The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-06-21

ton were perpetrated.
Representations were made to Gen.
Carranza and he was emphatically re-
ouested TO stop these reprehens!ble acts
IN a section which he has long claimed
20 be under the complete dom nation of
his authority.
Notwithstanding representations TO
Gen, Carranza and the promise OF Gen.
Nefarrete 10 prevent attacks along the
international boundary In the following
month Of October a passenger train was
wrecked by bandits and several persons
killed seven miles north Of Brownsville.
and an attack was made upon United
states troops AZ the same place several
LAYS later. Since the attacks leaders OF
The bandits we'll known 10 Mexican civil
and military authorities. AS well as 10
American officers. have been enjoying
with impunity the liberty OF tho towns
of northern Mexico.
aided ny Government.
$50 far has the Indifference OF tho
dc facto Government to these atrocities
zone Ina some Of these leaders. as
am advised. have received not only the
, protection Of that Government but on
! enlargement and aid as well.
"~Depredations upor American persons
and property within Mexican jurisdiction
nave tetn sun '1'TF numerous sA''
Government has repeatedly requested in
the stronges, terms that the de facto
Government safeguard tn" lives ana
homes OF American citizens and fur-
nish the protection which alterations
obligation imposes TO American inter-
ests IN the northern states OF Tainauli-
pas. Nuevo Leon. Coahuila. Chihuahua
and Sonora. and also In the states Ia
the south.
For example. on January . troops
were requested TO punish the bands OF
outlaws which looted the Cusi miuins
property, eighty miles west Of 'hihus
hua. but no effective results came FROM
this request. During the follcwing week
tn. bandit villa. viii his band Of abou
zoo men. was operating without oiToSi
ton between Rubio and santa issbel
a fact well known to c~arraEzieta au-
| trorities. Meanwhile a party 81 unfor-
;unat" Americans started by train IRON
Chihuahua TO visit the tusi mines. after
having received assurances from IN.
Carranzista authorities in the state OF
Chihuahua that the country WAS safe
and that q guard on the train was
not necessary. The Americans held
passports or safe conducts issued 10y
authorities uf the dc facto Government
ON January 10 the train was stopped
by villa bandits u oishteen OF th'
! a'NeTlftN party were stripped OF tUtli
clothing and shot I'm cold blood in What
Is now known as the santa Ysabel mas.
sacre.' Gen. Carranza stated 10 ths
agent OF the Department ~ state that
he had issued orders for the immediate
pursuit, capture and punishment oi
those responsible for this atrocious crime
and appealed 20 this Government and
- tn" American people to CONSIDER the
difficulties Of according protection along
~
CURED, Assurances were also given by
Mr.. Arredondo, presumably under IN
structions from the dc facto Government
that the murderers would be brought
TO Justice and that steps would also b.
taken TO remedy he lawless conditions
existing in the state OF Durango,
None Brought to Justice.
1t is true that Villa, Castro snt
Lopez were publicly declared to be out.
laws and subject to apprehension and
execution, but SO far as known onl,
a single man personally connected viii
this massacre has been brought TO Jus.
tee b, Mexican authorities.
within a month after this rou'
slaughter ~ inoffenslve Americans n
was notorious that Villa was operating
within twenty miles Of Cusihuirachi,
and publicly stated that his purpose wa,
t. destroy American lives and property
Despite repeated and insistent demand:
that military protection should be fur
nished 10 Americans villa openly car.
ried on his operations. constantly ap'
preaching closer and closer to the Dor
der.
He was not intercepted nor were hi
movements impeded hy troops OF the d,
facto Government and no effectual At
tempt was made 10 Illustrate his lostil,
designs against Americans. In fart, Al
I am informed. while villa and his ban,
were slowly moving toward tho Amer
lean frontier in the neighborhood o
Columbus. y. NJ. not a single Mexican
soldier was seen In his vicinity. We
the Mexican authorities were fully cog
infant of his movements, for on Marc
s. as ten. Gavira publicly announced. h,
advised the American military authori
ties OF the outlaws approach to the Dor
der, so that they might be prepared I,
prevent him from crossing the boundary
VILLAS unhindered activities culmi
mated in the u~nprovoksd and cold bloode,
attack upon American soldiers and citi
zeus In the town of Columbus on til.
night OF March Q. the details OF whicl
do not need repetition here In order T.
refresh your memory with the heinous
ness Of tho crime. After numbering
burning and plundering, villa and hi
bandits. fleeing south, passed within
sight OF the CarranZista military post a
Casas Grandes. and no effort was mad,
to stop him by the officers and garrison
of tho dc facto Government ststIone,
there.
One COurse for 4. =.
I'm the face of these depredations, no
only on American lives and property oi
Mexican soil but on American soldiers
citizens and homes on American terri
tory. the perpetrators OF which Ger
Carranza was unable. or possibly con
sldered ii inadvisable to apprehend an,
punish, the United States had no re-
course other than TO employ force 4
d~isperse the bands OF Mexican outla " 5
who were with Increasing boldness sys
temstlcal,y raiding across tho Interna
tional boundary.
"The marauders engaged in the attac'
on Columbus were driven back across tn
border by American cavalry, and subse
auently. az soon as a sufficient force I
ron. with the band could he collected
were pursued into Mexico in an effor
10 capture or destroy them. without 90
operation or assistance In the field q
the part of the dc facto Governmcn
despite repeated requests by the Unite
states, and without apparent recognitio
OF its part OF the d~csirability OF putin
an end to these systematic raids. or ,
furnishing the chief perpetrators OF IN
a.. crimes committed. because they menace
the good relations Of tn" two countrie
American forces pursued the lswles
bands AS far as rarral, who're the pul
init uua hlltcl Inv The hostility of Mex