The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1916-06-28
GIVES MEX|CANS
WARNING NOT To
ATTACK SOLDIERS
PRESIDENT SENDS ScoRcHING
ANSWER TO De FACTO CHIEF
LONG NOTE is INTENDED
FOR THE PEOPLE.
GRAVE CONSEQUENCE" seen
Wilson Refuses to Recall Punitive Ex-
pedition-Excorates Carranza for
Failure to Cooperate and Re-
sents Intimations of
Bad Faith.

Failure to Cooperate and Re-
sents limitations of
Bad Faith.
The American government in long
withdrawal demand, has threatened
General Venustiano Carranza with the
American troops now in Mexico.
The text OF the note follows:
The secretary OF state to the secre-
ta"H OF foreign relations of the de fact0
Department of State,
washington. June 20, 1916.
.;,, nSr r: = Il ] have read your communica.
q, 1916 under instructions of the chief
executive cf the de facto government
OF Mexico II the subject Of the pres
en"e Of American troops in Mexican
ttr,.;rrE s.hu | would be wanting in
ca"'lrr # ! did not, before making an
swer TO the allegations Of fact and the
meat. express the surprise and regret
W!l'h have been caused this govern
m"nt by The discourteous tone and tela-
per ~ thiS last communication of this
de lact0 government OF Mexico.
lnfteis states Regrets Revolution.
"'The COVE rnment of the United States
has viewed with deep concern and in
ccLtAs'nE disappointment the progress of
hio"dshcd and disorders orders have marked
Its prtEresS. For three years the Mex
lean republic has been torn with civil
strife: the lives Of AMERICANS and other
aliens have been sacrificed; vast proper
ties developed by American capital and
enterprise have been destroyed or rem
dered nonrroductive; bandits have been
permitted to roam at will through the
territory contiguous to the United
States and to seize. without punishment
or without effective attempt at punish
man N.Y. Of A eric 10
the lives Of citizens of the United
States who ventured to remain in Mex
lean !trr5t2rH or to return thcretq to
~ SOM" cases barbarously taken, and
the !nurderers have neither been apre--
hrnded nor brought to justice. 1t would
history Of Mexico conditions more de-
plorable than those which have existed
war.
Frontier in Turmoil.
1T would he tedious to recount in
stance after instance, outrage after out
rage. atrocity after atrocity, to illus
tratr the true nature and extent Of the
widespread conditions Of lawlessness
and violence which have prevailed. Dur
the mnrderers have neither been appre-
along the lower Rio Grande has been
thrown into state of constant appre-
hension and turmoil because Of fire.
Quent and sudden incursions into Amer
murders; on American soil. by Mexican
bandits who have taken the lives and
DESTROYED the property Of American cit
liens. sometimes carrying American cit
liens across the international boundary
Wi5 the ha booty use seized AMERICAN garr-
American soldiers killed and their
equipment and horses stolen. American
saen 6avs been raded
trains wrecked and plundered.
k,crix7tfxeh Ac4x perno<ru+ol
"rhc attack on Brownsville, Rec
House Ferry, Progreso postoffice anc
Las F.iadas, all occurring during Sep.
ts" on a afs teraory c thfss
ia adherents and even Carranzista sol
diers took part in the looting. burning
derS characterized by ruthless brutality
but uncivilztd acts Of mutilation were
pcrnst,atc g. Redpresentations Were
-empha tica1]v requested to stop these
repr-h ensib'e acts in section which
he has lonS claimed to be under the
"Notv outstanding these representa-
tions and tn" promise of General Nafar
cite to prevent attacks along the in,
ternational boundary in the followins
month IF October passenger train wa.
wrecked by bandits and several person:
Killed seven miles north of Brownsville
states troops at the same place severa
days later.
Outlaw. Enjoy Libtcrty.
since these, attacks leaders of tn,
bandits, Well known both to Mexican
civil and military authorities as vel
as to American officers, have been en-
JOKING with impunity the liberty o
the the t1 NV Of n9rthsrn Mexico So
government to these. atrocities gon
that some Of these leaders, as 1 an
advised, have -. received not only. tn
couragement and aid as we'll
"Depredatjons upon American per
~ st m Mexca g
Gus. This government has repeated,
requested in the strongest terms tina
lives and homes Of American citizen
and furnish the protection, which in
ternational obligation imposes, t
states of Tamaulipas. Neuvo Leon. Goa
hula, Chihuahua and Sonora and ais
in the states to the south.
Activities Known to Officers.
For example; on Jan. B., troop
outlaws which looted the Cusi minin
property, 80 miles west of Chihuahua
but no directive results came from thi
reg P Wa the bs
200 men was operating without oppo
sition between Rubio and San Ysabe
q: fact we'll known to Carranzsta au
thorities.
meanwhile a party Of unfortunat
Americans started by train from Chi
huahua to visit the Cusi mines, havin
received assurances from the Car
ranzista authorities in the state O
Chihuahua that the country was SAT
and that a guard on the train was nc
necessary. The Americans held pass
ports or safe conducts issued by au
thorities OF the de facto government.
Recalls Massacre.
On Jan. 10 the train was stopped b
villa bandits and Is of the America
marty were stripped Of their clothin
and shot in cold blood in what is no,
known as the Santa ISABEL massacre.
General CaTranza stated to tho agen
OF the department of state that he ha
issued orders for the immediate pur
suit, capture and punishment OF thos
responsible for this atrocious Grim,
and appealed to this government and t
the american people to consider tn
difficulties Of according Drotectio