Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-06-26
(By Morning Journal Special Leased Wme.)


| Washington, June 2a.~A demand
! for the immediate release Of the
! American troopers taken prisonegs Al
| Carrizal, coupled with a stern notlfi-
cation that the United States expects
an early statement of the purposes of
the Carran2a government was tele-
graphed to Mexico city today by Sec
retary Lansing.
The note dlscloses that the state
| department received yesterday 4 com
munication from the de faeto govern
ment stating that the Cafrizal fight
was the direct result Of orders to at
tack American soldiers moving other
wise than toward the border person.
ally issued by General Carranza TO
General 1revino, and by the latter
communicated TO General Pershing.
In reply Secretary Lansing requires
that the de facto government transmit
q definite statement "as to the course
of action it has determined upon, %
through the usual diplomatic chan
nels, "and not through subordinate
military officers.
Construed ~ ANowal,
The Mexican communication is con-
strlcd Secretary Lansing states, as
a formal aVowal OF deliberately hos
tie action against the forces of the
United States now in Mexico, and OF
the purpose to attack without provo
cation whenever they move from
their present position despite the,
friendly mission on which they are
engaged and which IL reaffirmed In
the American rejoinder
General Gafranza Is required TO
place himself on record formally. and
81 Ill. ind t..A
restrained language Of Mr Lansing's
Communication that force will be met
with force Apparently the Washing
ton government IS determined that the
dc facto government shall not oyade
responsibility before the world if war
is forced upon the United States.
Leaders Confer.
The note and the military situation
of the United states were talked over
at the White House tonight by the
president, with Chairman Stone OF
the senate foreign relations commit
tee, senator Lodge. ranking republi-
can member and Chairman Flood Of
the house committee on foreign af-
fairs Representative Cooper, rank
ing minority member OF the house
committee, was out Of the city.
After the conference, which lasted
more than an hour Senator stone
said the situation was exceedingly
acute" President Wilson has felt "
necessary to acquaint congress with
the state of affairs and the action !
taken through the foreign affairs
II was indicated that he !
might desire to address n joint ses- |
sion OF the house and senate In a day |
)r two but would not take this final |
,tep untl the Mexican government I
lad been given an opportunity to re-
lY. 4
Tent OF Note.
The text Of The note to the Mexican !
lie facto government. transmitted to-
lay to james Linn Rodgers special
of the American gov
'rnment in Mexico city says
'Mr Arredondo yesterday deliver
d TO this government the following
communications
6arranha's Reply.
" i am directed hy my government
o inform your excellcnry. with ref
lence TO the Carrizai incident, that
he chief executive, through the Mex
can war department, gave orders TO
sen. Jacintu i Trevino. not 20 per
nit American forces from General
column 60 advance further
outh, nor ia move either east OF
vest from the points where they were
ocated. and To oppose new tncufstons
4 American soldiers into Mexican
erritory. These orders were brought
" General TreVinO 20 the attention
f General Pershine, who acknowl- II
dyed the receipt of the communiea- 4
ion relative thereto. on the 22d in I
tant, AS your eNcellency knows. an
meriCan force moved eastward quite
ar from its base. Notwithstanding the
hove orders, and was engaged by
fexlcan troops at Carrizal, state offs