The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-12-06
MEXICO RELEASES
CONSUL W. O. JENKINS
Mexican Embassy Notifies the Amer
lean State DepartInent-Case the
Cause of Present Mex
lean Crisis.

Washington, Dec. William 0. Jen-
kins, the American consular agent at
Puebla, was released at 10 o'clock on
Thursday night by order of the judge
at Puebla, according to dispatch TO
Mexico City from that city filed there
at 2:30 O'Clock yesterday morning. Con-
sui Jenkins retired Immediately TO his
home, the message stated
1t was announced at the state depart
ment that the advices from the EN-
bassy said Jenkins had been liberated
Thursday night from the penitentiary
where he had been held pending trial on
charges of giving false information re-
garding his abduction by Mexican ban
dts in October
The embassy's dispatch reached the
state department coincident with the
arrival at the White House OF Senators
Fall and Hitchcock who were instruct
ed by the Senate foreign relations com.
mittee to discuss with the president
pending resolutions proposing that the
president be requested to sever diplo-
matte relations with the Carranza gov
eminent.
The announcement by the state de-
partment follows;
"The release OF William O. Jenkins,
the American consular agent at Pueba,
Mexico, was reported late this after
noon from the American embassy at
Mexico City"
The secretary of state announced
that dispatch from the embassy stat
ed that Third Secretary Hanna of the
embassy who was sent to Puebla in
connection with the departments re.
peated representations for the immedi-
ate release of Jenkins, had reported
that jenkins was released from the
penitentiary Thursday night
Jenkins was abducted Oct 10 and the
American embassy WAS Immediately in
structed to take all possible measures
to effect his release from the bandits
who had robbed and kidnapped him.
Jenkins was released on ransom, re-
turning TO puebla Oct. g. was taken
to hospital on that date and was ar
rested Nov Is by the Mexican author.
| tiles
While the release of Jenkins served
| to relieve in measure the tension here
on the Mexican situation, officials have
| explained that the Jenkins case was
only an incident in the Mexican case.
Senators regard the charges of Senator
| Fall that the Mexican ambassador and
consuls in the United States have
spread red" propaganda as the more
serious.
| Intervention in Mexico is opposed by
| jenkins, who in a letter received yes.
terday by Representative Davis of Ten
nessee, said st ought to be possible to
solve the Mexican problem without ac-
| tual Intervention"
Advices to III Democratic state that
Consul Jenkins was set free after the
authorities had been handed check for
$500 tAmericanl signed by j. Salter
Hansen, drawn on the Guaranty Trust
company of New York II is declared
! that Mr.. Hansen conducted all the ne
gotiations for the release. The freeing
Of Jenkins came as a surprise to him,
| the dispatch adds. He was awakened
from his nights sleep by Chief of Po-
lice Savalata and at once dressed him.
self gathered together his few belong
/, ings and was conveyed to his home. His
release, it was said, was not unexpected
in Puebla.
News of jenkins release was com
municated to the White House by the
state department while the president
was comforting with Senators Hitchcock
and Fall DR. Grayson took the mes
sage directly to the president and his
visitors.