The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1916-03-17
U. S. IN ACCORD
WITH CARRANzA
First Chief Gets Reciprocal
Rights Over Line.
LANSING REASSURES MEXICO

secre'ary OF state issues Note Re'to"
ating That President Has No Other
End in View Than a Punitive Elk
pedition-Situation With Mexicc
Grows Favorable.
Washington, Mar. 1.-the United
States accepted General Carranza' s
proposal for a reciprocal arrangement
by which either his troops or Ameri-
can troops may pursue bandits ON
either side of the border. A note OF
acceptance was sent forward to Gen
eral Carranza at Queretaro.
Later Secretary Lansing announced
that the United States had reoched an
agreement with General Carranza and
had placed it's note of acceptance and
the supplementary statement explain
ing its purpose in the hands of Elesio
Arredondo, General Carranza's am
bassador here.
lansins's Statement.
Then Secretary Lansing issued this
statement:
I'm order to remove any misappre-
hension that may exist either in the
United States or Mexico, the President
has authorized me to give in his name
the public assurance that the military
operations now in contemplation by
this government will be scrupulously
confined to the object already an
nounced, and that in no circumstances
will they be suffered to infringe in any
degree upon the sovereignty of Next
co or develop into Intervention of any
kind in the internal affairs of our sis
ter republic. On the contrary, what
is now being done is deliberately in
tended to preclude the possibility of
Intervention"
The only congressional development
in the situation was declaration in
the Senate by Senator Borah that all
other legislation should be put aside
by Congress and the national prepar-
edness program taken up immediately
to meet any contingency to which the
sending Of troops across the border
might lead.
Funston Gets Presidents Note.
The message to Carranza and the
accompanying statement were for
warded Immediately to General Fun
ston. This action was intended to give
Funston notification that the diplo-
matte obstacles to his expedition had
been overcome and that he was free
to launch it at once.
Agreement Now in Force.
Secretary Lansing made It plain
the reciprocal arrangement is now
complete and in force and that United
States troops may begin their punt
tive expedition without further inter
change of views between the two gov
ernments.
Whether Carranza will be satisfied
with the acceptance given by the
United States remains to be seen. 1t
is not direct response to the pro-
ponal he made.
Literally Carranza's proposal was
for reciprocal arrangement by
which his troops might pursue the
horde led by Francisco Villa" into
the United States.
By the reciprocal arrangement the
United States agrees to permit Car
rama troops to enter the United
States in pursuit Of bandits who leave
American soil to attack Mexican
nj ;.t ha
United States.
In other words, Carranza wants to
chase Mexican bandits over American
soil, while the United States agrees
only to permit him to pursue Aneri-
can bandits who commit depredaJions
on the Mexican side.
Expedition Only Etart, Say Officers.
Whether Carranza accepts or re-
jects the reciprocal proposal, however,
the final plans have been made by the
war department for the start of Fun
ston's expedition.
officers of the war college express.
ed the conviction that the present ex-
petition is only beginning. They are
utItIly uuCOHNlHCcu IHdL IL VIII De
possible to confine the expedition to
mere man hunt for Villa.
War college experts who have had
leading part in planning the line Of
campaign necessary for the pacifica-
ton Of Mexico are preparing for a
struggle that may last four years.
They cannot be convinced that once
into Mexico there can be any stop
short of complete pacification.
Wilson Note Ended Conference.
Ell Paso, Tex, Mar. 14.-When a
point had been reached in a confer.
once between General John J. Per-
shing and General Babriel Gaviera
at the Mexican consulate in the morn.
ing at 10:30 o'clock when 1t seemed
that no progress could be made in any
decisive direction, a telegram was
S-ought to General Pershing from
Washington stating that President
Wilson had acceded to the request Of
the Carranza government that the
troops be permitted
to pursue bandits from Mexico into
the United States should occasion
arise. This clarified the situation,