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WARNED j. S.
OF VILLAS RAID
Carranza Declares Word Was
Sent to the Border.
AMERICAN TROOPS MUST GO
Mexican Foreign Office Denies Giving
Protection to Outlaws and Accuses
United States of Bad Faith.

Protection to Outlaws and Accuses
United States of Bad Faith.
Mexico City, July 1.-Notice was
served upon the United States govern
ment by the de facto government OF
Mexico that the presence OF American
troops would not be tolerated any
longer upon the soil Of Mexico.
This notification was contained IN
statement given out by the foreign
minister, which is interpreted as an
swer to the recent note of President
Wilson.
The Mexican government charges
the United States with sending
naughty and discourteous communlca
ton, and the attention of the United
States authorities is called to the fact
tina Mexicans have been murdered on
the border where no attempt was maze
to punish the perpetrators.
The Mexican foreign office lays
blame for the killing of Americans at
Santa Ysabel upon the victims Tor at
tempting to journey across territory
that was known to be dangerous.
It Is declared that the pursuit OF
bandits under the leadership OF Fran
cisco Villa by MeXicans was taken up
at once after they began their depre
dations, and that the duty of stamp
ing out these outlaws rests with Mexl
co and not with the United States,
and adds that the Americans them
selves were responsible for the raid,
In that Americans on the border had
been notified by Carranza officers OF
the bandits movements.
In substance, the Mexican govern
ment denies the right of American
troops to occupy Mexican territory,
and declares that the presence OF
United States troops in this country Is
q violation of the national rights. The
statement says:
ut seems strange that the depart
msnt of state should show surprise
and disappointment for the tone and
character of the note of the twenty
second of May, which it calls discour
teous, when the very same department
of state has sent to the constitution
alist government not one, but many
notes, not only discourteous but also
naughty, to say the least.
During the same period to which
the note alludes, 40 MeXicans have
been murdered In United States terri
tory by American civilians, although
the two countries were at peace, and
In none of those cases, although repre-
sensations have been made to the de
partment of state through our minister
at Washington, the guilty have never
been brought to justice or punished.
These acts have been committed by
Americans in American territory or by
Texan-Mexicans against the lives and
interests of Mexicans.
"The government of Mexico cannot
be held responsible for those acts
which have taken place in foreign ter.
ritory and which should be charged to
the natives of another country. Be
sides, the American government was
well aware of all of the facts before
recognizing the constitutionalist gov
eminent, and it now appears irreve
liant or out of place to bring these
facts forward so as to make base
for an unjustifed refusal to withdraw
the American troops from our terri
tory.
ut Is not true that the Mexican
government or its authorities had pro-
tecte6 or covered the criminals who
are claimed to have committed those
depredations and crimes in territory
Of the United States. This can never
be proved by the American govern
ment. The constitutionalist govern
ment has done all in it's power, and
has gone beyond all efforts to protect
the foreigners who are to be blamed
to great extent for persisting in re-
naming in places where conditions
were not normal, although its own gov
srnment, on various occasions, has
asked them not to remain there.
IF our own citizens had to suffer a
good deal on account of actual condi
tons, 1t is not just that foreigners
should pretend and expect to be i'm
mune.