Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-11-22
JENKINS CLAIMS MEXICANS WON'T INQUEST REBELS Scores Allowed to Live on Farms Near Puebla, He Tells
 Washington. OFFICIALS STILL ARE
 EXPECTING ANSWER Less Than Original Estimate of 45O,- 600 Men and Three Years Needed
 to Subdue Nation, Is
 Belief.

Washington, Nov. 21-State de- partrent officials still awaited to- night reply to the note warning the Mexican government that any further molestation of Wm. o. Jen- kins, American consular agent at Puebla, who has been arrested twice in connection with his recent abduc- tion by bandits, would seriously af- feet the relations between the United States and Mexico.
 While the text of the American government communication has not been made public, the summary pub lished by the state department indi- cated that it was one of the sharpest ever sent to the Carranza govern ment. It said the United States was both Surprised and incensed" to learn of the re-imprisonment of Jen- lease.
 So far as was made known, no re- port regarding Jenkins reached the department today from the embassy at Mexico City, but officials believed that if he had not been released he soon would be, as result of the SCdCe OepdTCIneHCS s demand.
 Discussing the general Mexican situation today, state department of- ficers revealed that before the world war, the army general staff estimated that complete intervention in Mexico by the American government would require 450,000 men, operating over period of three years. Present es- inmates were not made available, but it is known that army officials hold that the force necessary at this time would be much less because of the increased army equipment. such as motorized transports, artillery and airplanes.
 During the day, the department made public complete report from Jenkins on his capture and his subse- ouent treatment in hospital at Puebla after his friends had agreed to pay $150.000 in gold for his ran- som, pledging their lives that the installments would be forthcoming
 It was under date of November 7, and amplified the account which Jenkins wrote to Representative Da- wis of Tennessee, and which MT. Davis made public yesterday.
 Jenkins said that "a very import ant matter" was that although the local government could hardly be re- strained from sending troops out immediately to punish my captors when they learned of my capture, they have not made the slightest ef- fort to do so since I returned 12 days ago. although they have been melted to do so, but excuse themselves by saving that they will do so"
 "The rebels are only few miles distant" he wrote, "they have been there for months and years; they plant, cultivate and gather their crops entirely unmolested; the whole countryside is with them, and yet the government apparently makes no effort to drive them away and give decent protection to this city, There are in the immediate vicinity of this city not less than a half dozen inn portant bands of rebels, all of them we'll known to the government, and no determined effort has ever been made to fight them. This is the sit- uation as it is today of this city"
 Puebla is the second largest city in Mexico.
 Jenkins also said it was worthy Ol dCIcuClOu CO Cdhe uOCc OI CHc dCCl- tude of the state government of Puebla assumed toward this incident, for almost immediately after my capture, the official paper of the governor published the opinion that I had been instrumental in my own Kidnapping and that I had formed a plot with the rebels and other friends of mine to cause international difficulties; also that it was the in- tention to collect the ransom from the Mexican government and divide it, etc., etc."
 The consular agent itemized the ex- penses he incurred in connection with his abduction. placing the total sum at $357, 7,341.91 Mexican gold.
 Jenkins has announced his inten- tion to appeal to the government for aid in defraytng these expenses. State department officials said today that because of the Mexican govern ment's laxity in trying to clean out the rebel bands. it had failed to give proper protection to the consular agent, who consequently might have grounds for claim against the Mexican government.
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