Bisbee daily review., 1916-04-14

trusted the conditions of the proposed
 protocol would not apply 10 the pres
 ent expedition and thanking the de
 facto government, flor achieving, as
 put by you, a convention by means oI
 which the forces of the United States are gwen permission to pursue Villa
 and his party on Mexican territory" The next paragraph recites that the
 de facto government necessarily be lieved." from existing exchange notes, that the United States government was convinced that the expedition ar ter Villa was without warrant in the sense of any previous agreement be tween the two governments.
 If now the American government, the note continues. ''pretends that the expedition sent against Villa should be considered as an exceptional one and that it should remain outside of the terms of agreement. 1t appears al- together useless to continue discussing the condition and details of same, be- cause these can be taken up later if II is considered necessary, should repeti- | tion of the lamentable incidents hap pening at Columbus occur.
 The concluding paragraphs, which | formally terminated flor the present. negotiations over the proposed agree ment, again la ystress on Secretary Lansing's suggestion that the Villa pursuit be classed as outside that a. sreement. The expedition is without warrant under the circumstances the ! note asserts. adding that 1t IS now l time to treat with the government or
 the United States upon the subject of
 the withdrawal of it's forces from our
 territory
 l No State Department official who 1 had studied it would comment upon ! thi, aspect It was intimated, how
 ever. that a misunderstanding might still exist in Mexico as 10 the attitude
 of the United States; that the present
 expedition was in fact regarded at the
 State; Department as coming under the terms of the, projected agreement. 1 Should this prove 10 be the case. it is possible the diplomatic tangle might be strengthened out quickly. The terms of the agreement as suggested originally. or as amended by Secretary Lansing in his counterdraft, referred to the Carranza note never have been published.
 ! Whatever steps the War Department took today or has already taken fur ther than Secretary Bakers order to
 General Funston. with the possibility
 in view of an attempt to inject the Am erican forces from Mexican soil, have not been disclosed. It is known, how
 ever, that military authorities have
 had that possibility in mind constantly
 regardless of the diplomatic status oi the expedition. It is understood that
 very definite plans for the relief oi : any beleaguered column may have
 been mapped out. The situation al Parral was unexpected. If official re ] ports from General Pershing bear out the Mexican advices, it seems likely
 that the conduct of the officer in com mand will be subjected to close scrut , iny. Parral is described as lying al
 the base of a rugged mountain, on the bank of a river, and fanking the stage road it is thought possible by some of ficers that the commander of the Am erican column merely sought to pass along the road which would lead hin through the outskirts. The fact that Mexican messages say he reversed his march immediately when objection was made by the Mexican officials was taken as proof that no attempt at oc : cupation of the place occurred.
 One of the new 90 horsepower Cur
 tiss biplanes. tested today at Newpor
 News, has been accepted and is on it: 2 way to the border for the use of Gen
 eral Pershing. The tests were so sue cessful that it had been decided tC
 have three other Curtiss machines
 shipped direct from the factory with
 out being subjected to the usual tests
 Secretary Baker and Major Genera Bliss remained al the War Department until midnight waiting vainly for in formation from General Funston. The departments telegraph room was kept
 open. but only a few messages of rou tine character came in.