Arizona republican., 1916-06-21
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ranZa today ana then lapSeu pdch into the expectant waiting that has followed each crisis in the Mexican situation.
 Speculation tonight centered on the first chiefs reception of the Lans-. ing document Much interest was taken in a telegram received this afternoon at the Mexican consulate from the official news bureau Tn Mexico City This message read; General Carranza, addressing patriotic crowd in Mexico City, de- clared that there would be no war T between the United States and Mex ico unless the United States should send a further punitive expedition into Mexico"
 The address referred to is believed to be the one mentioned in Monday nights dispatch, in which General Carranza was quoted as saying ne | did not wish war; but would not dodge it to the sacrifice of the na- tional dignity. In some quarters the telegram was interpreted as fore casting a backdown on the part or the first chief It was pointed out that the United States has no in 1 tention of sending additional forces 1 into Mexico unless new situation | arises.
 | Whatever Carranza's attitude, mili- | tary authorities along the border an | nounced themselves tonight in com | plete readiness for eventualities. At | every point where the threat of the 1 de facto soldiers exists, every Breptf- ration has been made for the protec- | ton of American lives and property. Tn military circles it is agreed that | the American defense against the 1 slightest Mexican aggression will be
 swift and sharply executed offen- sive The only way to protect the border will be to drive the Carran
 Zistas away from it.
 | Indications which piled up today
 from various Mexican towns along
 the border point to the probability
 that the first dash of American reg
 ulars over the international boundary will meet with slight resistance
 Men, women and children in thes'
 centers are being ordered southward while merchants have been instructed to move their goods to interior points
 There has been no preparation O
 trenches or other Qualifications
 It is believed here that whateve fight the Mexicans might make would
 he staged some distance to the soutl ! American military men do not eX
 pect a pitched battle. They say tha lthe Mexican officers who crossed over into Fl Paso when the Scot
 Obregon conference was on and wit
 messed the display of United State f regulars realize well that the poorl a equipped and lilly drilled peons unde the Mexican banner would have n n chance in a genuine engagement wit
 the Americans. They predict tn Q | Mexicans will make a retreatin S fight of it.
 q While the Carranzistas undoubtedl e outnumber the Americans at an r given point, they are not feared b o the Americans, who figure one g their men is worth five of the Mex s jeans. This is about the ratio of tt e troops engaged in the first Mexica e war. The Mexicans are not rated B. highly now as they were then. a Strategists here point out u y splendid military position of Gener IS Pershing's forces at Namiquip Ie Southeast of this point is the Sam y Clara canyon, which cuts through ,- spur of the Sierra Madres. and pr' W vides a. comparatively short route l. Laguna on the Mexican Central raj . fr, al.a 1e from JuareZ and ninety miles fro 1t Chihuahua By using the Mexi 'n Northwestern to send another colun Id into Chihuahua City, General Persl al ing could speedily control both u m Mexican Central and the Mexi el, Northwestern from Juarez to Chihu gu hua, and be in a position to dom s- nate the situation south of Chihu a9 hua City.
 E. A trip through Juarez tod at showed absolutely no attempt the ne at fertilization. There have be
 , numerous reports of trenches dug a ioi defenses thrown up but these we
 shown to be grOundless. A few TO of stones piled mp in fields. irrig ri tion ditches bereft of any flow
 water and heap of dirt here a
 there apparently gave ground for {
 rumors. Military men say they Z
 valueless against the American !;
 tillery.
 The large irrigation bitches throu - the town could be utilized if ez, water were cut off However, u en might also make good traps in ev' est of a cleverly executed flank attack Of While the situation develops ac- exodus of Americans from Chihuaf ley and Sonora continues Men mak lad their way to Fl Paso say that pr in- tically only galvanized" Mexican
 Americans who have married M