The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-09-23
MEX WANTS
WILSON AGAIN.
ENJOYS ADMIT

S''i lhuHh. me male was afforded b.
Mr.. Wilson's prccipitatc retreat from
ms second experiment In armed in
prevention in Mexico after the massa
ere at Carrlzal.
although information from Mexico
ana the border has been so rigidly
censored by the administration thai
,he American people have been kept
m Ignorance of facts well known Il
+. the MeHicans, the ignOminy Of the
surtehderer is beginning to dawn up.
on the public.
/ Pcrsling's Retreat.
( General Trevino, acting on In.
structions from Carranza, issued n
I mandate TO General pcrshing NOT Ia
move his troops east, south or west,
! fcrshing, with the approval Of the
administration, Ignored the order and
sent Captain Boyd east with a scout
ing party. Boyd carried out his in
siructiohs and gave battle to an OBJ
, structing force of Carranza troops,
WIN disastrous results TO the AmerI-
cans. Boyd followed out the policy
OF the administration at the cost OF
his life.
Ihen President Wilson repudiated
ms policy of ignoring the Carranza
mandate. refused to back uD Per-
shlng, and ordered a withdrawal 10
inc north and n cessation of scouting
IN any other direction, as deCreed by
CarFah2a In the Democratic cam
paign text book the administration
seeks to blame dead and defenselcss
BOYD for the Carrizal massacre, as il
seeks to blame Admiral Mayo for de-
ulahulhg that lluerta salute the flag,
FhtS Blame on Dead Man.
j, he Mexican soldiers have stead
ny charged that Boyd provoked the
hght through disobedience in his in
structions." says the text book, and,
though Boyd gave his life to carry
OUT an administration policy. this is
all the defense he Is vouchsared.
lhe American government has never
conceded the justification of this
charge"
Jhen, descending to outright per-
version OF the facts. The Democratic
campaign document says:
delaying only long enough to get
olIicial information as to what had
occurred, the president sent an ulu-
thatum to Carranza, demanding the
release OF the American soldiers car
tured at Carrizal and the return of al
lhelr equipment and the property OF
th' United states taken with them.
~ the same time he ordered the ma
tiohal guard to the Mexican border
ana prepared to enforce his demands
unless Carranza assented to them
Voluntarily"
or course the fact is that the ma
tional guard was ordered out not ar-
Ter but four days before the CARR
2al night. and before Boyd was dis
patched on his fatal mission. The
guard was ordered out because Fun
ston reported that Curran2a was plan-
nlnE to invade Arizona. and the presI- |
cent became frightened by a situa-
ton which Funston could have han
died had he been given the 81. 900
suafdsmen he was clamoring for
three months before.
Promise To Hucrta.
Immediately after Mr.. Wilson'S
seizure of Vera Cruz, with roenItnnt
TOSS OF life, the ambassadors OF Ar |
Sentlna, Brazil and Chile offered
,heir services as medlators. Their Of |
Ter was accepted and the United
states pledged that during the media
hon period no arms or ammunition
would be shipped to Mexico.
ON May 10 the United States kent
us pledge by turning back with ey-
.enslve ceremony shipment destined .
Tor Hucrta. On May II the rebels
seized Tampico, their first mort can
lured. On May Ia, ignoring tho sal