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• 4 r 4 ' - ~ " ' ATTACKED WITHOUT CAUSE ' SATS GENERAL PERSHING i PUN OFFENSIVE WHENEVER THE FRENCH GIVE WORB V . . HOLD LONGER LINES NOW * ‘ *. r. , ■ Dispatches Indicate liig Effort May be Made by Allies on Western Front at Any Time—English Have Plenty of Men and Anununition i Hut Wait for Right Time. Partly as a result of the activities on the various war fronts this week a widespread belief, exists in London that the next fortnight may prove the most important thus far in the war. Paris reports: (i&mt interest has been aroused in France by a state ment made by Ronar Law to the Mafin that the Hritish army, com pletely in accord with (ien. Joffre, was prepared to move whenever the French headquarters staff saw lit. The, statement is accepted as a suf ficient answer to the charge of Brit ish indiffer'enc.e to the French losses before Verdun. The press expresses much satisfaction over Bonar Law’s frank statement. ’ From the outset the military authorities have insist ed that it would be playing Ger many’s game for the British to move before the , psychological moment, and have soouted anff-British ru mors as idle or malicious gossip. Bonar l.aw’s statement will go far i to reassure the French people. There is reason to lielieve, says the New York limes, that in addition to the great Kiissian offensive under way against the Austrians, and an- >ther alread> iM^gaii against the der ails on the northern part of the lie, a third is about to lie launched by tb'* Hritish in the w»*st if this last is not now under way. For weeks there have been unmis takable signs of a great British.of- fonsive inuiending: whteli. amUd— fore the -British line had been re duced to u minimum, and propitious offensives lied been begun by the Allies in Mtlier quarters. The British front formerly extend ed 'from the Belgian front, which ends about ten mile* nortli of Ypres, for thirty-two miles down to about the same distance from Arras. In the last week in March the Hritish replaced the Fiencli as far as the Koje Hallway, south of the Somme, and thus occupied a front of about ninety milcM, or a quarter of the en tire western front. The substitution of British for French troops in the southern sector, the Fr.ench going, it is believed, to the Verdun defenses, was made without any offenaive on the part of the Germans. Prior to the beginning of the Ger man campaign against Verdun on •February 21 a British offensive had been weekly expected by visitors tb the large Hritish concentration camp*.-parade grounds, and store houses in the rear of the British frout. Particularly was this so when a great movement of German troops was observed going east and south in the week of Kebrurry 18, through Central Belgium and northern France. However, sulmoquently the gigantic proportions of the German offensive at \ erdun were said to 'have diminished the chances of an offensive by the Allies in the near future, as it was |tointcd out that the defense of Verdun must necessarily make great inroads on their a< cumulations of* munitions and men. . < Mexicans Opened Fire With Machine Guns After a.Conference He- tw eon Commanders. Secretary Baker made public Fri day a report from Gen. Pershing on the fighting at Carrizal based oh per sonal questioning of Gen. Pershing from two troopers of the Tenth cav-' airy, engaged in the conflict. It in dicates “that the. attack upon the Americans was unprovoked, but gives no estimates>of casualties on either side. Inasmuch as Gen. Peirshing had not had an opportunity to confer with Any officer of the two troops. Secre tary Baker said that a definite Con clusion as to where; the blame rested could not be formed. • The report,.which was taken to the White,House earlier in tlie day and afterward laid before the cabinet, told substantially the same story car ried in brtrder press dispatche^Thurs- day njght. It-said the Mexican troops opened fire with a chine gun after a twenty-minute conference between Captain Boyd, of Troop C, Tenth cav alry,- commanding the detaCliment\ and Gen. Gomez, the Carranza com mander at. Carrizal. “The war department has received from Gen . FunstoH 'the following transmitted from Gen. Perilling: “ ‘Personally questioning troopers with reference to the Ahumada af fair. Two troops, Tenth cavalry, Boyd’s Troop C and Morey’s K, join ed on the night of the twentieth at Ojo Santo Domingo, marched to w ith in one mile of Carrizal on the twen ty-first, (Captain Boyd in command* arriving there at seven-thirty a. m. Boyd sent in a Mexican guide to ask permission to pass through the town. Mexican guide returned witli refusal from Gen. Gomez. Then Gomez sent out note by orderly saying that Boyd might pass through thq town, pro vided they stopped for a conference. " ’Then Gen, Gomez himself came out and discussed the situation fif teen or twenty minutes with Boyd. Meantime Mexican troops moving FIGHT IN MEW ' I % » U> S. TROOPS AMBUSHED AND SHOT BY CARRANZAS fillip rmnHNMia AS MEN WAIT FOR WAR irtrur vV LIST OF DEAD UNKNOWN Machine dun Does Fearful Work Upon Negro Cavalry—U. S. Squad ron Was Working About 70 Miles East of Pershing's Line When- At tacked at the End of a Parley. an timff'WWotnrar IS TO GO BEFORE SENATE Boyd's column. Gome/, retired, and when he reached the right of his troops. Mexican troops began tiring machfne guns. TToyd then dismount ed to fight on foot.’ “Gen. Pershing also reports-that he has sent out cavalry to support and bring back the two troops in question. As yet. however, has not had any opportunity* to confer with any officer of either of-the troops, and what, if any; misunderstanding led to the attack, it is impossible to judge from the evidence at hand/'- FAMILIES CARED FOR Jt lliul- House Votes Million to Provide for De|>cndants of Soldiers. Tn an amendment to the Hay reso lution authorizing the president to draft into the felaral service imme diately all National Guardsmen will ing to take the oath, the House Fri day unanimously declared that an emcgency now existed necessitating a call on state troops. A new section of the bill, offer ed by Heprrwentatlve Hay,-anil also unanimously adopted, appropriates one million dollars for an allow ance not exceeding tifty dollars a month for the de|»endent family of each National Guardsman where the family lias no other income than the Guardsman's pay under the call. FORD DISCHARGES SOLDIERS nnoffieiaH.i 11 unH)lH T flT however, that in the defense of Ver- dnn. the French lum not gone beyond the u--<' Of their lor:’! rc erves. save for the veterans who had been trans ferred from the western sector, and • lat the reserve force pf l!il*> and PIT conscripts of one million men nd the veteran Territorial anmy of another million had not been touch- ’ed. Besides, the only aid the British gave to the defense of Verdun was thd loan of an Australian battery of. naval guns, which performed a spe cial service and then retired. It is also significant that the 1 ’Frencli, in < i^the defense of Verdun, have made no” use of their heavy mobile artillery. Then on May IP, Sir Douglas Haig, the. British commander in chief in France, -penned his -report describing the last five months of fighting on his front. In this report some of the most recent engagements which, from Berlin, and even London, were designated as “fierce drives” on the part of the Germans are herein calm ly set down as “sl'afTp local actiqhs” near iTooge, The Bluff, St. Eloi, Wulverghem, Hulluch, the Hohenzol- lern Redoubt, and'Vermellesr These “sharp local actions,” how- Detrok Manufacturer Says Recruits —: nvili I->Ne Jobs. Jn line .with his pacifist policies Henry Ford announced that any em ployees of the Ford Jlotor company who are_ members ol the Michigan -National Guard will not only' rrotPfe reive pay wliile abseht, bat -will for feit their places as well. Many Ford employees w ho intend to enlist as re cruits in the Guard likewise will re linquish theii* places, it was said. At the offices of Mr. Ford information as to Jiow many militianjen were in eluded in his.twenty thousand odd employees at Detroit was refused. "We would-be sorry to see any of our men resign to 'Miifst In the Guard,” one of Mr. Ford’s assistants said, “but both recruits and State militiamen will be treated alike—as though they quit the plant to engage in other lines of business.” Stragglers from the Tenth Cavalry detachment that was In the fight at Carrizal arrived at Gen. Pershing'* headquarters Thursday and told him that the fighting began with an u i- provoked attack on »he Americans at Ahe conclusion of a phrlfey with the Mexican commander. The men were unable to tell an thing regarding the casualties or even the phases of the enga.gemen*. They retreated during the fight, ifcv came separated from their com- maads, making their way back to the American lines. Two troops of the Tenth Cavalry, ompanies C, commanded by Capt. Chas. T. Boyd, and Company K, com manded by Capt. Louis Morey, com prised the detachment that advanced within a mile of Carrazal at seven a. m. J[une 21. They had stopped at Ojo de Santo Domingo on the previ ous night, resuming their march to wards the east at four o'clock the next morning. . From their position in front of Carrazal the commander of the de tachment, believed by Gen. Pershing to have been Capt. Boyd, since ho was senior in rank to Capt. Morey, sent forwjard a Mexican guide to get from the commander of the Mexican garrison there permission to pass through the town. Gen. Felix Gomez sent back word by the guide that the ' Americans .