Arizona republican., 1916-06-01
Claims Words and Pro testations of United States Have Been Entirely In Contradiction of Acts Contains 12,000 Words
NO PERMISSION
 TO CROSS BORDER
Charges American Troops Crossed the Border After Columbus Incident With out Permission of MeXi- can Government
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 MEXICO CITY, May 31-Claiming that the words and protestations have been entirely in contradiction of their acts and that in spite of protests not to intervene in the affairs of Mexico, soldiers of the United States are in Mexico without the consent of the Mexican government and in violation of MeXico's sovereignty, the Mexican government now asks immediate with drawal of these troops. The request is made in 12,000 word note made pub lie at the foreign office today about noon.
 The note recites that the American | troops crossed the border after the 1 Columbus incident without the per mission of the Mexican government. The act was not considered one of in- vasion then solely because the United States said they had misinterpreted the attitude of the Mexican govern ment. When the second expedition crossed the line after the Glenn Springs incident the note maintains, the plea that this was done with the consent of the Mexican consul at Del Rio, Texas, is untenable and that the act can only be considered as one of invasion.
 "The Mexican government therefore invites the United States to bring to an end this unsupportable situation, the note concludes, "and to support it's protestations and declarations of friendship by an immediate withdrawal of American troops"
 Maintaining that the protestations of friendship by the United States and the expressed desire for non-interven- tion have been contradicted by the acts
 of the Washington government, the
 note says the time has arrived when . Washington must declare itself clear
 intentions toward Mexico
 After reciting the facts which led to the first crossing of the frontier by f American troops after the Villa raid at Columbus, the note insists that in
 contradiction of the word of Generals Scott and Funston, another expedition crossed the boundary line, thus vio- ! lating all the precepts of international , law and committing an act of invasion
 "The American government" says
 the note, "has admitted that the work
 of the expedition which entered after the Columbus raid, now is over But . in spite of this fact, American troops
 still remain on Mexican soil. To con. = tend that political disorder in thi: = country juStifieS this act of the Amer.
 ican military forces is in conflict witt . the repeated professions of the Wash.
 ington government relative to non.
 interefrence"
 The note says that much of tn,
 trouble in Mexico is due ito the atti
 tude of the United States in not pun , ishing conspirators in the United States, who have plotted the downfall of the present constitutionalist gov ernment and to the acts of Washing ton in refusing to permit the shipmen
 of arms and ammunition to ente
 Mexico"
 j. The note, which is addressed to Sec h retary Lansing, reads in part as fol d lows:
 I, "The Mexican government has jus J. received advices that group o
 American troops has crossed the iron |, tier and penetrated Mexican territor :, and at present is near a place calle ,g Fl Pino, some seventy miles to tn 70 south of the frontier This newly ef 10 fected passage of troops without tn of consent of the Mexican governmer ,r places in grave danger the harmon 10 and good relations which ought { -o
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