problem.
 Several days may elapse before a reply can be prepared to the Carranza note and diplomatic machinery be set in motion for the negotiations between the two countries.
 The State Department saw no req son today to retire from it's position that a formal agreement under which the crossing of the Mexican border in pursuit of Villa proceeded had been reached with General Carranza be- fore the order to move was given. In its reply to Carranza's proposal for a reciprocal agreement, the Depart ment stated clearly the terms of that agreement as it understood them and declared them to be operative. A week or so elapsed. it was pointed out. be- fore any question was raised. In the meantime. American troops already were on Mexican soil.
 Mir. Lansing said today he had no recollection of having assured Eliseo Arredondo, on March 23, that the troops would not go farther south than they then were until the dip lomatic situation was cleared. and that he must have been misunder- stood by MT. Arredondo. He added that at the time he did not know how far the troops had gone.
 Many of the points raised in the Carranza note were viewed as refer ring to the protocol negotiations which followed. and not to the original reciprocal agreement.
 It will take time to gather and study all the facts. Part of the nego- tiations with Mir. Arredondo were con ducted by Counsellor Polk in the ab- sence of the secretary.
 MT Polk is resting at Hot Springs, Va. and will not return to Washing ton until next Tuesday. Lansing showed no inclination to seek a per sonal report from him until his re- turn.
 Attention has been given to the fact that the CarranZa note rested it's request for engotiations in part upon the statement that the American eX- petition was not fulfilling it's object. the capture of Villa and dispersal of his bands. and could not fulfill it. The State and War Departments are not disposed to allow this to go un- challenged. To meet 1t. however. careful review of what the troops have done. and are doing. beyond the border. will have to be made. Only brief telegraphic advices so far have been received Full statements and explanations of opinion will be ob- tained in all probability from General Funston al San Antonio and from
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