Arizona republican., 1916-04-14

for the occurrence in Parral between American troops and the people of the ,city, thus showing that the lament able incident was the result of the | mistake of the American commander | in entering the city contrary to the | instructions of his government. This | can be readily seen from the tele- | grams submitted by MT. Arredondo to the secretary of state"
 The official text of the note signed | by Secretary Aguilar, made public here | tonight, shows various differences in | language from the unofficial version | published today. In several instances | terms of the incident as given out by | the state department is more diplomatic | i in substance, however, the texts are 1 the same and present the argument that American troops should be with drawn ! from Mexico as they had been sent | on a misunderstanding by the state de- partment of the attitude of the defactO | government
 There is one marked difference. In citing reasons for the proposal for the withdrawal of the American troops, | the official text shows this language:
 And because the expedition is not 1 fulfilling it's object and undoubtedly l cannot do so, because the band headed | by Villa already has been dispersed . the unofficial text says the expedition has fulfilled it's objective in far as it will be able to do SO"
 The basis of the suggestion that dis cussion of withdrawal of the troops be | .l- a note sent by Secretary Lansing on April g. transmitting a counter draft of the terms of the protocol covering 1 a reciprocal agreement for the pursuit l of bandits by one country beyond the ! border of the other under certain con- | ditions. Attached to that cOmmunica- 1 tion the note states, was a statement by Secretary Lansing saying that the | United States government trusted the conditions of the proposed protocol would not apply to the present eXpedi ton, and thanking the de facto gov ernment, for achieving, as put by you, q convention by means of which the forces of the United States are given permission to pursue Villa and his 1 party on Mexican territory"
 
 defacto government necessarily be- lieved" from the exchange of notes that the United States government was con | vinced that the expedition was without warrant in the absence of any previous agreement which has been the only motive of the discussion until this moment"
 If now the American government" the note continues, "pretends that the expedition sent against Villa should be considered as an exceptional one and that it should remain outside of the terms of the agreement, it appears al together useless to continue discussing . the conditions and details of same, be- cause the deails can be taken up later if it is considered necessary should repetition of the lamentable incidents happening at Columbus occur"
 The concluding paragraphs, which formally terminate flor the present" Lansing's suggestion that the Villa pursuit be classed as outside that agreement. The expedition is without warrant, under the circumstances the note aserts, adding that it is ''now time to treat with the government of the United States upon the subject of the withdrawal of it's forces from our ter ritory"
 No state department official who had studied it would comment upon this aspect. It was intimated, however. that a misunderstanding might still exist in Mexico as to the attitude of the United States; that the present ex- petition was in fact regarded at the state department as coming under the terms of the projected agreement Should this prove to be the case it is possible the diplomatic tangle might be straightened out quickly. The terms of the agreement as sug- gested originally. or as amended by Secretary Lansing in his counter draft, referred to in the Carranza note . never have been made public Upon the limitations of the Villa pursuit which might result from it's inclusion , under that agreement probably will rest the presidents decision as to - what answer will be made to General = Carranza.
 ~ Whatever steps the war department |, took today or has already taken fur = ther than Secretary Bakers order to General Funston with the possibility . in view of an attempt to eject the 7 American forces from Mexican soil
 has not been disclosed. It is known
 however, that military authorities
 have had that possibility in mind :, constantly, regardless of the dipo- f matic status Of the expedition. It is
 understood that very definite plans
 for the relief of any beleaguered f column may have been mapped out . The situation at Parral was unex-
 pected If official reports from Gen
 eral Pershing bear out the Mexican
 advices, it seems likely that the con
 duet of the officer in command of
 the troops will be subjected to close
 scrutiny Parral is described as lying
 at the base of a rugged mountain, or
 the bank of a river and flankirg the
 stage road. It is thought possible by
 some officers that the commander of
 the American column merely sought
 to pass along the road which would
 lead him through the outskirts. The
 fact that Mexican messages say ht
 reversed his march immediately Wher
 objection was made by the Mexican
 officials is taken as proof that nc
 attempt at occupation of the place
 was intended.
 One of the new 90 horse power
 Curtiss biplanes, tested today at New
 port News has been accepted and is
 on it's way to the border for the usf of General PerShing The tests were