Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-06
Mexican Note
 Waits War Cloud
REMARKABLE FOR ITS BREVITY
 AND FRIENDLY TONE
CRISIS IS DESERTED
Fact That Secretary Lansing is to Start on Vacation Friday is Basis for Belief That the Crisis fs-over.

Washington, July 5-Early resump- tion of friendly diplomatic conversa- tions with the de facto government of Mexico to the end that peace and order may be restored in Northern Mexico and along the border is ex- pected here to be the next step of the United States in it's relations with it's southern neighbor.
 Crisis Dissipated.
 The crisis precipitated by Villas raid on Columbus N. M. and culmin- ating in the fight at CarrizaI Mexico, between American and Mexican troops, appeared tonight to have been disslpated by an amica,ble note from General Carranza presented during the Eliseo Arredondo.
 The note proposes that the differ ences between the governments be settled by mediation or by direct ne- gOtiations.
 Brief and Friendly.
 It Is remarkable for it's brevfty, it's restraint and friendly tone. and for the absolute lack of any of the strong, even insolent language which char acterized the last two communications from the Ge faCto government. It treats as closed incident the ex- chanCe of unfriendly communications which brought war almost within sight.
 No Comment From State Department
 No formal comment on the note was cctainaEle from the state department officials. A copy was forwarded to the White House immediately upon it's receipt and President Wilson will de- termine the course to be pursued. The fact that Secretary Lansing complet- ed his preparations today for a months vacation to begin Friday is l re lad oc sfrr,o5fcn77F sf If 9 feeling on his part that Sne crisis is over.
 State Department Officials Satisfied
 State department officials appeared entirely satisfied with the definition of the matters to be settled outlined in the new Mexican note. It is presented in this language as translated at the embassy:
 'I'he American e-0vernment believes reasonably that tlGe insecurity of it's frontirr is g. source of difficulty; and the Mexican government on it's part believes that the stay of American troops on Mexican territory. aside from being a trespass on the sovereignty of Mexico, is the immedi- ate cause of the conflicts. Therefore the withdrawal of American troops on the ore hand and the protection of the frontier on the other, are the two es- Sential problems, the solution of which must be the directing object of the efforts of both governments" The ImpeIIing Influence. Officials believe that the call for the m tional guard and the actual dis patch of the troops to the border was the impeJing influence which induced General Carranza to abandon the hos tile attitude taken in his previous notes. They say the United States holds a strcng argument in favor of l peaceful solution of border difficulties so long as it maintains an army near the line and there seems little proba- l bility that it will be withdrawn until | all danger has passed.
 UnGuestionably if no new bandit 1 ou.breails occur, the national guards men will oe gradually sent back tc l their homes. It originally was plan ned that only a part of the force he used on the border. the remainder sen l later to relieve regiments which had | put in the required time at active ser 1 vice That scheme may be followed ! later