The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1916-01-27
Intervention IN
MEXICO IS URGED
ACTION BY UNITED STATES AND
" NLATlN-AMER,CAN NATIONS
&ss PROPOSED BY SENATOR.
FOR MASSACRE OF AMERICANS
Lansing Sends Curt Note to Carranza
Demanding Speedy and Severe
Punishment of Those Guilty
of Murder.

Washington, Jan. 14.-Secretary Of
State Lansing was asked to describe
the difference between refusing to
warn Americans to keep off merchant
vessels of belligerent nations and
warning them to keep out Of Mexico.
Here is the answer:
1.-THE high sea is common territory
TO every nation. Land territory is al
ways under the sovereignty Of the ma
ton, which can do therein what it
pIeases. On the high seas a non-com-
Blatant has the right, whether he is
neutral or beIligerent, to pass TO and
fro. In territory he only has the right
70 pass to and fro with the consent
Of the authorities. If it is uncertain
who the authorities are, he runs at
once the danger of loss of liberty or
life"
Washington, Jan. 14.-Congress was
swept by wave of Indignation over
the killing of American citizens by
Mexican bandits near Chihuahua. De-
msnds for action came from minority
members and while the administration
leaders counseled patience, even SEN
ator Stone, chairman of the Senate
foreign relations committee, admitted
that If Carranza, after a fair trial,
failed to protect foreigners in Mexi-
co, Intervention was inevitable.
President Wilson has given no out
ward sign of any change in his policy
of "watchful waiting"
Lansing Sends Curt Note.
Washington, Jan. 13.-Secretary
Lansing, acting upon instructions from
President Wilson, has sent to General
Carranza, head OF the de facto govern
ment of Mexico, a curt note demanding
that those guilty of the murder of
sixteen American and two Canadian
mining men be speedily and severely
punished, while on the floor of the
Senate resolution was presented pro-
posing intervention by the United
States and other Pan-American ma
tons, unless Carranza acts promptly to
protect foreign interests.
Diplomats say President Wilson
is now facing the crisis of his Mex
lean policy as result of this last
outbreak.
Massacre by Villistas.
The massacre of the eighteen min.
Ing men was carried out Monday by
band of Villistas not far from Chihua.
hua city. The men were dragged
from train, robbed of $4,000, stripped
of their clothing, lined up along the
track and shot one at time. One
man escaped by hiding in the train
lavatory.
One report says the execution was
instigated by Villa and another dis
patch says Villa himself lead the band.
Prompt action for redress and to
guard against repetition of outrages
upon Americans was set in motion by
President Wilson, the State depart
ment and Congress.
Representative Dyer, Missouri, intro
duced resolution in the House re-
garding the massacre and asking the
President to advise Congress if the
"watchful waiting" policy should not
be ended
Intervention Demanded.
The Senate resolution by Sherman
of Illinois demanded armed interven-
ton by the United States in Mexico.
the establishment of a representative
government and the immediate evacu-
alton Of the country after these things
have been accomplished
Formal action was deferred to wait
official confirmation and details of the
massacre. All border officials have
been instructed to rush every pos
sible bit of news regarding the mas
sacre.
The British embassy inquired in
formally of the State department re-
garding the report concerning British
subjects. It is expected separate pro-
tests will be made to Carranza by
Great Britain.
State department officials expressed
belief that guerrilla troops of General
Rodriguez were responsible for the
murders.