The Elbert County tribune., 1919-08-22
EXHAUSTED
NOTES SENT TO cARRANZA ARE
MADE PUBLIC.
TOWARD MEXICAN
GOVERNMENT.
western Newspaper Union New. Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington, Aug. 15.-In making
public the two notes on the Mexican
situation 1t was learned here that
$4,000 American troops are stationed
along the Mexican border ready for
Immediate action, If President Wilson
deems Intervention necessary. Amer
lean cruisers are being rushed to join
those already in American waters. Maj.
Gen. Joseph Il. Dickman is in com
mand of the ten regiments of infantry,
seven of cavalry and three of artillery
now on the border.
Washington.-As evidence of the
adoption of less indulgent attitude
toward Carranza and his failure to
protect Americans and their property,
the administration made public today
the text of notes exchanged with the
Mexican government last month. In
the American note demanding the cap
ture and punishment of the murderers
of Peter Ostron, an American citizen
residing in San Luis Potosi, 1t was
stated that SHOULD the lives of Amer
lean citizens continue to remain unsafe
and these murders continue by reason
of their unwillingness or inability of
the Mexican government to afford ade-
quate protection, my government-the
United States-may be forced to adopt
n radical change in its policy with re-
gard to Mexico"
1t also was learned tonight that the
President has prohibited the exporta-
ton of arms and ammunition to any
part of Mexico for the time being, at
least. The arms embargo has been on
and off during the last eight years,
but ever since the recognition of Car
rama in 1915, the export of war mu-
, nitions to the Mexican government
has been permitted. The clamping
, down of the arms embargo now is re-
garded as indication that the patience
of the administration with Carranaz
, is about exhausted.
II has been demonstrated that Car.
rama soldiers were using American
arms and munition to kill Americans
and that a large proportion of the
American munitions shipped to Car
rama was sold to Mexican rebels and
bandits by Carranza commanders OF
exchanged for immunity from attack.
Carranza thus replied to the Presi
dents threat to adopt a sterner policy
in dealing with Mexico:
"The menace embraced in your note
has surprised the Mexican govern
ment, all the more so since it seems
strange that 1t should be exacted that
even in depopulated regions human
life should be protected In more per
feet manner than in the most popu
: lous cities of the most cultured coun
, tries. where bloody crimes often occul
without the respective governments
r thereby becoming the object of severe
observations"
i His charge that oil company paymas
: ters had connived at robberies perpe
trated upon them brought hot rotor
from the American oil concerns In {
protest to the State Department II
5 which it was stated:
"The paymasters of the companie.
: are all known men of long association
with the companies and would not b,
serving as paymasters unless theii
companies had thorough confidence II
I their personal honesty. The belief o.
$ all the representatives of the compan
r les is absolute that the insinuatior
contained in the note from the Mexican
embassy is entirely uniustified In fact