The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-01-14
JUSTICE
TO BLOODY BANDITS
ArredOndO Gives Assurances
That CarranZa Will Kill
Guerillas.
PUNISHMENT EXPECTED
VIII Insist That Proper Steps BE
Taken To Vindicate Law
In Mexico

MeNlco, caileu at the state depart
ment today and personally assured
Secretary Langsing that Carranza
troops had been dispatched TO west
ern Chihuhua with orders TO kill or
capture all the bandits concerned in
the Staying of Americans citizens
He said every Carranza solier in nor
said every Carranza soldier in nor
thern Mexico would be pressed into
service if necessary TO accomplish
this purpose.
In statement later Mr.. Arrendn
In statement later Mr.. Arrendo
do said that the men who lost their
place of business before complete
control of the region had been ac-
complished by the Carranza forces.
He said, they had been given per
mission at their own request 70 pass
through the Carranza lines. al
though Americans had been warned
to keep out of territory in which
guerilla warefare was in progress.
WARNED OF DANGER.
WI +fiiShuohuo NElJ 10 JuS SJdJc
department at the close of day
here tofthe Mexican situation. Pres
ident WILSON conferred with Sec
retary Lansing and discussed the
subject with callers. He is under
stood to have the Chihuahua mine
employees had been specifically warn
ed not to go into Mexico.
During the day Secretary Lansing
made it clear that the United State
es would expect from the de facto
government evidence that the MUIR
derers iiad been punished and that
if proper steps were not taken an
issue might arise between the Unit
ed States and the Carranza admin
stration. This statement ws consid-
cred significant of the determin-
tion of the United States to enforce
protection Of its citizens in MeXi-
co The secretary added another
warning to Americans in Mexico
to leave districts "where there is
revolutionary trouble"
AS to the responsibility of the
CarranZa government for the mur-
ders Secretary Lansing declared
nothing would be determined until
all the facts were at hand.
TO URGE ACTION.
In letter to Secretary Lansing
Mr.. Arredondo said:
s.I hova hnnnr IN
ledge the receipt of your excellen-
cy's note of this date (January 12)
with it's inclosure relative to the
murder by Villa forces OF 16 Ameri-
lean gentlemen near the city Chi
huahua and OF the situation in the
State of Durango.
This in the matter has already
been brought to the attention o.;
Mr.. Carranza and while / feel GER
tain that he will omit no effort t.
bring the murderers of the above
mentioned American gentlemen to
justice on his own initiative, i have
nevertheless, communicated with
him by wire on the subject
Secretary Lansing explained that
his conference with the president
had to do almost solely with the pro
blem confronting the state depart
ment in the matter of gaining &C
curate information. There are no
American consuls in the immediate
neighborhood OF the point where
the massacre occurred and the sec
etary indicated there even was pos
sibility that American ( consuls
might be withdrawn from the States
of Durango, Chihuahua and Sonora
until complete order is reported
It was decided at the conference
that Information regarding the mur-
ders would be taken from any re-
liable source, including offiicials of
the de facto government.
Secretary Lansing made it clear
there was nothing to indicate that
that the Carranza author.ls had
not done everything within their
power to apprehend the bandits and
that so far all steps taken appear
ed to be satisfactory. The United
| States. he said. will expect that the
bandits be punished and evidence
Of the punishment must be forth
coming. Upon Developments de-
pends the nature of the action the