Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1916-07-04
WILSON DEMANDS
THAT CARRANzA
FREE PRISONERS
MEXICAN GOVERNMENT is TOLD
THAT REFUSAL WILL CAUSE
OPEN BREAK.
is LAST WORD BEFORE WAR
President Wilson Prepares to Place
Matter Before Congratulated
on U. S. Troops Shown to
Be Unprovoked.

Washington, D. c., June ga de-
mand for the immediate release OF the
American troopers taken prisoners at
Carrizal, coupled with stern notifi-
cation that the United States expected
an early statement of the purposes OF
the Carranza government was tele-
graphed to Mexico Sunday by Secre-
tary Lansing.
The note discloses that the state de-
partment received Saturday a COM
munication from the de facto govern
ment stating that the Carrizal fight
was the direct result of orders to at
tack American soldiers moving other
wise than toward the border, person
ally issued by Gen. Carranza to Gen.
Trevino and by the latter communi-
Gated to Gen. Pershing.
In reply Secretary Lansing required
that the de facto government transmit
definite statement ''as to the course
of action it has determined upon"
through the usual diplomatic chan
nels, "and not through subordinate
military officers"
Lie M6AlCdA 10 COA-
strued, Secretary Lansing states, "as
a formal avowal of deliberately hos
tile action against the forces of the
United Stats now in Mexico, and of
the purpose to attack without provo
cation whenever they move from their
present position" despite the friendly
mission on which they are engaged
and which is reaffirmed in the Ameri-
can rejoinder.
Meet Force With Force.
Gen. Carranza is required to place
himself on record formally, and the
plain intimation lies behind the re-
strained language of Mr.. Lansings
communication that force will be met
with force. Apparently, however, the
Washington government is determined
that the de facto government shall
not evade responsibility before the
world If war is forced upon the United
States.
The note and the military situation
in the United States were talked over
at the White house Sunday night by
the president with Chairman Stone of
the senate foreign relations commit
tee; Senator Lodge, ranking repub-
lican member, and Chairman Flood of
the house committee on foreign. af-
fairs.
| After the conference, which lasted
more than an hour, Senator Stone said
the situation was exceedingly acute"
President Wilson had felt it necessary
to acQuaint congress with tn estate of
affairs and the action taken, through
the foreign affairs committee. 1t was
indicated that he might desire to ad-
dress a joint session of the house and
senate in day or two, but would not
take this final step until the Mexican
government had been given an oppor-
tunity to reply.
Text of Note to carranza.
The text of the note to the Mexican
de facto government, transmitted on
Sunday to James Linn Rodgers, spe-
cial representative of the American
government in Mexico City, says:
"Mr. Arredondo yesterday delivered
to this government the following COM
munication:
al am directed by my government
to inform your excellency, with ref
erence to the CarriZal incident, that
the chief executive. through the Mexi-
can war department. gave orders to
Gen. Jacinto B .Trevino not to permit