Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-06-20
American Note Is Plain Re.
fusal of United States to :.
Withdraw Troops. II. |
REBUKE GOVERN ENT
Reply Sharply Criticises Ac.
tons and Manner of
Southern Republic.

NaSnlngJ0n7l June gU.-Wltn
President Wilson's firm refusal
to withdraw American troops from
Mexico on its way to the de factO
government embodied in a note
sternly arraigning the whole
course of General Carranza in the
situation which has brought the
two countries to the verge of war,
the administration continued to.
day its preparations to meet any
emergency that may arise.
War or peace rests with General
CarranZa- The position of the
United States is pOintedly set forth
in its review of the apparent in
ability OF Carranza to prevent Dor
der raids and to keep the obliga-
ton he owes the world by the pre-
seryation OF order in his domin.
ions.
"f," says the note, 'the de facto
government is pleased to ignore this
obligation and to believe that in case
of a refusal to retire these troops
there is no further recourse than to
defend its territory by an appeal to
arms the government of the United
States would surely be lacking in sin
cerity and friendship if it did not
frankly impress upon the de facto
government that the execution of this
threat will lead to the grayest conse-
quence. While this government would
deeply regret such result it cannot
recede from its settled determination
to maintain its national rights and to
perform its full duty in preventing
further invasions OF the territory of
the United States and in removing the
peril which Americans along the inter-
national boundary have borne so long
with patience and forebearance."
Handed to Ambassador.
The note was handed early today to
Eliseo Arredondo, the Mexican am
bassador designate here, for trans
mission to Mexico City. Copies were
furnished to all the foreign embassies
and legations and a summary cabled
to Special Agent Rodgers at the Mex
lean capital for his information.
In addition to refusing to withdraw
the troops and warning that execution
of the threat to attack them will be
followed by the gravest consequences,
the note serves notice that as long as
the Carranza forces continue their
present attitude, no arms or ammu-
milton or machinery for their manu-
facture will be permitted to reach
Mexico from the United States
1t concludes with the statement that
if the de facto government continues
to ignore this obligation and carries
out its threat to defend its territory by
an appeal to arms against the Ameri-
can troops the gravest consequences
will follow.
While thsi government would
deeply regret such result" says the
note, at cannot recede from its set
tied determination to maintain its ma
tional rights and to perform its full
duty in preventing invasions OF the
territory of the United States and in
removing the peril which Americans
along the international boundary have
borne so long with patience and fore
bearance."
CarranZa Ignores Grimes!
81 am reluctant to be forced to the
conclusion which might be drawn from
the circumstances" Secretary Lansing
declares, that the de facto govern
ment, in spite Of the crimes commit
ted and the sinister designs of Villa
and his followers, did not and does not
intend or desire that these outlaws
should be captured, destroyed or dis
persed by American troops or, at the
request of this government, by Mexi-
can troops
Deny Interior Motive.
The purposes of the United States
government towards Mexico, cues
toned in the last Mexican note, are
announced in the following language:
IF denial is needed that this gov
eminent has had Interior and improper
motives in its diplomatic representa-
tons or has countenanced the activi-
ties of American sympathizers and the
American press opposed to the de
facto government, | am glad most en-
phatically to deny it. 1t is. however,
matter of common knowledge that
the Mexican press has been more act
i've than the press in the United States
in endeavoring to infiame the two peo-
pies against each other and to force
the two countries into hostiiities."
Lansing Gives Views
Secretary Lansing in the first para
graph of the note acknowledged re-
ceipt of the Mexican communication
and said he would not be candid III
he did not answer the allegations and
conclusions of the de facto govern
ment" The note expresses deep con-
Germ and increasing disappointment"
over the progress of the revolution
and reviews the troubled conditions of
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