Omaha daily bee., 1916-06-26
INSISTS De FACTO
CHIEF REPUDIATE
CARRIzAL ATTACK
United States Demands Action Be
Disavowed and American
Prisoners Given Their
Freedom. 80
MEDIATION TALK swsSSS
Bolivian Envoy y sedondo
if Carranza WWould
Accept It.
MEDIATION TALK No
WASHINGTON Is UNWILLING

Washington, June 2s.-A per-
emptory demand that General Car
ranza repudiate the attack on Amer
ican troops at Carrizal and immedi-
ately release all captured American
soldiers was understood tonight to
be the next step in the Mexican
crisis now contemplated by the
Washington government. Failure to
comply with either demand undoubt-
edly would result in the gravest con-
sequences, foretold in Secretary
Lansing's recent note to the de facto
government.
Formulation of a communication
awaited a final report from General
Pershing on the Carrizal incident.
Pending its receipt, the War depart
ment pressed urgently today its eff
forts to reinforce strongly the border
patrol and prepare for any event.
uality.
Full Information Lacking.
Full information from American
sources as to what happened at Car
rial was still lacking.
Officials were plainly concerned
with news dispatches from Chihua-
hua saying that General Jacinto
Trevino, the Mexican commander,
had threatened to attack American
columns reported advancing from
the field base toward San Antonio
and Ojo Caliente if they did not i'm
mediately retreat. ... .
Efforts are being made by Latin
American diplomats to bring about
mediation between the United States
and Mexico. Ambassador Calderon
of Bolivia has asked Ambassador
Designate Arredondo of Mexico
whether the Carranza government
would be willing to accept mediation.
Arredondo said he would communi-
cate the inquiry TO Carranza. Mr..
Calderon, failing to see Secretary
Lansing, said he expected to direct
the same inquiry to the American
government Monday.
Seeking Mediation.
Rumors that the Carranza govern
.ment was seeking mediation through
other fLatin-American nations came
from many quarters. The activities of
Elizo Arredondo, the Mexican am
bassador designate. lent weight to the
reports. Private advices from Mexico
city also continued to indicate that
General Carranza still hoped to find
a way to evade the storm his policy
has aroused.
Administration officials hold that
they have nothing to mediate. 1t is
generally regarded as unlikely that
President Wilson would agree to any
proposal that meant tying the hands
of General Funston in his efforts to
protect the border from bandits. A
mediation plan resting on a military
status quo during negotiations, would
prevent pursuit of raiders or any
enemy operations beyond the border
to break up bandit organizations be-
fore they become dangerous. And it
is for this purpose General Pershing's
column. has been maintained in its
present position despite Carranza's S
opposition.
As Far As 1t Can Go.
Under these circumstances, it was
intimated on high authority that ef-
forts toward preservation of peace
concerning the initiation Of which the
minister of Salvador was authorized
today to confer with his diplomatic
colleagues, could go no farther than
an attempt to persuade General Car
ranza to change his attitude toward
the determination of the United
States to protect its people and ter
ritory.
A report reached here today that
General Carranza and his cabinet had
prepared a reply to the last Ameri-
can note rejecting his demand that
American troops be withdrawn from
Mexico. The report said it would
be published in Mexico City tomor-
row, but it did not say when it would
be sent here and officials were not
inclined to credit it. Ambassador
Arredondo had no information that
a reply had been prepared or even
that decision had been reached by his