The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-18

the Navy, dated January 9. 1916: and an extract from letter from the Sec retary of War, dated January 26, 1916, hereinbefore mentioned as enclosure No. 6, in which reference is made to bor- der conditions.
 When the arrest of the men men tioned was reported to the depart ment of state informal negotiations were begun with the Huerta govern ment with a view to settling the diff fculty, but owing to the refusal of General Huerta to comply with Ad- miral Mayo's demand for a salute, the negotiations were suspended. The American consuls in Mexico were in formed by telegraph on April 20, 1914, that the negotiations had been sus- pended and that the President would lay the matter before the Congress on that date with 8 view to taking such action as might be necessary to obtain reparation for the offense against the flag and the navy of the United States and they were instructed to advise Americans to withdraw from Mexican territory.
 "On September 15, 1915. the depart ment of state dispatched a telegram to the minister of Brazil at Mexico City, temporarily in charge of American in terests, for delivery by him to Vice Consul Silliman in which the latter was instructed to say to General Carranza that the President was arranging to withdraw the American troops from Vera Cruz and that he desired some responsible authority be named to whom the custom house could be turned over to and that officials be designed to whom authority in the city could be delivered. On September 22, 1914, a telegram was sent to the minister of Brazil in which the Carranza gQv~ ernment was requested to give cer- tain assurances in regard to the pay ment of taxes, treatment of refugees at Vera Cruz and other matters copy of this telegram is enclosed here with.
 ASSURANCES GIVEN
 "On November 10. 1914, the minister of Brazil at Mexico City telegraphed General Carranza's reply to the as- surances requested on September 22 A copy of this telegram is enclosed herewith.
 q have also the honor to append list, enclosure No. 12, of the citizens of the United States who from various causes have lost their lives in Mexico during the years 1913. 1914 and 1915 The total is 76. From the latter part of February, 1913, when the military operations against General Huerta be- gan, to the close of the year 1915, a period of 34 months, a great portion of the territory of Mexico was the scene or uOmeSI1c SCfIe. 1eI IL may De noted that during the years 1910. 1911 and 1912, when much smaller area was disturbed by war, 47 Americans lost their lives in Mexico and this was at a time when the country was as stunned to be at peace, since the Ma depo revolution, which began on No- vember 20 1910, lasted only six months
 "While 76 Americans lost their lives in the entire territory of Mexico dur ing the years 1913. 1914 and 1915 in the same period there were 20 civilian Americans and 16 American soldiers killed on American soil adjacent to the international boundary and during these years there were approximately 92 Mexican killed in the same area. These figures indicate that condition of lawlessness prevailed along the border, due in large measure to fac- tional conflict in Mexican territory for ports of entry and to the unfriend1y personal relations existing between the American and Mexican residents in that region. The department, however,, has no reliable information as to the number of Mexicans killed on the Mex ican side of the boundary and its inn mediate vicinity as a consequence of sthis state of disorder"