Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-06-20
NOTE RECITES OUR
LONG SUFFERING
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rutnleSS DfuIauIy, DuI unclNlnLeu dcIs
of mutilation were perpetrated. Not
withstandinr representations to General
Carranza and the promise of General
Neffarett to prevent attacks along the
international boundary, in the follow
ing month of October a passenger train
was wrecked by bandits and several
persons killed seven miles north of
Brownsville, and an attack was made
upon United States troops at the same
place several days later.
"Since these attacks leaders of ;he
bandits, well known to both the Amer
lean civil and military authorities as
well as to American officers, have heen
enjoying with impunity the liberty oc
the towns of northern Mexico. So far
has the indifference of the lie faeto
government to these atrocities gone
that some of these leaders, as I am ad-
vised, have received not only the protec-
tion of that government, but encourage
ment and aid as we'll"
Points Out Depredations.
| Secretary Lansing then takes up, in
considerable detail, the more notorious
depredations against Americans in
| Mexico and on American border towns.
Among these instances all of which
heretofore have been told in detailed
press accounts, being largely verified,
are the Santa Ysabel massacre of Is
Americans and the Columbus, N. NJ,
raid which the note declares, were car
ried out by Villa.
Following the Cusi minink property
raid in January, the note states, Car
rama authorities were appealed to for
protection which was not given.
Lansing emphasizes the point that
| Ambassador Arredondo repeatedly
gave assurances" that American lives
would be protected, but, it is said, no
move was made that appeared to be
| following out these assurances. 1t is
pointed out "that so far as is known
only single man personally connected
with this (the Santa Ysabe) massacre
has been brought to justice by the Mex
lean authorities"
"Within a month after this barbarous
slaughter of inoffensive Americans, it
was notorious that Villa was operating
within 20 miles of Cushihuirachic, and
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destroy American lives and property.
Despite repeated and insistent demands
that military protection should be furn-
ished to Americans, Villa openly car
ried on his operations, constantly APP
preaching closer and closer to the bOrd-
er. His movements were not
impeded by troops of the de factO gov
ernment and no effectual attempt was
made to frustrate his hostile designs
against Americans.
Villa Unhindered.
"Yet the Mexican authorities were
fully cognizant of his movements. =
Villas unhindered activities culminat-
ed in the unprovoked and cold blOoded
attacks upon American soldiers and
citizens in the town of Columbus on the
night of March 9, the details of which
do not need repetition here in order to
refresh your memory with the heinous-
ness of the crime After numbering,
burning and plundering, Villa and his
bandits, fleeing SOUTH passed With
sight of the Carranza military post at
! Casas Grandes and no effort was made
to stop him by the officers and garrison
of the de facto government stationed
there.
"In the face of these depredatious,
the perpetrators of whicl
General Carranza was unable or pOssib,
/ ly considered it inadvisable to appre-
hend and punish, the United States had
no recourse other than employ force
to disperse the bands Of Mexican out,
laws. The maurauders engaged
III the attack on Columbus were driven
back across the border by American cav.
airy, and subsequently were
pursued into Mexico in an effort to
capture or destroy them. Without CO.
operation or assistance despite
repeated requests by the United STATE
and without apparent recognition on its
/ (the Carranza forces) part of the de-
STABILITY of putting an end to these
systematic raids, American
forces pursued the lawless bands as far
as Parral, where the pursuit was halted
| by the hostility Of Mexicans, presumed
to be loyal to the de facto government,
who arrayed themselves on the side OF
outlawry and became, in effect, the pro-
tectors Of Villa and his band.
Carranza Inimical.
''In this manner, and for these reas-
ons, have the American forces entered
Mexican territory, knowing fully the
circumstances set forth, the de facto
government cannot be blind to the ne.
cessity which compelled this govern
ment to act and yet it has seen fit to
recite groundless sentiments of hastility
toward the expedition and to impute to
this government Interior motives for the
continued presence of American troops
on Mexican soil. 1t was charged these
troops crossed the frontier without first
obtaining the consent or permission of
the de factO government. Obviously, as
immediate action alone could avail,
there was no opportunity to reach an
agreement if the expedition
was to be effective. Subsequent events
and correspondence have demonstrated
to the satisfaction Of this government
that General Carranza would not have
entered into any agreement providing
for an effective plan for the capture
and destruction Of Villa5s band. "
Secretary Lansing next takes up in
detail Carranza 3 last demands. Charges
that this government had not fully ans
wered a previous communication are
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