Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-12-02
CHARGES MEXICO
W|THATTEMPT TO
BECL0UD ISSUES
Secretary Tells CarranZa
American Course Needs
No Defense.
MEXICANS PUNISH VICTIM
AND LET BANDITS GO FREE
Chicanery INDUCED In to Conceal
Actual Crime Situation
in Puebla.
uLTIALiTUM STAGE is NEAL:
Last Message TO Southern Republic
Permits Only Early and Fa-
vorablc Response.
Last Message TO Southern Republic
Permits Only Early and I'a-
vorablc Response.
Secretary Lnnsing's note to Cnr-
rnnZa is printed in fun on page =.
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Jenkins. American consular agent. un-
ger Imprisonment At pnchla. Mex, By
MeXicdn authorities. to be unfoundcd,
INC state Department, in It's latest
hotc 10 carranza made public today.
lcncws rs rcqueS: for the !mncdia e
Gelcase OF the American agent.
inc note WAS made public TINS morn
ing, co.ncident with it's receipt OF
tecn advised tonight OF the release OF
Mr Jenkins. neither did II possess CON
irmation Of the report from the border
that he had been freed.
The United states. tho note blunt :
states. does not need defense OF its
original note for the release or Jen-
isins. and the communication from Car
ranza. which prccipitated this note, is
REGARDED by this government as mere
lE. an expression OF opinion on the par,
OF tho Mexican government
This reters. of course. tn tho changes
made against Jenkins. which, Secretary
Lansing says: are entirely unsupported
Porter confers with Lansing.
Representatives stephen q. Porter.
chairman OF tho House Foreign Af-
fairs Committee, called on Secretary
Lansing today and conferred with him
The state Department Is in earnest
on this matter" said Mr.. Porter when
his conference was over. Congress
Vii snppor, its stand. For three Years
! have held the idea that Intervention
either amicablc or forccfu!-.was in
ewts bic in Mexico"
Much significance was attached 10
Mr.. Fortcr's visit TO the secretary, in
aslnuch as the next development in the
Jenkins case VIII probably bc the re-
suit OF action by Congress. Every
;hins IS dependent OF course. on the
next move by Carranza. II Jenkins is
kept in IN" pcnitcntiary. and the Mex
actual proof OF the charges against
him, TIE American government will
stand for no further evasion in the
matter.
Chicnp~ry for Dual Purpos~.
Secretary Lansing charges that there
has boon studied attempt on the part
OF Mexican authorities TO ensnarc the
American agent in the intrciac!es OF
clarGcs against him. He declares this
chIcanery 10 have been done for a
uon o, the American public and The
American government from the fact
that luenla. the second LARGEST city in
AL Of MeSieo; Sieo; is is WITHOUT adequate
ond purpose is givrn in the follow
nc language:
1T If aPpeaTE tpo Woftn 70 have been the
- assume wiiifui indifference 10
the feelings of the American people
that have been. aroused to the point
ri Indignation by the exposure, hard
ships and physical suffering endured
by Jenkins during his abduction and
his subsequent treatment al the nanuS
OF the Mexican authorities"
Punish Victim Rather Thnn Bandits.
The Secretary OF state. moreover.
practically says that the persecution
Of jenkins by the authorities at Puehla
is in harmony with their failure to
either protect hin! against abduction
or to apprchcnd and punish the ban
dts who kidnapped him and held him
for 800. 900 pesos ransom.
The State Department today would
not make public the text Of its first
note to Mexico calling for the iminc-
the day after it's transmission. which
was November co. 1t was explained
today. however. that the first note was
not demand. although its transla-
ton at the border. when it was given
out by Mexican authorities. was that
ii was wordcd and construed as de-
mand.
Because Of the gravity Of the stu
alton which is slowly approaching Il
climaX; there wss disinclination among
senator's and Representatives today to
comment at length on Secretary Lam
;inEs ,hn note. Practically all Of them,
the administration. but they new real
ize that with the imminence OF action
o. on ddta me part ,in OF Congress the matter
IS departing from the realm Of dis
cuSSion.
Refuses 10 Discuss Alternatives.
:, ;ecretarS Lansing today would rot
EScH,T;s nIoGabilities hingins upon an
mis- refusal TO release Jenkins immc. o. :.
diatcly. '''''"
The Mexican embassy was silent ON
The dcVciopmcnts today ana II u.o c
said no news had been received from
The State Department has M, ,.o,
addressed note to the AIcXjcan ,9vt
ernmcnt on the subject OF the mos
recent mnrde1 or an American citizen
hercd complete investigation Of ,ha
killing OF James Wallace, an emnlornc
of an oil company i'm the Tampico liz
trict. who was slain by n Carranz;sfo p
soldier on November &c. but n full re-. !"
rort has not been received from tho
American embassy at Mexico CITY.
Moro Money for War, Risk Pntico,.
appropriation OF SO. .0oo, 900. to- be used
by the Public Health Service for treat :
ment OF war risk insurance patients.
gSson..G;enecra, geo me al Blue. who reported that
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