Arizona republican., 1919-12-10
JENKINS FATE
UP To MEXICAN
SUPREME COURT
Highest Tribunal Assumes
Jurisdiction in the Action
Against Consular Agent
Government Officials
: Are Anxiously Awaiting
Reply to the Last Note
Republican A. p. Leased WireJ

WASHINGTON, Dec. s.-The Mex
lean supreme court has assumed
jurisdiction over the case of Ameri-
can Consular Agent William 0. Jenk-
ms, the state department was advised
today by the American embassy at
Mexico City.
The message gave no details other
than the transfer of the case from the
Puebla state courts had been made on
motion of jenkins personal counsel
and officials indicated that develop
ments thus far have not been such as
to cause any change in the American
governments attitude as outlined in
the recent sharp note to Mexico re-
newing the request for Jenkins re-
lease.
Impatiently Await Reply
No reply to that note has been re-
ceiyed and administration officials
made no effort to conceal their i'm
patience. George Summerlin, the
American charge at Mexico City,
cabled the state department yesterday
that the reply from Carranza was ex-
pected during the day, but so far az
the department knew tonight 1t had
not yet been delivered.
In refusing the original request of
the United States that Jenkins be re-
leased, the Mexican government said
| that jenkins case was in the hands
| of the state courts of Puebla, which
/ had charged him with giving false
evidence in connection with his kid
| naping by bandits n October and his
/ subsequent release of payment Of
| payment Of s150,000 ransom, and that
the executive department was power
| less to act. IN its reply the United
States took the position that under
the new constitution of Mexico the
| federal supreme court alone had juris-
diction over cases of foreign diplo-
matte and consular representatives in
| Mexico. This also was the position
of Jenkins counsel in arguing the
motion that his case be transferred TO
the supreme court.
Jenkins was released from the Pu-
ebla penitentiary last Thursday on
| 1000 pesos bond furnished by ]. Salter
Hansen, and the state department was
informed today that he had arrived in
| Mexico City from Puebla to confer
with Mr. Summerlin relative to his
case. Jenkins investigation and that
of the department into the eircur7
| stance surrounding his release still ar7
under way Meantime, officials with
/ held comment on Hansen's stateme b
that in furnishing the bond he acted
on his own initiative.
/ During the day members of the sem
i ate foreign relations committee con
ferred informally and decided that the
investigation of conditions in Mexico
| by the senate committee should he
continued both in Washington and on
the border The committee members
also approved telegram sent by Sen
ator Fall New Mexico, chairman OF
the investigating committee, to H. 7,
Oliver, an American at Mexico City,
in which the senator said President
Wilson had not indicated his inten-
ton not to break Off diplomatic rela-
tions with the Carranza government
Senator Falls telegram was in reply
to a message from Oliver asking for
some word that would deny statements
published in the Mexican capital that
the New Mexico senator was trying to
bring about intervention in Mexico
The telegram follows:
Your telegram received You are
fully authorized to repeat and if nee
essary publish in Mexico my statement
to you that, although l have beer
called an interventionist, am positive
ly opposed to armed intervention ii
Mexico except as an absolutely last re-
sort, and that my desire is for some
: friendly solution of pending question:
between the Mexican people and the
government and the people of tht
United States.
Fall Explains Position
IF you publish this statement
insist that you publish also the fol
lowing evidence: Truth of above state
ment should be found in the fact tina
the committee has today given public
ity to CarranZa's latters of instruction!
to Berlanga Of June IA and August 19
1918, showing his active interference,
in affairs here. Also of distribution
here. by Bonillas, ambassador, ant
Y Mexican consuls, of revolutionary lit
n erature. Also of Carranza letter di
e recting Miss Galindo to abuse tn,
United States and particularly Presi