Arizona republican., 1916-04-11

announced those measures against
German trade which the chancellor now
suggests were the cause of the German
submarine policy | need not dwell
upon the fragrant violation which has
TENDED its execution of the elementary
rules and practices of international
law and of the common dictates and
obligations of humanity. Up to this
moment, it is being ruthessly carried
out, as well against neutrals as bel
ligerentS."
Such u marked Improvement in con-
ditions along the Mexican border has
been reported by General Funston that
the war department is now considering
drawing upon some Of the troops sta
toned in Texas to strengthen the ever
lengthening lines of communication of
the expedition seeking Villa. Many
alarming rumors have been disposed of
and the border situation generally is
said to be quieter than heretofore, but
the plan is not to disturb the garrisonS
or patrol in New Mexico or Arizona for
the present
Army officials stated tonight that
from now on infantry would be used
to reinforce the communication lines,
the cavalry being kept at the front for
the actual work of running down the
outlaws. A part of the Twenty fourth
Infantry negroes, withdrawn from Del
Rio, Texas, at the request of local au-
! thorities after one of the soldiers had
/ been killed by q ranger attempting to
arrest him, already has been ordered
4 into Mexico.
Evidence continued to accumulate
/ today to refute rumors of an impending
withdrawal of the American eXpedi-
/ ton. Soon after it became known that
additional troops were to be sent
across the border the war department
announced the purchase of six large
tank motor trucks to replace similar
machines now rented to carry gasoline
for General Pershing's supply motors
and aeroplanes.
State department statements indicate
that Carranza authorities are viewing
with some anxiety the continued pres
ence of American troops in Mexico and
are inclined to believe that the object
of the expedition has been accomplished
in the dispersal of Villas main com
mand 1t is authoritatively stated,
however, that there has been no sug-
gestion from the de facto government
as to dead line" beyond which the
American troops should not go, or as
to a date on which they should be
withdrawn
Senator Gallinger, the republican
leader in the senate, made public to-
night a letter from Senator Fall who
has been on the border reporting con-
ditiOnS to the minority senators. Mr..
Fall analyZed the border guard said
the raid on Columbus was made pos
sible by a wide gap in the patrol, and
declared that he had been reliably in
formed that unless the American army
was given full control of the Mexican
| Northwestern railroad within a week
from the date of his letter, April 4,
the expedition would have to be with
| drawn.
Officials pointed out today that to-
morrow was the day fixed for with
draWal by the senator's informant and
that Secretary Lansing had formally
announced that the railroad question
no longer was a factor in the situation.
A full report on the Columbus raid has
been ordered and will be made as soon
as Colonel SlOcum, who commanded the
garrison, returns from Mexico.
AS to Senator Falls statement that
he was assured that Villa was not
wounded, it was said at the state de-
partment that all kinds of conflicting
rumors on the subject had come from
the border, but that only today General
Funston had reported the receipt of a
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wounded in the right knee.
Army officers tonight lil<ened the ex-
petition in Mexico to a feather buster,
with the cavalry outposts as the
sweep" and the constantly lengthening
line of communications as the handle"
This handle, they said had become
continually more slender. This con-
dtion is believed to have caused Cen
eral Funston to suggest drawing upon
the border patrols to strengthen the
line.
The latest advices from General Per
shing, dated last Sunday, demonstrated
cOncluSively that the American troops
had not been engaged in any important
clashes with Villa bandits since the
skirmish at Aqua Calientes The war
ments of the advance columns, but
General Pershing reported cooperation
of CarranZa forces.
Navy department dispatches report
ed conditions quiet at Vera Cruz, Tam
picO and Puerto Mexico. The strike of
oil labOrers at Tampico was reported
settled with the arrest of two strike
leaders. The strike was called because
a CarranZa decree required the laborers
to accept de facto currency as wages.
Secretary Baker left Washington to-
night for Columbus, Ohio, where he will
appear in the state supreme court in
connection with a civil case. He will
visit his family in Cleveland later and
will return here late Wednesday, In
his absence, Major General Scott, chief