The Washington times., 1919-11-25
Boni'las to Publish Stseemonl
Alleging Jenkins Part b
Blame for Abduction.
cARRAMzA sTILL sILe1
Quick ourt-martial of Anooo
In Direct Contrast to Tnoat
ment Of American ceaslIL T

The Mexican government = II
ing closely in touch wftA tie n
ment here with regard 10 TIE JenI
case. it vas learned at the Mex
embassy to-day.
Ambassador Benillos stntsd 1T
he had exchanged several esn-
nunicatisas vifA ~ euxsE1nnnne
reas&ivs t. the enss but nsos wuU g
any ~impextancas h a6Ihaono1P
was stin esn11ank ~ . uoa11e
.tnsy ,sgtl1suuG - - 0sr4ln1G -
fsaehsd sAsgtay.
Ths nazicoA enbonsy hsev = -
pairing 10 re]sass . stnsumnt - -
Jenkins case pubtshsd IN Ia Tflku-
M, which tends to show tAat Jenains
was partly responsible fee his ewn
SEDUCTION.
Ne Reply A Yet
Up to . late hour teday the STATE
Department had received No reply to
its demand for the Immediate rsssas<
OF Consular Agent william o. JsnktnaL
who. It 10 understooA, u stiil In .
Mexican penitentiary.
officials stated they were momen-
tariiy expecting . reply from Prssi-
dent Carranxa's government. This.
they thought, would come through
the United States embassy in Mckee
embassy In washinGton-
1~A
pat on it's demand for jenkins re-
lease, IT was learned today, and n
still in q mood to use sts military
and naval forces on q large scale
unless satisfaction IL given after q
reasonable delay.
WarDed Net to Dsaay.
Just how much time viii Be allew-
ed the Carranza government to for
ward its reply 10 not known, bat
Mexico has been warned that II must
not employ unnecessarily dillAtory
procedures
1t is pointed out that the note to
Mexico is by far the most pointed that
the American Govesnnpoot has yet
sent to the neighborfn9 tooablic, aod
that il will require firm backing II
the United States IL to come out OF
the situation without embarrass-
ment.
Either Mexico will have TO give this
country q satisfactory reply or arm
ed Intervention nuts follow. accord
ing to opinion here-that or backing
down. and nobody believes II will
come to that.
The United States already has .
large number of war craft In Southern
waters, and IL Ia understood. . fair
sized collection of aeroplanes near the
Mexican border.
TireA sf LawbessDess.
Travellers from Mexico are quoted
here as saying 90 per cent Of the peo-
pie of Mexico are sick of the iawless-
ness rampant throughout the country
and are eager for United States In
tervention-
The court-martisl OF Felipo AnEe-
les yillista leader. captured by the
Carranza forces, is proceeding strict
ly according to law, according to ad-
vices TO the Mexican embassy today
from the governor OF Chihuahus.
Officials point out that this n q
marked contrast 10 the treatment &C.
corded Jenkins-
jenkins stin a. Prlsea.
Late advices from Mexico City In
dictate that William O. Jenkins, the
American concular agent rearrestel
and still held in Jail nj - sbla, Is .
very sick man.
Continued delay in the Mexico re-
ply will bring forth another note
from the United Statea. demanding 70
know why the American has not bsen
set free. II was learned At the State
Department
Foreign diplomats IN WasAingtoa.
with the exception of the British and
Dutch, appeared apathetie ever the
situation today. They took the stanA
II was just another exehangs Of notos
and seemed confident the ~crisas-
would adjust itself.
Drittah FaveY lnterventSo0.
In British circles there was q fed
ing that intervention In Mexico
would be popular. aDA that tie
United States could handle that