Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-06-30
VAR CLOUD MAY
Be SCAT Tered
But Concentration Of Ma
tional Guard Will Be
Continued
CRISIS IS PASSING
United States, However. Will Insist
Upon Full Compliance With De-
mands by Mexico

Mexico City, June 3G.-The for
eign Office has practically completed
the reply to- the last American note
It may be given out within a te"
hours.
The general belief is that the re
ply will be pacifcatory and will re
lieve the possibility of war betweer
Mexico and the United States.
The majority Of well-informed
persons in the capital believe there
will be no hostilities.
They base this belief not only or
their knowledge of developments
here, but on the attitude of Wal
Street and London financial inter
ests likely to be affected by war.
Washington, June 30-The Wash
ington Government still waits ful
compliance with its demands by the
de facto authorities of Mexico.
Release by General Carranza's
order of the American prisoners
taken at Carrizal has averted the
probability of immediate retaliatory
steps. It is possible that it has also
helped to pave the way toward ar
attempt at peaceful settlement of
the whole border situation. High
officials made it very clear, howev'
er,..~that the vital point zat issue
the future attitude Of Mexican fore
es toward American Troops in North,
efn Mexico, engaged; in guarding
the border and pursuing bandits who
ra;ded American territory-remains
to be settled.
The State Department has no ad
vices as to when diplomatic re
DIV to its demands may be expected
The Carranza government has adopt
ed the unusual course of complying
In fact with an urgent demand IRON
a foreign government before 1t
even acknowledged receipt OF TIT
note or made any statement Of wha
It proposed to do.
Pending a satisfactory answer tt
it's second and more far-reaching re
quifemelnt, the United States will
continue to hurry troops to the Dor
der and to take every step necessar!
in preparation for the carrying ou
of it's purpose by force of arms.
Intimations have come, it is un
derstood, that Carranza intends t.
back up the. orders issued by Gen
Trevino directing that American
troops be attacked if they move'
in any direction in Mexico excep
toward the border. Officials are full,
prepared for reply of that charac
ter, despite the fact that the pris
oners taken at Carrizal have beel
promptly surrendered on demand.
They expect, however, that the re
affirmation of position will be mad
in a note free from hostile langug
and continuing the discussion Of tn
advisability of the withdrawal Of Am
erican troops from Mexico.
Apparently Secretary Lansing ]
determined to get clear statemen
of intentions on which action by tn
United States can be founded. Car
rnza officials profess an ernest de
sire to avoid clash, however, an
further struggle to fix diplomatic
ally responsibility for hostilities tina
may come is foreshadowed.
Mr.. Lansing made it clear to Ie
nacio Calderon, Minister from Be-
livia, that pending a formal repl
from the Carranza Government t
his last note, no offer of mediatio
would be acceptable to the Unite
States. The Minister had noted r
ports that the Carrizal prisoners hi
been released and called to see whet
er that had changed the attitude
the Washington Government. Nj
Lansing again succeeded in convir
ing his caller that it would be
waste of time to attempt to ia
about mediation at this stage, wins
ever might be possible lates.
Ell Paso, Tex, June 30 The
negro troopers of the Tenth Caval
who at Carrizal, Villa Ahumada, CT