Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-30

the American troops against the o.... T.
Indignation Of the people of ParraI tss tass Just
presence in said town. ior their
1t Is an exact, in every inanner -
the imputaton of lack OF lovsi,,, form.
part of Constitutlonalst troops rhta, tne
reterred to in the note. 0n s
TROOPS PRESENCE UN1Avr,,, !, \
The Constitutionalist GovArnmsn, -.
not help but consider unlawful the 49, sou'o
OF the American troops in MexIcsn ssuce se
TORY because the orders which the slIl-
nau from its own Government and a. nay
,lsneu ,l py the American press were TO eors
inenee the prosecution OF vila Ana IN. "
bandits, returning to their terrltorv ..na ~
the bands were dispersed or that ~ Se Cnoe
stltutlonalist troops should take I'm ~. eu- ss
suit as they have done. puf-
The note calls attention to what .o.,l
was no more than simple pronosIsay.
that the Mexican Government rnsde noss,
tionally to the Government OF the rf,,,.,
states in note dated the 10th Of M.,.S
for the reciprocity for the passage OF ,rooa'
In pursuit of the bandits In case tha, !.
any other region of the frontier tba \.
lumbus Incident should be repeated h, ~
future. :" 'ne
This provisional proposition cou,d n.a..
pc called an agreement, and therefore t 4.
not true that the Constitutionallst Govern.
ment has repudiated any agreement,
1T is absolutely untrue that tba ~.
stitutionaliet Government should have corl
sidered the form and nature OF aereamsn,
Tor the mutual passage of troopa for ~
prosecution of bandits What really ~
Constitutlonallst Government wanted vss
TO fix the terms and conditions for fu,vss
difficulties that might arise between ons
and the other country, and to satisfy N,
Mexican people as to the reason Of ~
presence of American soldiers in our own
territory. ",
UNITED STATES ABUSED PACT 4
THE United States really has tried "a
abuse and not to use fundamental and az
fined agreement. because In all Its acts n (.
could be easily seen that 1t has not wan,ad !
to limit itself to the prosecution OF bandtz
but to enlarge its radius of action, ,1'f1s
'i1t is true that the Constitutionalst ,
Government suspended the discussion Of lin
agreement on the reciprocity Of the tres. !,
passing of troops, but 1t had very serious /
reasons for so deciding, because the Gov.
ernment of the United States did not want
to include the Columbus expedition in this
agreement, and this naturally could NOT IA
accepted by tho Constitutionallst Govern.
ment, inasmuch as it would have been equal
to consent to the invasion of Mexican terri
tory. ~
UNITED STATES ASKED TOO MUCH,s
TT is not trus that the Government q
the United States did answer In due terms
the note of the 18th of April of the Con-
stltutionalist Government because on dipIo.
matte grounds It cannot be considered "a
legal answer, but mere verbal exposi.
tion, without form or signature, as was done )
by Representative Rodgers, ,.1.tv.. ~
in the name of the Department Of Stats, :
Obregon signed a memorandum, which was
subjected to the approval of the First Chief ,
He had full authority to accept or reject II \
and If 1t Is rejected it was because II con-
tanned condition impossible to be ad-
mtted such as that the United States
should be the one to decide as to the with
drawai
Against what is imputed in the note
1t is n fact that the Constitutional Govern.
ment has initiated vigorous prosecution Of
the outlaw bands remaining in the Chlhua-
hua territory, and has made distributor
of its forces to put stop to further inyA-
sIons of American territory.