Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1919-12-05
MEXICO SAYS NO
TOU.S.DEMANDS
Refuses to Free Consul William
O. Jenkins, Says Press
Dispatch.
NO OFFICIAL ANSWER YET
undersecretary Of Foreign Relations
Declares There Is mo Legal Foun-
dalton Nor Principle of Interna-
tlonal Law" for Such Action.

Mexico City, Nov. 2S.--Declaring
there Is mo legal foundation nor prin-
,ciple OF International law" upon which
the United States bases its demand
for the immediate release of william
o. Jenkins, United States consular
agent at Puebla, the Mexican govern
lment, through Hlllario Medina, under
secretary of foreign relations, stated It
was impossible to accede to the request
of the American state department.
IT Is asserted that the executive de-
partment cannot under Mexican law
intervene at this moment in an affair
which is strictly In the hands of state
courts.
II is declared the Imprisonment of
MIR. Jenkins was neither unJustified
nor arbitrary and that Mr.. Jenkins is
preventing his own freedom by refus-
ing to give bail. for which reason, II
is said, he cannot be considered d
victim Of molestation."
Washington. Nov. 27.-The state de
partments demand upon the Mexican
government was for the immediate
release" Of Consular Agent Jenkins
who is still held In the penitentiary
charged with completely In his own
kidnapping.
The American demand, though call
ling for Jenkins release Immediate
ly," had not brought a reply to Wash
lington, though sent to Mexico City
over a week ago.
Some officials expressed belief thai
the Mexican governments delay in re
plying to the American note was part
OF a deliberate plan to still further
lantagonIze the United States.
Secretary Lansing issued this state
ment:
"The state department has not re
ceived the answer of the Mexican gov
lernment. A dispatch from Mexico Cit
says the press there announces tina
the Mexican senate at on executiv,
session November "a decided to asl
President Carranza for full informa
tion on the Jenkins case. The Mexico
City press quotes the subsecretary o.
foreign affairs as saying that the repl!
to the American note was expected
to be handed to the American embass.
lof Mexico City November 25."
Reports are being received dali,
through official channels regarding eff
forts to discredit Jenkins. Today's ad
vices tell of the refusal of the court a
Puebla to hear witnesses who volun
teered appearance to refute the repor
that Jenkins had been seen confer
ring with members Of the rebel bands
on which, 1t is said, was based th'
charge that he was in collusion witt
them.
Additional information regarding tn
pressure brought to bear on poems t
secure Testimony against Jenkins i
contained In an article In Ell Universal
a Mexico City newspaper, copy o
which has just reached the state dc
partment.
The paper tells of the arrest by tn
lsecret police Of Jose de Jesus Large
lFlorentino Anayan, and Julio Gomez
poems on Jenkins hacienda, when the
appeared for their pay checks, and o
the Capture" on the following day O
1--WE more poems, all of whom wer
lodged in jail until they gave their tel
timony.
The correspondent of FL Universe
reports that he interviewed every on
of these poems, and that all of ther
except Anayan were later freed. The
all stated, according to the corr,
spondent, that the judge. as well a
the police inspector at Puebla, exc
cised pressure on Ignacio Justo, Jua
saIazar and Rosenda ,Evangelista I
make statements against Jenkins.