The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-20

acts in, a section which he has long claimed to be under the complete domination of his authority. Not withstanding these representation and the promise of an effort to prevent attacks along the international boun- diary, in the following month of, Oc- tober, a passenger train was wreck by bandits and several persons killed seven miles north of Brownsville and an attack made upon United States troops at the same place several days later.
 Bandits Unpunished.
 Since these attacks, leaders of the bandits well known both to Mexican civil and military auth critics as well as to American officers, have been enjoying with innpunity the liberty of the towns of northern Mexico. So far has the indifference of the de facto government to these atrocities gone that some of these leaders, as I protection of that government but en- couragenent and aid well.
 Expectations upon American per- sons and property within Mexican jur- isdiction have been still more nu- merous. This government has re- peatedly requested in the strongest terms that the de facto governn1 ent safeguard the lives and homes of Am merican citiens and furnish the pro lection which international obligation imposes, to American interests in the northern states of Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon, Coahuila, Chihuahua and So- nora and also in the states to the south. For example, on January 8, troops were requested to punish the bands of outlaws which footed the Cusi mining property, 80 miles west of Chihuahua, but no effective results came from this request. During the following week the bandit Villa, with his band of about 200 men, was oper- ating without opposition between Ru- bio and Santa YsabeL 8 fact well known to Carranzista authorities. Meanwhile, a party of unfortunate Americans started by train from Chi huahua to visit the Cusi after having received assurances from the CarraI1- ista authorities in the state of Chihua- hua that the country was safe and that a guard on the train was not necessary. The Anne ericans held pass ports or safe conducts issued by au- thorities of the de facto governm ent. On January 10, the train was stopped by Villa bandits and IS of the Ameri- can party was stripped of their cloth ing and shot in cold blood, in what is now known as the Santa Ysabel Mas Sacre.''
 Only One Punished
 General Carranza stated to the agent of the state department that he had orders for the immediate pursuit, cap ture and punishment of those respurI- sible for this atrocious crime and ap- pea1ed to this government and to the American people to consider the diff culties of according protection along | the railroad where the massacre oc- cured. Assurances were also given l by MT. Arredendo, presumably under | instructions from the de facto govern
 ment, that the murderers would be 1 brought to justice and that steps would | also be taken to rem edyS~ the 1awless conditions existing in the state of Du- 1 rango. It is true that Villa, Castro and Lopez were publicly declared to be outlaws and subject to apprehension and execution, but so. far as known only a single man personally connect ! ed with this massacre has been brought to justice by Mexican author1-