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CARRANzA WILL
STAND BY ORDER
TO GEN. TREv|NO
Unofficial Advices from Mexico
City Indicate Break with
the U. s. Cannot Be
Avoided. a..-
RADICALS ARE IN CONTROL
One Faction Favors Demand for
Immediate Withdrawal Of
All American Troops.
SITUATION AGAIN SERIOUS

Mexico City, June J0-The foreign
office today issued memorandum
in reply to Secretary Lansing's re-
cent note in which the correctness of
assertions in the communication
from Washington were repeatedly de-
MED. The memorandum declares that
the United States had no right to
maintain its armed forces OIL Mexi-
can SOIL
The memorandum contains thirty
five counts. Although not in the
form of a direct reply to the WASH
ington note, it is considered equiva-
lent to an answer to that document.
1t expresses surprise that the WASH
ington government should have been
panied at the tone and the contents of
the Carranza document, since it main
tains that the United States has sent
to the constitutionalist government
not only one, bu many discourteous
aili NNSH ofSf HOLES.
Emphatically reiterating the Nexi-
can governments position denying
the right of the United States to keep
armed bodies in Mexico, the memo
randum denies energetically that the
Mexican government has protected
bandits who had committed depreda-
tons in the United States and defies
Washington to produce proof Of the
assertion.
The blame for the Santa Ysabel
massacre is placed on the so-called
impulsive and irrascible disposition
of Charles Watson, general manager
of the Cusihuiriachic company, and
General Scott aid General Funston
are accused of bad faith and lack Of
honor in misleading General Obregon.
in an alleged evasive reply regarding
the crossing Of American troops into
Mexico after the Glenn Springs raid.
The memorandum asserts that
while it is true that the United States
arrested General Huerta the motive
which prompted this act was not
purpose of aiding the constitutionalist
government, but because the United
States feared. that General Huerta
was plotting with Germany.
The note concludes by declaring
that the presence Of American troops
in Mexico invites rather than prevents
bandit raids along the border.
Washington, June 30--Private ad-
vices reaching Washington from a
reliable source in Mexico City today
said General Carranza and his advis-
ers had determined to stand. by or
ders to General Trevino to attack
American troops in Mexico moving
in any direction except toward the
border, and that no way was seen
to avoid break with the United
States.
A faction Of the Mexican cabinet,
1t was said, was urging an even more
defiant attitude ana wanted to in
clude in the reply to the American
request for a statement of intentions,
new demand for immediate with
drawal of all United States troops
now on Mexican soil.
Wilson Goes to New York.
When President Wilson met with
his cabinet today just before leaving
for New York, the unfavorable
private reports had not reached him
and there were practically no new
developments in the Mexican crisis to
be considered. Military preparations
are being rushed to completion, how
ever, but automatically, there is noth-
ing to be done until Carranza's reply
is received, or it becomes apparent
that he will not respond within a
reasonable time.
Eliseo Arredondo, the Mexican
ambassador designate, called on Mr..
Lansing early in the day, to COM
municate formally the information
that his government has ordered the
release of the American troopers cap
tured at Carrizal.
The advices did not indicate when
the response from Carranza might be
expected. The last word on the sub
ject to the State department came
in a message from Special Agent
Rodgers, who said he expected the
note to be handed him Wednesday
night.
1t is known, however, that interests
in the Mexican capital which have
been exerting every effort to prevent
break, are much discouraged.