The sun., 1919-06-17

haps Arizona agreed. l received tele-
grams of protest against that action.
III called the State Departments at
tention to these protests. showing that
destruction of American property and
lives would inevitably follow our siding
with one faction In Mexico. On the 2Sth
OF May the press stated that the Carran-
"a Government had been refused per-
mission to move troops through our ter
rltoT. A few days later, just prior to
the attack on Juarez. Gen. Angeles notl-
fed the American people of his desire
to have the American people understand
that he was not responsible for an attack
" IL should be made that II was ordered
by Villa. commander OF the army to
which Angeles is attached. Whether
the Carranza Government had any as
surance from Washington when we re-
fused permission to move troops through
American territory that our army would
protect the Carranza troops at Juarez,
/ cannot say
III we have crossed the river to pro-
tect the Carranza forces against those
OF villa just so surely as the sun rises
American property and lives will suffer
unless our troops police Mexico and pro-
tect our citizens and property. II troops
have been sent there TO protect Amer.
lean life and property it indicates my
contention for the past seven years
nave been widely criticised for 1t and IL
that Is why our troops have been sent
there l welcome It and congratulate the
War Department I have not inquired
OF the War Department why the troops
were ordered into Mexico. We sent
troops to Vera Crus but not to protect
American citizens. When we sent
fershing into Mexico 1t was with the
distinct declaration by the President
that II was to arrest Villa.
To Protect Carranra Garrison.
The idea that we had any other pl.-
pose was indignantly denied. The infor-
nation / have received of the general
impression here and In FL Paso is .ha.
apparently the purpose OF the present
movement Is to protect the Ca-rsnza
garrison. do not know what has be.
come Of that garrison further than the
dispatches saying IL Is not cooperating
with American troops and tina. the
American troops are not attackir; it.
Irrespective Of whether the movement;
was for the purpose OF protecting Amer
lean citizens in e. Paso or TO protect
the Carranza garrison in JuarAz the
eject would be the same in MexicJ Car
rama is President OF Mexico by the
grace Of the Government Of the United
states. He has no authority throughout
Mexico generally; ne is entirely unerlc
to protect American citizens now. pr3c-
tically as he was after the Ca--,zal
massacre.
ASK the State Department IL we may
have in the Senate the consular report
or Claude l. Dawson, Consul at Tampico ::
ask who murdered American citizens at
Tsmpico; ascertain whether they were
murdered by revolutionists or by Car
ranze soldiers
The State Department reports are full
Of news from Mexico which should be
given publicity. The department for
more than two years has Rvowedly been
suppress'ng news from Mexico. Every
paper I'm the United States has had
something like command from the
state Department to suppress Mexican
news. A year or two ago heard Sem
ator Brandege read into the Record a
press telegram from a California pa per
pretending to give story as brought
from Nazatlan BY American naval Of
fcers.
IL have in my possession copy of the
original story which set forth the machi-
nations of Germans in Mexico. outrages
by the CarranEistas instigated as was
claimed, by Germans; and have tie =
gram from the State Department saying
that some papers were not keeping their
word with II, but were publishing matter
from Mexico which was causing annoy
ance and It was hoped they would not
publish such news. as its discussion by
the American people might cause COM
plication with that country The Assoc