The Mena weekly star., 1916-06-22
WILSON INDICTS
 CARRANzA POLICY
De FaetO Government of Mexico Must Change It's Attitude Toward United States or ''Gravest Con-
 sequences Will Follow"

Washington. June 20.-The Amer ican note. flatly rejecting General Carranza's demand for the immedi- ate withdrawal of the American punitive expedition from Mexican soil. and sharply rebuking the head of the de facto government in Mex ico for the discourteous tone and temper of his last communication, was handed to Mexican Ambassador ] Arredondo this morning.
 The note recites that while the Fl Paso conference between Generals Scott and Funston and Minister Ob- regon was on. Mexicans raided Glen Springs, Tex, killing three Ameri- can soldiers and kidnapping two Americans.
 The Americans then crossed the border. the note continues, in pur- suit of the bandits, and, as with the Columbus case. penetrated i68 miles into Mexico without encountering a single Carranza soldier
 The note declares that it was im- possible to accomplish anything at the Fl Paso conference for the req son that the Mexieans demanded inc immediate withdrawal of the Amer lcan troops and made all proposi- tions entirely conditional on that.
 They were told that the immedi- ate withdrawal of the Americans could not take place.
 The note concludes with the statement that if the de facto gov ernment continues to ignore it's ob- legations and carries out it's threat 10 defend it's territory by the appeal to arms against the American troops the gravest consequences will fol- low
 While this government would deeply regret such result" the note says, it cannot recede from it's settled determination to maintain its national rights and perform it's duty Tn preventing further invasion of the territory of the United States and removing the peril which the Americans along the international boundary have borne for so long a time with patience and forebear- ance.n
 The long continued outrages against the Americans and their property. both in Mexico and along the border, are reviewed in the note, and the warning is given that the American troops will be kept in Mexico until such time the de facto government troops perform the duty which the United States has sought -the pursuit of the bandits.
 T am reluctant. but forced to the conclusion which might be drawn from the circumstances" declared Secretary of State Lansing this morning. "that the de facto govern ment. in spite of the crimes com mitted and the sinister designs of Villa and his followers. didn't, and doesn't now. intend that these out laws should be captured. destroyed or dispersed by the American troops, or. at the request of this govern ment, by the Mexican troops"
 The purposes of the United States toward Mexico. which were ques- tioned by Carranza in his last note. are announced in the following lan- guage:
 "If denial is needed that this gov- ernment has ulterior motives in her diplomatic relations. or has counte- naneed the activities of American sympathizers and an interventionist press, I am glad to most emphatical- ly deny it. II is, however, common knowledge that the Mexican press has been more active than the Unit cd States press in endeavoring to intlame the two peoples against each other"
 After this mornings cabinet meet ing. Secretary Lansing said the Mex ican situation remains unchanged.