Arizona republican., 1916-05-13
Failure of Military Confer ence to Reach Agreement Brings No Change In Policy of Washington Administration
| DISCUSS GENERAL SCOTT'S REPORT
No Evidence Among Wash ington Officials of Great ly Increased Concern Over Events at the Border and In Mexico
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 WASHINGTON, May 12.-Failure of the military conference at II Paso to reach d definite agreement has brought no change in the policy toward Mexico of the Washington administration.
 President Wilson and his cabinet dis cussed General Scott's report announc- ing that the question at issue had been referred back by the conferees to their respective governments for diplomatics discussion. Later it was officially stated that the situation was ur- cnanged
 There was nc evidence among ad- minlstration officials of greatly in- creased concern over the events at the border and in Mexico President Will son left this afternoon for d week end trip down Chesapeake Bay on the naval yacht Mayflower Secretary Baker took train for Atlantic City and New aik, N. J., and will not return until Sunday
 The text of General Scouts report of his final discussions has not been made public. There are indications. however. that he arrived at something in the nature of a gentleman's under standing with the Mexican war minis ter though it possibly had no more definite form than a statement by each | side of what steps it purposed to take l toward checking raiding along the ] Texas border, renewed with the attack at Glenn Springs.
 Pending new orders from the presi- dent 1t was made plain at the war de- partment today that General Pershing's ] expedition would remain in Mexico watching developments beyond the | border. Meanwhile mobilization of na- 1 tional guardsmen from the border states and of additional regulars to | strengthen the border patrol at points | along the l,s00 mile stretch not, pro- tected by the expedition. continues. Should raiding be renewed additional | det duty and wherever bandits leave a not trail the army will not hesitate to ruTsue them into Mexico.
 l An indication of the views of some ! members of congress toward the sug- gestions of General Carranza that the | American expedition be recalled came in the senate today when Senator Lew is declared he believed the majority ot the senate would never vote for with | drawal until the murderers of Ameri cans had been punished. The Illinois senator spoke in reply to a suggestion by Senator Kenyon, that nothing ade- quate was being done to safeguard tn, soldiers now in Mexico. Senator Levi! declared every possible precaution wa, being taken by the war department.
 Neither Secretary Lansing nor Eliset 1 Arredondo. Carranza ambassador des
 ignate, took any step during the da! toward renewing diplomatic discussion of the points that arose during the mil
 itary conference. MT. Arredondo wa
 awaiting instructions from his gov
 crnment Secretary Lansing will dis
 cuss matters With General Scott on hi
 return next week before taking up in
 formal communications with the Mexi can ambassador. There was nothin , to indicate any desire to press matter
 on either side.
 War department officials laid stres l on the fact that General Funston's or I ders were unchanged. While Genera
 Pershing now is concentrating hi
 forces along a shortened line. it wa Q 1 stated positively that he would hurr , south again immediately if he receive : information that Villa or any consid
 erable number of his band had gath I cred at a point within striking dis | tance.
 General Pershing, it was stated, keI | going as long as he had a hot tra |, to follow. For days there has been T 5 mention of Villas name in official dis . patches and officials here and at tf
 border do not know his whereabon :, or even whether he is still alive 7. was this situation, it was indicated, 2 :, well as the increasing danger :, clashes with the Mexican people as u
 scattered chase moved southwar
 which led General Funston to sugge
 a re-dsposition of the troops in vie ;, of what had been accomplished t' f (Continued on Page Three)