New Britain herald., 1916-10-27
DecVar, American AdvOcat, of Intervention A. Implicated.
TROOPS ON ALERT
 ALONG THE BORDT

Department of justice mye1sirA4k
 to Learn Whether Citizens of UE
 ed States Were -Implicated--'CN boys Defeat Detachment of VillisX
 Capturing Two Officers and 4
 Privates-Rcfugecs Reach Fl P Washington, Oct. 27.-Governn 1 officials hoped today that publica of Secretary Bakers statement the war department had rece& word that another Mexican bandit | tack on the American border American troops has been planned | enemies Of the administration wd 1 have the effect of causing aband& ment of the plot. Commanders American forces received warn however. and were expected to
 extra precautions against att k which the departments informal indicated was to occur before cleo day. The department of justice was vestisating the reports in an efforN prosecute any persons who may beN recting the plot from the Amer side of the border. Secretary LanH | expressed the opinion that no Ar leans were involved, although E | Arredondo, Mexican ambassador l ignate. said similar reports reac him two weeks ago indicated | American advocates of intervenE in Mexico were assisting. banditE planning the raid
 Secretary Baker was pressed further details concerning his in nation on his return today frouD campaign speaking trip.
 Officials Veil Source of Informa
 War and state department off refused to disclose the source specific nature of the informatioI& which Secretary Baker last Il issued statement charging th& handit attack on American troop towns has been planned to disci | Jlle NeAlCsiH They said the channel of informd through which the report came 50 valuable that nothing would given out that might injure its fitness.
 Both Secretary Eansing and S@M tary Baker today laid stress uporN statement that no considera ttoY& dom estic policies led to the issu the announcement that such
 had been discovered.
 ''The obviously appropriate
 rent of the secretary of state
 Secretary Baker, referring to the planation by Secretary Lansing
 night, that no American was IF cated and that a desire to proven 1 carrying out of the plans had pro l ed Secretary Bakers statement | cludes the possibility that any construction or understanding be put upon my statement. The nnent was without political pur and ought. to be without DOT 1 effect, It will have served US purpose if 1t serves notlce upon Iaw1ess people in Mexico that we been warned and are prepared. Secretary Baker declared it "absurd" to suppose that his g
 nent had been intended to imply any nolitical interest in the U States desired anything otner peace on the border.
 Such a thing could not pc. said.
 Anti Carranzistas Blamed.
 Asked just what interests charged were behind the mover Secretary Baker dictated this s nIent:
 "The Mexicans who oppose tn facto government in Mexico woul course. be glad to compltcate +ions between the United States Mexico, and our information Is they think this an appropriate tin do so. The statement made last by the department ought to disd age any adventure on their pal that direction.
 "Everybody knows that many N cans in this country are const e eitating against the do facto poN rlent. Any sympathy there may | the American side of the border the movement is wholly from source.
 '"The only possible suggestion political purpose (In the war dol ments statement), is to pre people in Mexico from creating turbance of a political characte furtherance of their own design,
 Part of the information which to his statement. tho secretary reached him yesterday afterl within a few minutes of the tim left to deliver a campaign speec West Virginia. MT. Baker, it earned, took his advices up secretary Lansing and the latte