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WON'T SEND FORCES i
TO WORN TORN MEXICO <
President Wilson Makes it Plain That ;
He Does N ot Intend to Fro yoke i
War Trouble- i
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Washington, Feb. 26.?'President j
Wilson today took the position tba#t j <
for the United S:aies to send marines j 3
or armed forces of any kind into Mex-1 <
ieo without the consent of the gov- i
erning authorities there would be an i i
act of war. He declared emphatically <
that permission never had been i
sought either of Gen. Huerta or Gen. 1
Carranaa and indicated clearly no request
of that character would be made
in the near future. The president an- 1
^ounces, too, that no change in the i
policy of the American government to- i
wards Mexico had been decided upon. :
The president had been asked par- <
ticularly about reports that American i
troops might be seut across the bor- j 1
der to recover the body of William S.! .1
Benton, and concerning published dis-1 <
patches that the United States con-1
templared sending marines to Mexico
ity to guard the American embassy.
Kever Requested It
One press dispatch, saying Gen.
Kuerta himself had today stated that
fee had refused permission to the
United Spates to send 2,000 marines
ro Mexico City, was shown to President
Wilson, who said 110 such a request
ever had been made.
Administration officials expressed
the opinion that Gen. Huerta probably
inspired the statement merely for 1
a Movinon Wonnln UTViAm <
ruc\;t uu iiic ii i
he hoped to impress with his antip- i
athy to the American government *
as it is well known -that permission <
to land ma' ines for legation guards :
has been freely accorded by Huerta to 1
other rations, including Great Britain j
and Germany. 1
President Wilson explained that the 1
talk of sending marines to Mexico had
i
sever passed the stage of mere dis- i
eusslon among administration officials
He said -that when Great Britain and i
Germany sent men to Mexico City to
guard their legation there was a natural
disposition here to determine if
tha Amorioan ehnil 1H kft I
similar action.
So Guard Needed.
Kis information, he added, was tl a !
Mexico City was quiet and that the"e
was no danger to foreigners and while
Charge O'Shaughfiessy and Rear Ad- :
!
mirai Fletcher were asked for opin- <
ions about an embassy guard, both
advised that such a step was not necessary.
Admiral Fletcher took the
view that there was no occasion for
landing any armed forces.
It was realized by the administration
here that to ask the Huerta government
for permission to land ma- j
rines would involve i recognition of
that government.
Discussing the subject of sending
armed iforces into Mexico the president
showed familiarity with precedent,
pointing out that in the Boxer!
rebellion the Chinese government vir- j
tually had invited the allied powers to
protect their legations becaues of its
inoWHtv tr? rtn so. Dreferred
to the fact that the landing of American
marines in Nicaragua to protect
a railroad was done with the permission
of the Nicaraguan government.
The president saw no parallel in Mex- j
ico to the stitution at the time of the ;
Boxer outbreak.
Did Sot Go Through.
When it was suggested that Presi-;
dent Buchanan in a message to con-?
gress had advocated sending troops i
ill Lif liUl I.UC1U illCAlW (.v/ ivgwiv yvi.vv, ,
Mr. Wilson spoke of recently having
read the message and called attention
to the failure of President Buchanan
to point ou-t any rule of international
law under which armed forces would
be sent into another country without j
the latters permission unless it were
an act of war.
The president .views the revolu- j
tionary situation in Mexico as but ,
little changed. Huerta's resources, he '
thinks, have been weakened, and he
has learned of an undertone of dis- 1
J
satisfaction among Mexicians in territory
controlled by Huerta at the lat- J
ter's arbitrary exactions of funds. He
let it be konw.n that he had inquired
into various reports about American i"
financial aid to Carranza and was
convinced there had been none.
Mr. Wilson presumes Carranza is
getting most of his funds by internal <
taxation and import duties.
GEN. CARRANZA REFUSES 1
INFORMATION ON BENTON ,
? !
Declines to Give Information About ^
Killing?Explains the Line He i,
Tfloc frt I .
Jvogales, Mex., Feb. 28.?Gen. Car- <
ranza today declined to furnish to tiie i
state department at Washington in- t
formation regarding the killing at \
Juarez of the British subject, William
S. Benton. At the same time he gave {
assurances to Secretary Bryan that 1
he would investigate the disappear- i
I
mce near Juarez of Gustave Bauch,
in American.
