El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-13
j. s. TOO LONG
IN GOING ACROSS
Carranza Did Not Under
stand 1t Meant To Go
After Villa This Time.

After Villa This Time.
repeated irruptiOns like the one reg
! ;e4o-ad Of Columbus or of any other
O lind whatever at any point Of the from
'iS The s'i text Of the note follows:
Text Of Carrnnza Note.
3 ssTbe Mexican government, in its de-
sire to conserve cordial and interchangeable
GOD relations Of friendship which
6o,,rrLt 10 exist between Mexico and the
T-nited states, as much for the senti-
,-,er+ that animates this government as
for n desire Of satisfying the spirit of
Article % of the treaty Of friendship
co1obrated between both countries on
/ Mace in Columbus on the night of
/ March last and remembering the his
/ foricaI antecedents in similar Incidents
aid not hesitate to make to the govern
ment Of the United States under date
of March 10, proposal by means OF
which the forces OF one and the other
country could reciprocally cross the
dividing line in pursuit Of bandits II
unfortunately there should be repeated
along the border acts like those COM
mitted in columbus For from the be-
Ginning the Mexican government judged
Nv reason Of the time which had trans
pired and for the purpose Of treating
The case already passed. the said Incl
dent could not remain comprehended
as proposal for the reciprocal passing
of troops.
oft is for this reason that the note
If our government. sent on tho 10th OF
March. indicates with all clearness that
the proposition contained in it was con-
ditionai. or what is the same, that reel
procity could take place only if the ir-
ruption registered in Columbus should
unfortunately be repeated at any other
Doint on the frontier line.
s.The American government relying
IN the text OF said note and without
having penetrated all these conditions
~ its limitation. but rather believing
i'm the existence OF a definite agreement.
az is indicated in the terms Of its note
OF March Is, gave expression to It's
views as follows:
sprhat in view OF the consent to this
reciprocal agreement proposed by the
de facto government Of Mexico, this
agreement is now complete and in Wig
or and the reciprocal privilege pre-
viousIv mentioned may be exercised by
each government without a future in
terchange Of ideas.
1T was considered right to send on
Mexican territory an expedition which
has been called punitive with the OBJ
iect Of pursuing and chastising villa
and his party of outlaws, and the ex-
Dedition was sent some days after the
Troops sent in without Notice.
"On the 18th day OF March the Me1i-
can government sent a note to the
American government through our con
fidential agent at Washington, Llcencl-
ado Eliseo Arredondo, statlng thaI s Sile
Mexican government had reliable lnIor-
nation that without knowledge or the
advice of the nearest civil and pollIlcal
authorities, and without sending com
munication on the part OF the Amerl-
can government, a socalled punitive
expedition had passed through Palomas
with the object of pursuing VIVA ana
his marty. As a consequence, the sald
agent was instructed 70
call the attntion Of the United states
to the fact that II was CIV.
ing a crooked Interpretation TO the text
OF the note Of March 10 and that the
Of Mexico was disposed 10
sustain Its proposal regarding Ine re-
passage of troops, but tnat an
expedition could not be sent IN the
meantime as the terms and conditions
relative to the agreement were not oe-
fined.
Purpose Was to Prevent Another Attack
.This government insisted in its note !
Of March II that the reciprocal passage !
Of troops would be permitted only, II /
from this time forward !
there should be repeated irruptions ike J
he one registered at Columbus or OF /
lnv other kind whatever at any part {
Of the frontier line.
an the meantime. the Mexican gov |
srnment. faithful to its proposal and /
with the intention 10 Iuliilllhs surety |
It's compromise, began drawing up
project for the reciprocal passage OF /
rooms which was presented with all /
-orm TO the United States government /
Inder date Of March 49, 1t being hopeu 4
nat the terms and conditions estab-
ished in the said agreement Wou4o
meet with approval
The American government, through
he medium Of our contldentlal agent
that IN principle II aS-
.epted the agreement ana was only
.ti1dvfnp- the points in detail in order
n finish it, SO things went on until
he 18th OF March, when the Hon.
ewes Linn Rogers presented q note
n our secretary, begging that the cor
esDonding authorities in Chlhuahua
hould give the necessary INSTRUCTIONS
n hermit that some provisions be trans
.orted by the North Western railroad
or the American troops pursuing VIVA
ma his party. on the same date the
Texfcan government answered the note
surprise that WlthOuI any
fficial advices whatever, on the part OF
he United States government, AIneri-
an troops had crossed over INTO Mex
an territory and were already in Casas
,randes, or its surroundings.
In Good Faith.
"On the 18th of March our contlueh-
.a1 agent in Washington had an IN
arvIew with one Frank Polk. then
scretarv to the state department and
3 expressed to our confidential agent
LAT he deplored not having received tho
atoms of the Mexican govern
emf before the passage of American
,rces over the frontier. and assured
mr. agent that the passage OF these
ICONS took place in the best OF taith
nd in the belief that it would not be
ecessarv to enter into more particulars
nd details Of an agreement which was
,nsidered definite and ended
srThese declarations, made by Mr..
ok. were confirmed in all their parts
! a conference on March IS between
mr. confidential agent and your eX-
9Ilencv. who stated also that he was
2rrv at having interpreted wrongly the
,ntents Of the said note in respect TO
ne massage of troops and that they
ould not advance more to the south
T the place where they then were
con the 18th of March Mr. Polk ad-
ressed a letter to our confidentlaI
cent in Washington ratifying In
-ritiny the conference held on the !
revious day and expressing in clear
nd conclusive manner that IL was
.otfve for sincere lamentatlon thaI
lere had been a bad Interpretation !
70 tho attitude Of the first cher