The Holly chieftain., 1919-08-21
Situation al Washington
Is Tense.
NO MORE POOLING WITH
CARRANZA GOVERNMENT
All Fighting Units Launched in
Campaign Against Revolution
Torn Republic. Fight Will be
Pressed to Vigorous Finish.

The following news dispatch is
taken from the Denver Post of
Wednesday morning:
WASHINGTON, d. c.. Aug. 49,
The United States army is on the
march into Mexico. The border
has been crossed and with ord
nance with aerial reconnaissance,
with every concentration of fight
ing forces that the United States
has at its disposal, the bandit
ridden republic has been invaded
by the forces of Uncle Sam with
orders not to cease their forward
march until the situation is en-
tirely cleared.
The United States has stopped
fooling with Mexico. The move
that has been taken is fight to
the finish against the powers-or
lack of powers-in the southern
country.
Word that troops had crossed
the border has been received here,
cavalry, infantry, heavily armored
fighting cars, the air service, and
all other fighting units which
have been held in readiness along
the border, are believed to be in
cluded in the expedition. No spe-
cifc report on this has been made,
however, except that "the army"
has crossed the border.
The situation is tense in Wash
ington. Officials are for the most
part uncmnmunieatiye, except for
the statement that the United
States has reached the moment
when action is imperative, and
that such action as is necessary to
clear the situation in Mexico will
be taken.
AS long ago as three weeks,
several officers of the marine corps
were told that there was a mOmen-
tary possibility of IAN expedition
into Mexico"
splitting the fleet and sending
half of it to the Pacific ocean was
done that everything might be in
caused change of policy" 1t is
to man the Pacific fleet to the last
necessity and that it is in fighting
trim
The decision to accept no more
representation from Carranza,
who seems powerless to handle
the situation that has arisen from
the depredations of the various
bandit chiefs who have disrupted
Mexico, came as the result OF the
capture of the two army aviation
officers who were taken prisoners
by bandits and held for $4,000
ransom.
Previous to this, the state de-
partment sent vital ultimatum
to Carranza, which apparently
had received scanty consideration.
With the news of the capture OF
the aviatOrs, a new communica-
ton was sent. The result of this
was not satisfactory, and the ad-
ministration decided at once to
use the utmost force, if necessary,
to uphold American honor.
The United States, for some
time, has been well prepared for
such step, more than $4,000
United States troops being assem-
blcd on the border, or within Il
few hours of it.
Army officers here stated today
that it would be possible to
throw a hundred thousand men
into Mexico within week and
million within a month.
"A campaign against Mexico
would be the most popular fight
ing affair the United States has
ever known" was stated by high
army officer and the United
States has millions of trained men
who could be set in there in record
time"
Therefore, the day of Mexico's
taunting, sneering policy toward
the United States is over 1t is a
fight to the finish.