The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1916-03-13
CARRANzA SAYS We
MUST HAVE HIS
PERMISSION
Must Not Violate Mexican Terri
tory Without His Consent
READY TO FIGHT UNITED STATES
Consequences, He Says, Must Fail
Upon Heads of Traitorous
Mexlcans.


Carranza tonight issued manifesto
to the nation declaring that under no
circumstances would the Mexican gov
eminent grant the right 10 the United
States to violate Mexican territory by
sending in all armed force in pursuit
of Villa without consent and the re-
ciprocal privilege being first obtained
and admitted. Word was sent to the
confidential agent OF the Mexican gov
eminent in Washington to make i'm
mediate representations to this effect
General Carranza says in his mani
festo:
Il am sure that | interpret in this
matter the national sentiment and that
the Mexican people will comply in
dignifed manner with their duty. be
the sacrifices what they may, to sus-
tain their rights and sovereignty If,
unfortunately, this drags US into war
"a war which the United States can
never Justify We will not be re-
sponsible for the, disastrous conse-
quences. Upon the heads of the
traitorous Mexicans who within and
without this country have labored to
produce this result. will fall the mex
orable justice of the people" sssA
Douglas, Ariz., March l2.---Eleyen
hundred CaTanza troops from Her
mosillo hurIying to Aqua Prieta ON
the Mexican side. reached the border
at Naco today. II was said they are
to be distributed along the' eastern
Sonora border TO guard mining camps
Laredo. March i2.--American CON
[ {V, d{c
trict and in the vicinity of Mapini
state Of Durango, hayeSordered their
employees to leave Mexico at once, ow-
ing to suppressed excitement among
the lower class OF Mexicans, according
to American passengers from that sec
I tion. two hundred and fifty of whom
reached the border here today.
I'll Paso March 12.--Sunday passed
without movement of any American
punitive expedition into Mexico. On
both sides of the border, however,
American and CarranZa armies made
noticeable progress toward concentrat-
ing their forces for the hunt for
Francisco Villa in northern Chihua-
hua. The plight of 500 Mormons, col
onists, was reported better tonight.
Del Rio, Texas, March 12.-No Ill
feeling against Americans is indicated
on the border south OF here. The bet
ter class OF Mexicans express satisfac-
ton over President Wilson's decision
to hunt down Villa and his bandits.
Columbus, n. NJ, March 12.-Re-
ports multiplied here today that Fran
cisco Villa was disintegrating his
force of from 1900 to $500 men
American military authorities said it
might have been better to go afte
Villa Thursday, when his raiders fled
southwark. The raiders then were
demcralized and were dropping loot
and war material under the attack OF
fifty-nine men commanded by Major
Frank Tompkins.
Requests of Colonel Herbert Slocum
commanding the Thirteenth Cavalry
here, and Major Tompkins to be al
lowed to renew the pursuit Friday
with q larger force were denied pend
ing the organization of the large puni.
tive expedition. Today 1t was stated
that this expedition, owing to in.
adequate railroad facilities and the
widely scattered position of the troops
necessary to constitute it, who have
been on patrol duty, might require sew
eral days preparation before it could
enter Mexico, at least from tits point
Meanwhile reports from Mexican
sources stated that Villa apparently
was carrying out a plan to elude pur-
suit by breaking up his forces into
small bands and hiding among the
mountains. Some of his forces were
reported approaching the Sonora State
border. Others were said to be max
ing their way southwark and southeast
ward toward the mountains of the San
Geronimo district, from which the
bandit chieftain started March with
the announced intention of invading
the United States