The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-07-16
U. S. HaStenS Delivery Of Cart
ridge Machines to Carran-
"a, He Charges.

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WASHINGTON, D. C., July Is
Sensational charges that the Wilson
administration still is permitting Car
lansa to obtain American arms aud
ammunition with which to Stay Amer
lean soldiers were made by Senator
Eorah, Of Idaho
From another source came authori-
tatiye information that the AdTin!s-
lrat.o not only has permitted the e<-
portation Of ammunition to Carranza,
bu, actually has caused at least Ole
American factory within the last two
months, and after the killing OF
American soldiers by Carrancistas 70
hasten delivery Of cartridge mailing
machines to the defacto government
OF Mexico at the specific request OF
Carranza.
United States Party to Murder.
In an interview Senator Borah cited
the dates and amount of shipments or
large quantities OF soft-nosed cart
ridges by American manufacturers TO
Carranza since the Pershing expedi-
ton entered Mexico, Mr.. Borah
charged the administration with be-
ing a party to the murder OF Ameri-
cans with American ammunition.
Acting Secretary Of State Polk ad-
mitted that the negotiations with Car
rama for safeguarding the border are
at a standstill and that he is await
ing the initiation Of the parleys by
Carranza, e.
Representative Cannon, of Illinois
oxcoriated the Wilson Mexican policy
in a speech 1T the House
United States HaStenS Delivery.
About the middle Of last May, it
:. transplres, Senior Arredondo, Mexican
oambassador designate to the United
States, complained to the state de-
oartment of the delay in obtaining
five cartridge manufacturing machines
from the Waterbury Farrell Foundry
and Machine Company, of Waterbury
Conn.
The state department took the mat
fer I'D with the Waterbury company,
with the result that three Of the ma
chimes we're shipped at once and the
pther two went forward within few
days.
when the state department took
this action to hasten the shipment
IT the cartridge making machines to
+he de facto government Carranza was
opposing the retention Of the Pershing
army in Mexico, was beginning to
manifest hostility to the operations
of the American troops, and was dis
posing his forces so as to menace
the American positions.
Shipped after Parrall.
Tho state department obtained I'M
mediate shipment Of the cartridge
making machines about one month
after the Parrall battle in which the
first American soldiers were killed
and wounded by Carranzas army. The
Parrall battle was fought on April
10.
"In March, 1912" said Senator
Borah, Congress gave full power to
the president to lay an embargo on
arms and munitions of war going into
Mexico, President Taft laid the en-
barge. President Wilson, in his adj
dress to Congress August q, 1913, in
aorsed this policy and said he would
continue it. He afterward changed
his mind and took off the embargo
In order to favor Villa with whom at
that fine we were cooperating. We
ought to go back to our first policy
and adhere to 1t without change.
Specific Cases Here.
ION March 9, 1916, Villa attacked
Columbus, y. NJ, and within the next
week Pershing's expedition entered
Mexico in pursuit OF Villa, whom we
were to. have dead or alive.
ION March IS, a Ward line steamer
from New York, landed in the port OF
Vera Cruz 100000 rounds Of soft
nosed cartridges to be delivered to
Carranza, together with other NUM-
tons OF war.
"on April l, thereafter, another
Ward liner from New York unloaded
al Vera Cruz 1,35O,OO0 rounds of soft
nosed cartridges and other munitions
of war for Carranza.
ION May 10 thereafter another ship
Nment of war munitions was unloaded
at Vera Cruz for Carran7a. Between
that time and the first OF June anoth-
err shipment OF arms was unloaded at
Vera Cruz for Carranza. During all
of this time and even later large ship
ments Of munitions Of war have, by
permission of American authority,
gone into Mexico over the border.
Gone on for Two Years
1--WE have known for two years that
all the arms and ammunitions with
which the Mexicans are numbering
one another and with which they have
murdered and assassinated our own
people, have been furnished by Ameri-
can manufacturing establishments
with the consent Of our government.
There is a plan now, so 1t is said,
to furnish money to Mexican bandits,
particularly Carranza, II he lasts long
enough to receive 1t. Unless our gov
eminent itself sees to the application
of this money, does anyone assume 1t
VIII serve the Mexican people, that
1T will in any way help the poor and