| l | 1 r'' t * consent to a parley. Without wait- ingafor the commander of the Amer ican force to renly, Gen. Gomez, ac companied by am aide, appeared and the American bfficer rode forward to talk with him. While they wero talking, the men told Gen. Pershing, the Mexican troops moved forward in force and deployed in such manner that there apiieared danger of the American force lieing surrounded. One of the men said the American officer ap peared to protest against the posi tions Gen. Gomez's troops were tak ing. A few minutes later Gen. Gomez rode toward one end of the Mexican line and, immediately after he got there, the Mexicans began the attack, sweeping the American line with a machine gun. It was not until then, according to the story, that the American com mander gave orders for both troops to dismount and return the fire. Gen. Pershing said that before the Americans left on the expedition, both he and Major Evans, of the Tenth Cavalry, cautioned the com manding officer to be very careful not to provoke a fight. Gep. Pershing had received no news of the two squadrons of the Eleventh Cavalry he sent out to get in touch with the troops that were at Carrizal. Staff officers here cal culated that the relief party should reach the remnant of the little de tachment late Thursday night or Fri day morning. It was assumed that because the two troops were returning with their wounded progress necessarily was slag ' — The engagement took place on the Santo-Homingo ranch near the Mexi can town of Carrizal, which is nine miles southwest of Villa Ahumada, the Mexican field headquarters in northern Chihuahua. The number of dead, American or Mexican, is n7>t definitely known hut nearly a score of (ien; Per shing's men are said to have lieen killed and the Mexicans are said to have lost more than two score. Washington Gets Note Saying Mari- Ing. . ’ I While no decision time Commerce is Stopped and Grave Apprehension Felt, for Safety of American Soldiers That - ■\ * K M ere Captured. uaUorT ate*ry^RnpotUHiLpolnt pit PRflTFRT SFNT TQ WORLD day. -Field artillery has been mount- 1 llU 1 Ll11 l,L,, 1 1 U " U11LU ed on hillocks in the larger com munities, the noses of their guns pointing in a southerly direction, while in the smaller towris machine gun detachments have been station ed. * ‘ - Military authorities in El Paso and in other border “ encampments an- hounced that every preparation had been made for possible hostilities. After waiting forty-eight hours, the border read news dispatcher giving the American version or the fight at Carrizal, containing Gen. Pershing’s report that it was'an unprovoked at tack upon the Americans, and then lapsed into'expectant waiting. When the dispatches were read to Gen. George Bell Jr., commanding J the El Paso military district, over the telephone early !• keen gratification had received no additional orders from departmental headquarters. “I knew it!” he exclaimed. “I knew our men did not start that fight." Grave apprehension was manifest ed for the safety of the seventeen American prisoners taken in the en gagement who are held by Gen. Tre vino, probably in Chihuahua City. It was pointed out that should hostili ties result the Mexicans probably will attempt to carry out threats made by subordinate leaders to hang the cap tives. . - " ALLIED DEMANDS ACCEPTED Tillman Hays Sub-Committee UNDER BLOCKADE PRESSURE KiM Favor Four Rattle Cruiser* and Four Drr.Klnoagfit*. A proposal for four battle rruiama and four dreadnoughts in this* year'* naval construction program wa« die- cussed by the Senate sub-committoa. before which the'naval bill is p. I- Bloekadc Cuts off Food Supplies— Allies Want Demobilization, Resig nation of Policemen and Favored * Treatment. Under heavy pressure from the En tente powers, Greece lots lieen forced to accept without reserve the de mands presented Wednesday in a joint* notp^by Great itritain, France aud Ku^via. At the most critical moment government, innounced to tiro ary district, over the _ v , " . y Friday he expressed 12^? Y lth ,° Ut a i, but said that he P 1 rem i er Skoulpud.s ann was rerC-f,' Chairman Tillman predicted after itn* conference that the eight capital ship plan would be approved, and Sena tors Swanson and Lodge, the twn other members, said a substantial la- crease was certain over the Houaa building program of five battle cruis ers and no dreadnoughts. President Wilson and Secretary Daniels outlined to Senators Tillman and Swanson at a White House con- ' ferehce their belief that the Houaa I building provisions should be ex- The administration’s de- y;rminatIon, Mr. Tillman said, had found a ready response In the sub- eomnilk^e, which had Indicated Its i willing^ , , , .. , —ct.-vRS at least to*meet the presi- chamber of deputfes the resignation | dent . 8 r< ,^.^ andat)c . n8 | t ls uWc- Of himself and his associates in the Mo<k1 u.aU^ighl capital ships will TILLMAN WANTS T8 FLY Senior Senato; JTakes Great Interest in Aerial Machines. Senator Tillman wants to take a trip in a flying machine. At least, he says he is willing|on condition he aim Iia4 lliul iu nuPi , ■Milt! If MHP Tillman don’t make*too much objec tion.” The chairman of the Senate committee on naval affairs was in earnest when he expressed his desire to fly—and if he gets a^gobd chance he intends to take it. Mrs. Tillman walked into his office just as the Senator had finished tell ing of his aspirations. When she learned what he haJ said, she ex pressed her disapproval at once, and the subject was not pursued further. Senator Tillman had been to the navy yard inspecting a model of a “Zeppelin” that Is being planned for the use of the United States. The machine is designed to be an Im provement over similar airships used by Germany. The ship has not yet been completed.' When