Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1919-08-22
NOTES SENT TO cARRANzA ARG
MADE PUBLlc by ADMIN.
IsTRATIoN.
PATIENCE EXHAUSTED
MAY ADOPT RADICAL CHANGE
TOWARD MEXICAN
GOVERNMENT.
Western Newspaper Union News ssrvie,.


Washington, Aug. 15.-In making
public the two notes on the Mexican
situation II was learned here that
10000 American troops are stationed
along the Mexican border ready for
Immediate action, II President Wilson
deems Intervention necessary. Amer
lean cruisers are being rushed to join
those already In American waters. Maj.
Gen. Joseph 4. Dickman Is In com
mand OF the ten regiments OF infantry,
seven of cavalry and three OF artillery
now on the border.
Westinghouse evidence OF the
adoption of a less lndulgent attitude
toward Carranza and his failure to
protect Americans and their property,
the administration made public today
the text OF notes exchanged with the
Mexican government last month. In
the American note demanding the cap
ture and punishment of the m%urderers
OF Peter Ostron, nm American citizen
residing In San Luis Potosi, II was
stated that SHOULD the lives Of Amer
lean citizens continue to remain unsafe
and these murders continue by reason
OF their unwllllngness or inability OF
the Mexican government 10 afford ade-
quate protection, my government-the
United States-may be forced to adopt
a radical change In Its policy with re-
gard TO Mexico"
II also was learned tonight that the
President has prohibited the exporta-
ton Of arms and ammunition to any
part OF Mexico for the time being, al
least. The arms embargo has been on
and off during the last eight years,
but ever since the recognition of Car
rama In 1915, the export OF war mu.
nltions TO the Mexican government
has been permitted. The clamplng
down OF the arms embargo now is re-
garded rs indication that the patience
OF the administration with Cnrranaz
Is about exhausted.
Il has been demonstrated that Car.
ranza soldiers were using American
arms and munltion TO kill Americans
and that n large proportion OF the
American munitions shipped TO Car.
rama was sold to Mexican rebels and
bandits by Carrunza commanders or
exchanged for immunity from attack.
Cnrranza thus replied to the Presl.
dents threat to adopt n sterner policy
In dealing with Mexico:
"Tle menace embraced In your note
has surprised the Mexican govern.
ment, all the more so since II seems
strange that II should he exncted that
even In depopulated regions human
life should be protected In n more per.
feet manner than In the most popu.
lous cities Of the most cultured coun
tries where bloody crimes often occur
without the respective governments
thereby becoming the object Of severe
observations
His charge that oil company pnymas'
trs had cOnnlved nt rohherles perpe.
trated upon them brought n hot retort
from the American oil concerns In q
protest to the State Department IN
which II was stated
"The pnymnsters OF the companies
are all known men Of long association
with the companies and would not be
serving MS paymasters unless thelr
companies had thorough confidence In
their personal honesty. The belief Of
all the representatives OF the compnn-
les IL absolute that the insinuntion
contained In the note from the Mexican
embassy Is entirely unjustified In fact,