Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-04
President and Secretary Lans-
ing Will Not Yield to
Carranza Demand.
OFFICIALS ASSEMBLING
DATA FOR U. S. ANSWER
Secretary Baker Confers With Chief
Executive on Mexican Situation
and Disposition of Troops.

President Wilson probably will take
up with Secretary Lansing. tomorrow.
the question of framing a reply to Gen.
lean troops be withdrawn from Mexico.
Officials have obtained no indication
yet as to the form the answer will
take. further than that it will not yield
to the insistence that Gen. Pershing's
men retire across the boundary. but
they are assembling data on all of the
points raised In the Mexican note to
have the information available for use
as soon as Mr. Wilson's desires are
known.
Because of what are deemed often
siVe references and statements in the
note, some officials think the reply
should be sharp in character and carry
rehuke for the seeming discourtesy.
Others suggest, however, that because
the communication prefaces its unusual
utterances with the statement that it
proposes to be entirely frank and hopes
the sensibilfties of the United States
government will not be wounded that
the reply will ignore the discourteous
passages and conf1ne itself to refutine
misstatements, and a firm expression
or the intention of the United States to
keep the expedition in Mexico until
Carranza has demonstrated his ability
TO control the situation below the Dor
der.
Confers With the President.
Secretary Baker conferred with the
President yesterday on Mexican aues-
ions, but the particular aspects dis
cussed were not disclosed. 1t is known
mat the results of the local conference
Friday between Gems Pershing and
Gavira were not mentioned. Presumably
Mr.. Baker outlined the situation Of the
American troops and the dispositions
OF the Carranza forces about them.
omcials OF the general staff have
studled every phase of Gen. Pershine's
situation, with the result that they feel
supreme confidence in his ability to
defend himself against any attack that
possibly could be made upon him, and
danger
While details of the Pershing-Gavira
conference have not been made known
II is known that no suggestion for an
agreement as to local troop DISPOSE
ions was made. the conversation con-
ssting for the most part in statements
by the Mexican field commander of
what steps he was taking to round UP
bandits. The real purpose Of the meet
ing. 1t was understood, was to provide
against the danger of clashes between
the American and Mexican troops oper-
ating in the same general territory.
Meeting With Gavira Friendly.
Secretary Baker described the meet
ing as friendly and tending to show the
desire of the Carranza commander to
carry out his campaign against the
bandits thoroughly and in a co-opera-
tive spirit with the Americans
n
partment yesterday said discussion of
the latest Mexican note in Mexico
City already had died away. While
the newspapers there all have express
ed themselves as in accord with il
there appears to be no excitement
among the people.
The gunboat Marietta was ordered
from Vera Cruz to Tampico yesterday
to relieve the anxiety of Americans in
the oil regions, who continue to COM
plain of the hostility of Gen. Naffarate,
the Carranza district commander. Many
Of the Americans are DESTROYS of leav-
ing, it is said. and efforts to bring them
out by rail may be made.