it is ready it promises to bring about a revolution in the aircraft equipment of the United States. Senator Tillman Is In favor of the United States being equipped with every flying machine necessary to give assistance to the army and navy, and will give considerable attention to this branch of .the service when his committee considers the naval bill. His office has been equipped with charts showing the naval strength of the nations of the world. The charts whjch have been brought from the navy department, are covered with paper models for each ship contained in foreign fleets. These models rep resent the relative sizes, and are ac companied by flgurea. SENDS NOTE TO DIPLOIHATS cabineGand the failure for the pres ent to obtain successors to them. M. Skouloudis refused to receive the communications from the En tente powers, on the grodml that no Greek cabinet existed, as the note was deposited at the foreign office while ho wes on his way bark from the residence of the king, where he presented the resignation of the min istry. On this account, he explained, he could not discuss the demands. Before it beesune known that Greece had decided to yield it was said iu government cindoa that it ‘ would ho an iin|M>ssihility Hi ac cede to the demands. Agemnon Krhiiemann, former Greek minister at Washington, and now a member of the chamber of deputies, on be ing asked what the government would do, replied: "How can we voluntarily renounce the sovereign- ».r urwtH wumryr^ * more than satisfy the administratioa, and that fourNbattle cruisers and three dreadnought^ is the most it has hoped for. . "We are going to gfv the navy the entire increase in persothml that they ask for, too,” said SenauMr. Tillman. ”1 think the Total enlisted Nitrongth they want Is about seventy thousand men. or an increase of twen^- tt sand seven hundred men. The committee already has practical!^ agreed on that. We are seeking to *, get the revised bill to the full com- mmee the last of the week and will try to get it in the Senate early next week." ARMY MEN FEAR DISASTER TO SOLDIERS AT CARRIZAL With weeks passing before ,we mo bilize our 100.000 National Guards men, we can admire the European .system day. Nr - ^ver, reveal the points ih (he German . line which would need readjustment in the face of a "British offensive. The strategy of the line remains what it was when the British made their salient at Ypres in October, 1914, and at Neuve Chapelle in March of last year and at Loos in September of last year. For as far’as the Germans may .thousand on the line and the Ger mans five hundred thousand: It is well known that the Germans keep the built of their forqes on the firing line, while the French and English unless, attacked, do no.t have more than a third of their forces exposed in the normal-condition of a (for mant front. - KJ.- ™wrnfr-"K - <» it» or 1 H railways a urltlsn oiren the|r on )he flrgt „„„ n0 . tice the signs'of an atthek ia force on the part of the enemy, when the re serves can be -brought up. They thus save thousands of lives during The daily artillery duels. In these circumstances the British force under Sir Douglas Haig should sive in the latter would jeopardize the German lines of communication to The Champagne. Lille, Ivens, Douai, and St. Quen tin would be the natural objectives of such offensives. In the north air men of the Allies have observed that the Germans lih’ve rebuilt the French fortlflcatlOTlft ’Sr'T.nie, Rorhambeau, lubeuge, Landrecles, Hirson, ^re. and Laon, while in the south iey have prepared three IfneS of de- fense i ^v the lefen their right centre where the British •’then-, as now. threatened their chief railway junctions and bases. From the'Internal evidence erf Sir 4 .. Douglas Haig's report Of May 19 the n nM be- about one million three hundred and fifty thousand men. Opposite him there are forty German divi sions. exclusive of cavalry, or 'eight hundred thousand^ S Bru tish military expert, "may represent five humliHil thonsand rifles and over three thousand guns It is an accountable concentration and we must further assume that the drafts to jnake good losses are fn the field depots behind the German Seventeen Americans are declared by Mexican officials to have been captured and to have been hurried to Chihuahua City under adequate guard. A machine gun used by the Mexicans is reported to have done heavy execution. . The clash at Carrizal between American and Carran2ista troops brings this country to the threshold of actual hostilities with Mexico. The attack by Mexicans on g detachment of the Tenth Cavalry is nothing less than officials have been fearing al most momentarily since Sunday, in view of Gen. Trevino's warning to Gen. Pershing that If American each troops - were moved south, east, or west it would be Construed as a hos tile act, and they would be fired upon. The detachment of the Tenth Cav alry, which had been scouting north east of El Valle, was decoyed into an ambush, and then fired upon by a superior‘force of Mexicans, according to a report that reached Gen. Fun- ston. . This version was given to Gen. i»-®p-Pastr-by'ATn'erieans who passed through Villa Alumada. With this report Gen. Bell sept the report of the cirojimstances surrounding the fight that' had been made public by the Mexican officials “at Juarez, and which placed all the blame on the Americans, charging them, among other things, with shooting a Mexi- can dispatcltbearer under flag of truce and then charging the Mexiean force. .No other report was received by Gen. Funston, and it was thought probable that the news of the fight AmeHran^GqveoumMit Intends to He- The action of the Entente e.une on one pf the hottest days in yer.rs. The king was at Chateau Tatoy.