This strongly defined stand came ?
ifter three days of negotiation be- E
Lween the American secretary of
state and the constitutionalist com- Mr V*
mander through Frederick Simpich. K> /
American consul at Nogales, and Sy- ^ ^
3ro Fabela, acting secretary of foreign ! H Y
relations in Carranza's provisional | ta L
cabinet. j W /
Until late today, Gen. Carranza had
m/m
remained silent regarding his stand . Wm
:>n Secretary Bryan's request, made N
:hree days ago, for information oi' WM Benton's
death. U
Two at Once, Kg P
Another message arrived tod>ay wm
[rom Secretary Bryan in which he re- M ^
juested immediate information about Eg j
Lhe disappearance of Bauch. Carran- y
sa's replies were made to both queries wm
it the same time. g/?j i
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'me revolutionary leaaers say mat wm
:he death of Benton, a Briton, should if
De -taken up through the diplomatic Ej ?
channels of his country. The fact Jjj
:hat England has recognized the Huer- j wjfiJ
:a central government w^s not men- KS&
Lioned in the reply, but occasioned w\
:nuch speculation among those famil- E|
ar with the si:uation. Carranza, in
lis reference to the Benton case, poini- gflt
2dly remarked that Secretary Bryan's Wm
original message had been the first B/|
official mention of the matter brought 1/1
:o his attemion as head of the revolu- WM
:ion. wM
Announces Inquiry. jti
In the written message to Secretary M
Bryan, which was addressed to Con>ul
Simpich, Carranza did not say that
my investigation of the Benton case ?
was being made on his part. How- The
2ver, simultaneously with the two atK)Ut th
notes to Washington, Secretary Fa- "The
be1 a issued a statement saying that rec0gn}z
Benton's death was being investigated ^ prj
for the benefit of the constitutional- May. 33
Est party. damages
All correspondence on the Mexican wh;c^
side of the matter was given to the during 1
Associated Press with the statement sjnce pe
Df Senor Fabela that the Benton case ^oration
was being investigated for the infor- Mexico
mati'C/ii of Gen. Carranza, o~ perhaps your ^0]
in case England should request the wPliam
^ata- more ju
Playing: for Position. of yes>te
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i nis, 11 was pointed out, wuuiu pu?. m ne a
England in the position of ei.toer ac- deavorir
tually recognizing the constitutionalist property
party in snite of the previous recog- I have i
nition of Huerta, or heing unable to characte
obtain information regarding the wel- constitu'
fare of its subjects in -territory con- respect
trolled by the insurgents. Sen or Fa- all forei
bela, when pressed for more ample in- He who
formation on the Beaton case, said: obligatic
"Carranza has officially informed
the department of state at Washing- "i wis
ton that he only could attend to rep- to your
resentations regarding the Benton may so
A J.-JJ -Li- VI 1 ~ J.,1^ H .
case II presenter w -aim vy a, umj ?.u- msa you
thorized representative of the British tation n
government, but nevrtheless in his^ca- since al
pacity as supreme cburt of the con- in this c
stitutionalist army, upon learning of minor ai
the case of the British subject, Wil- dealt w
liam S. Benton, has ordered an im- preme <
mediate investigation of the facts of army ac
the case, and requested telegraphic Gaudalu
information from the local authorities it is, th
at Juarez asking them to send him a .have re]
full report on the case. jcasions,
"Wftnfc rp
"Carranza's attitude in the Benton represei
and Bauch cases in not accepting the \inte: nat.
representation made by the Ameri- "In re
can government instead of the British : ttion w
government in the case of a Brit- the nan
ish subject and his reply at once with of the I
deep interest to the representations you as 1
made to him 'through a duly authorized
representative in the case of an "I hav
American, goes to prove clearly thai informe(
what Carranza desires is to have the municat
national dignity and his position as in crder
supreme chief of the constitutionalist under n;
army respected, but at the eame time sectatio]
he does not wish by a^y means lo this cou
elude representations made to him in der the
due form and according to interna- ist auth
tional law." tions m
Gen. Carranza's reply to Mr. Bryan's >;tives au
request for information of the Bauch governm
case reads as follows: rectiy tc
"I have received through tlte acting constitu1
secretary of the department of for- Partmen
"Thim
sign affairs the telegram which the
tionorable, the secretary of state, Wil- polic
[iam Jennings Bryan, addresses to in'l0rm
?.. * ?3? ?+Vi/v pleased
you icma> xcia-civtr tu mc AJO.uv,JJ.
(tions m?
Calls for Export. subject
"In reply thereto I nave the honor Df cours,
Ld inform you that I have today tele- to me ^
grapiied t!o the competent constitu- isll g0ve
tionalist authorities directing them to "With
report to me at once in detail and as in or(jer
soon as I shall have positive infDrma- which a
tion to convey to you, I will do so at g0vernm
:>nce. repeat h
"Please believe, and I beg: of you vmi and
:o so inform the department of state, ed State
:hat I most sincerely lament this un- the pres
fortunate incident and that the de- "Xogal
oartment may rest assured and have 1914.
confidence that my attitude now, as "The 1
I'ways, will be inspired for the pro- tutional
:ection of the lives and property of (Signe
foreigners and for international law.
