New-York tribune., 1919-12-06
Jenkins Free
By Order of
Puebla Court
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Fall and Hitchcock, who were instruct
ed by the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee to discuss with the Presi-
dent pending resolutions proposing
that the President be requested to
sever diplomatic relations with the
Carranza government. The news was
communicated to the White House and
DR.. Grayscn took the Message directly
to the President and his visitors.
Mr.. Jenkins was abducted October
10 and the American Embassy was i'm
mediately instructed to take all pos
sible measures to effect his release
from the bandits who had robbed and
kidnapped him. Mr.. Jenkins wa, re-
leased or ransom, returning to Puebla
October 26. was taken to hospital on
that date and was arrested November
Is by the Mexican authorities and
taken into custody.
Request t. at Mr.. jenkins be re-
leased was renewed by the State De.
pnrtment in sharp note dispatched
last Sunday. but no reply to this COM
muncation has heen received Private
advices from Mexico City yesterday said
one was then being prepared by Presi-
dent Carranza.
While the release Of Mr.. Jenkins
served to re'ieve in a measure the ten
son here on the Mexican situation. Of
ficials have exp aimed that the Jenkins
case was on an incident in the Mexi-
ca situation. Senators regard the
charges Of Senator Fall that the Mexi-
can Ambassador and Consuls in the
United States have spread RED" pro-
paganda a. the more serious.
Jenkins Opposes Intervention
intervention in Mexico is opposed
by Mr.. Jenkins, who, in a letter re-
ceived to day by representative Davis.
of Tennessee, said at ought to be pos
without actual Intervention"
Writing from the state pcnitentiary
at Puebla on November 26 Mr. Jenkins
said he had refused to give bond "as
it seemed best to meet these people
squarely and have it out once for all,
as otherwise they would trouble me for
months and months"
The letter said the general feeling
there was that "Mexico will make one
of her usual insulting replies" to the
American note requesting Mr.. Jenkins 9
rt lease. and that the American EN-
bassy at Mexico City then had a rep
that the court has refused to take"
II wou d not like to see intcrven-
tion at al ;" Jenkins wrote "a though
the attitude of the present government
is hard to understand at times
Mexico Had Great Opportunity
Mexico had the greatest chance on
earth to get on her .eet and stay there
during the big war by taking stand
in favor of the Allies, but it is we'll
known that the government was vio-
lently German, and from the con-
tinued persecution that they are show
ing in my case it would seem that they
are still taking advantage of al op-
portunites to Insult the United States,
government.
There are so many Irregularities
in the case they have presented
against me that it seems impossible
for me not to get some sort of sat
isfaction even in the courts as they
are here, ard am now asking that
it BIZ taken out of the hands of the
loca judge. who is mere too OF
the Governor, and put in the hands of
a Federal judge, who is the only COM
petent Judge for such cases according
TO the Mexican Constitution, but they
are delaying action great to cause
me as much trouble as possible.
think, however, that in few days the
case can be brought to show down.