Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-06-29
ULTIMATUM SENT
TO FIRST CHIEF
Must Release Immediately Pris-
oners Taken at the Battle
of CarrizaI.
LATIN AMERICA SEEKS PEACE
President Wilson and Advisers Agree
That the Dispute Between Mexico
and the United States Not SUBJ
ject for Mediation.


Washington, June 26.-The war de
partment notified the state department
that it will have the bulk of the mi.
litia ready for service in five days.
Washington, June 26.--An ultima
tum demanding the immediate release
of the troopers of the Tenth cavalry
taken prisoners in the treacherous at
tack upon two troops of the Tenth by
Mexicans under General Gomez at
Carrizal has been sent to General Car
rama at Mexico City. These men
must Immediately be turned over to
General Pershing by the Mexican au-
thorities.
This action was decided upon at a
meeting between President Wilson
and Secretaries Lansing and Baker.
What further steps are to be taken
will depend upon the official reports
of the Carrizal fight when they are
received At present President Will
son and Secretary Lansing consider
the reports gathered by General Per-
shing as unsatisfactory because they
come entirely from the horse tenders,
and are not from officers of the scout
ing party which was engaged in the
fight.
At the same time it was agreed be-
tween the president and his advisers
that the matters now in dispute be-
tween the United States and Mexico
are not of character that mediation
could be accepted and when the Latin
American proposal is made 1t will be
rejected on the ground that the mat
tiers now at issue are questions of ma
tional honor.
SeekS Mediation.
The Ecuadorian government has
taken the initiative In the movement
to line up all the Latin-American
governments in plan to offer media
ton between the United States and
Mexico. This became known here
When DIR. Rafael Zaldivar, the Saliva
dorian minister, received the following
from Martinez SuareZ, Salvador's min
lister of foreign affairs:
"In view of the imminent danger of
a break between the United States and
Mexico, the government of Ecuador
proposed joint action by the represent
atives of the Latin-American countries
in Washington and Mexico City. We
hope to find or discuss means to avoid
such a calamity. The government of
Salvador authorizes you to participate
In these conferences to the end that
the differences may be settled"
Doctor Zaldivar will communicate
with Doctor Cordova, the Ecuadorean
minister, and will try TO arrange for
conference with all of the Latin
American diplomats I'm the near fu-
ture. He has asked Doctor Naon, tlse
Argentine ambassador, to come imme-
diately to Washington TO take the ini-
tiative in the matter.
Doctor Zaldiyar said that he and
his associates are convinced that the
danger of an open outbreak between
the two nations is SO great that only
very speedy action can hope to avert
II. He said that so far the A. B.
G. representatives, who might have
been expected to initiate movement
of this character have held themselves
aloof from 1t, but that now he and
those associated with him are trying
hard to get them to act. Until plans
can be discussed for joint action. he
said the United States would not be
approached. He has had no informa-
ton yet as to how far the movement
has progressed in Mexico City. When
told that 1t was unoflicially reported
that Carranza has rejected the sug-
gestion of mediation Doctor Zaldivar
said he ''hoped this would prove pre-
mature"
May Ask Joint Session.
Congressional leaders said that they
expected that President Wilson will
ask that joint session of congress be
called at which he can. place the en-
tire Mexican situation before congress
and ask that it declare war should the
complete reports of the Carrizal fight
bear out the accounts now In the pos
session of the government. The feel
ing in congress unquestionably is al
most unanimous for immediate war,
in view of the reports from the border,
which show that the Tenth cavalry
troops engaged at Carrizal were de-
coyed into a trap.
Argentina Won't Interfere.
Buenos Aires, June 26.-The cabinet
met and decided that Argentina would
take no action at the present time with
other South American governments to
prevent war between the United States
and Mexico. Proposals to this end had
been made by Chile. After the cabi-
net meeting a reply was drafted for
transmiseion IN Chile stating that Ar.