"Please accept for yourself and be por ^ye
^cod enough to transmit to the sec- TheOidst
etary of state, my highest considoration."
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Ef 1 "Why, we'
SLj^ telephone insi
ggpffir calls from eitl
WM more tramping
pjgjq splendid. Wh
"Cost? why that
only a few cents a da
the comfort and com
"Call the Eell Cc
that's what I did."
SOUTHERN BELL
ANft TEI.EGRAP1
}xt of the longer explanatic
ie Benton incident reads:
constitutionalist governme
es the rights of all foreigne
:>vided for by the decree
1913?to claim losses ai
i already suffered by them
hey may continue to suff
the present civil strife, i. <
:bruary 19, 1913, until the re
of constitutional order
The above is evidenced 1
lorable secretary of state, $
Jennings Bryan, who do
stice in his second telegra
rday addressed :o you wher
ppreciates my efforts in e
ig to protect the lives a;
r of foreigners inasmuch
a1 ways respected them in r
:r as supreme chief of t
tionalist army and fDrced t'
for the lives and property
igners residing in the repu
st'ictly complied with the
ras as neutrals.
Head of Bevolt.
;h, however, to call especial
attention?in order that y<
inform your government
rs is the first direct represe
lade to me in the Benton caj
1 of the representations ma
:ase so far have been made
uthorities, wno only have be<
ith, although I am the e
ihief of the cons:itutionali
:cording to the declaration
pe of March 26, 1913. Aj
erefore, due only to me, as
heatedly stated on various c
that foreign governments
^presentations should addre
itations regarding matters
ional character.
iply to the unofficial represe
hich you made yesterday
te of the department of sta
Jnited Staxes l have to infor
.'allows:
Mast Be Recognized.
re already, on other occaeioi
i you, so that you may eoi
e it to your government, tb
to enable the executive pow
Ly charge to attend to repr
as as to foreigners residing
ntry, within the territory u
jurisdiction of constitutions
ori.ies, that such' represent
ust be made by represent
thorized by their respecti
ents and communicated c
> me as supreme chief of tl
nonal army through .the d
t of the foreign affairs.
, in order to be consistent wi
ij as above outlined I wish
?ou that I shall be only t<
to consider any reprsent
ide in the case of the Britii
William S. Beaton, provide
that it may be made direct
j a representative of the Bri
rnment.
reference to this case ai
to show the spirit of justi<
nimates the constitutional!
t- T think it advisable
ere what I have already to
other authorities of the Uni
s and stated publicly throu?
s.
les, Sonora, Mex., Feb. 2
supreme chief of the const
army.
d) "V. Carranza."
I aco nf Anhofif
aniiCM auu uuoo u? /-iisjswu u
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?f CLAIMED YEKGAKV-ALIVE.
D>ir
'Federal Commander Denies Story of j
Death?Has Joined Rebels According
to Ouarjardo.
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Eagle Pass, Texas., Feb. 28.?C'e-1
mente Versrara. the American ranch- I
n- "
man reported .to have been kidnapped
dg by Mexican federals and hanged at I
lo Hidalgo, Mexico, is alive, according to j
en Gen. Guarjardo, federal commander at j
u_ Piedras 'Xegras. Gea. Gua'jardo to-j
lst day declared Vergara escaped' from his
j captors last Saturday1 and joined a I
party of constitutionalists. This statej
ment could not be confirmed here tonight.
' The
rumor that Vergara might, be!
ss alive first gained circulation among j
0? Mexican federal troops in Nuevo La- j
redo two days ago, but effcts to trace |
. . . , i
n_ | it to an autborita :lve source failed.
^ , Inquiry at Piedras Negras today elicte
ited but vague statements and finally
>n^ the question was put squarely up to
Gen. Guarjardo. He briefly indicated
v that Vergara was alive and when
g | pressed for an explanation refused to
go into details any further than to \
I say that Vergara had escaped and had
,CL i? I
, joined the constitutionalists. From |
C1 j .. .'1, ' /
. ! no other source cou?d anything fur- \
e? . j
j there with reference to Vergara be ob-!
' tained tonight.
So far nonq^of the federals in this
. _
, vicinity have attempted to explain the I
? kidriaping of Vergara which was wit- j |
a- ?
nesfiea " by both his wife and his.i
nephew. They saw his clubbed over j
^ the head and dragged away by five
e_ Mexicans, led by Apolonio Rodriguez,
who was identified along the border a?
tn a well known minor federal leader.
United States consular officers who investigated
at Hidalgo where Vergara
? was reported to have been executed,
ak
reported that there seemed no doubt
^ of his death but that evident hostiljy
ity to the investigation may have pret_
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