-ahops were closed and the ministries were deserted w.ien the blow fell. The people were unaware what had oc curred until well on toward evening, when newspapers and handbills made known the text of the demands. Meanwhile King Constantine re turned hastily. All troops in the city were ordered under arms. The dep uties were summoned to the cham ber, where Premier Skouloudis an nounced that he had resigned. The chamber adjourned immediately, cheering the retiring ministers. The people of Athens remained calm and talk of non-complianco with the demands of the Allies apparently awakened no widespread spirit of re sistance. After a protracted session of the crown council, presided over by King Constantine, former Prcmior Zaimis agreed Thursday to form a cabinet to deal with the situation which has arisen from the demands pf the En tente. The demands presented by the En tente powers to Greece, according to the newupaper Nea Hcmera, were: No. 1.—Complete general do- mobilization. No. 2.—Removal of the chief of police of Athens. No. 3. — Popular pro - Entente sentiment not to be suppressed. No. 4.—■-Deportation of agents spreading German propaganda. While the .Resolution of the cham ber of deputies also was desired, the newspaper says it mny no* ‘Hrurt. I/Omncm Admittedly Heavy—Over SO Per Cent.—No News MU • rates Destruction. Whether the little force of UM Tenth United States cavalry under Capt. Chnrles T. Boyd fought thatr way out Nurresafully through the ring of Mexlran troops which had almost surrounded them at CmH sal June 21 still was not known at Gen. Fuaston’s headquarter* Friday. No newt from Gen. Pershing haa been received since the arrival last Thursday night of the report baaed on the stories of straggler* who start ed back to the mafn column beforw the fighting at Carrizal had endad. Fear that the casualties suffered by Capt, Boyd’s command hal been very heavy was expressed by ana? officers In San Antonio, Thxas. It was pointed out that If twelve men had been killed, as reported through Mexican sources. It would mean that from thirty-five to forty had horn* wounded, according to the ueual pro portion. 'nicer, with the number report* ed from Chihuahua to have botes captured, would account for practi cally one troop, or fifty per cent, .of the command. From the re ports available so far it is by no means certain lhat Capt. HoytTa command was not practically wiped out. SHIPS ARE READY i cure Peale and Protect Citizens. While the Carrizal incident was occupying officials, a circular note addressed to the South and Central American diplomats by Secretary Lansing in connection with the Mexi can situation, js:as made public-at the sta'j department. It accompanied copies of the note to Gen. Carranza, distributed as’a matter of information and was ac cepted by the diplomats as the last word of the United States before pro ceeding with ^any steps which Car ranza’s course might make necessary. The statement is a blunt assertion of the purposes of the United States to defend “pur national peace and the safety of our citizens,” even at the cost of war. This communication was issued to the Latin-Ameriean diplomats, it is understood, to reassure them as to the policy 'of the United States and in an effort to keep intact the Pan- American understanding. European -representatives will not fail to get copies of the document and it is understood to be aimed partly—at anti-American propaganda conducted abroad by Mexican agencies and oth er influences which are said to seek to promote hostilities between the two countries. . AUSTRIANS LEAVE ITALY Abandon Part of Offensive to Torn f , ' to Russian Front. , The Austrians have definitely aban doned their offensive in'the southern Tyrol and are falling back, according to Monday’s reports from the Italian front. ' Evidences of a decided flagging in the Austrian aggressive, which began to appear when the Russian offensive in The East got under headway, are supplemented by Rome's announce ment that the Austrians are retreat ing along a front of some twenty miles in the Asiago sector. The Ital ians a^e keeping up a vigorous pur- rougi <11 UlMTIfT each other on the cleverness which en- . .— abled them to capture seventeen fight was included ih Gen. Bell’s re- 'American prisoners and kill a num' port speaks and understands Span- her of others. He said the nten oft istl, and listened to the conservation the train listened eagerly whila the of Mexicans on the. train-and Jcivil- story was told of him the Americans tins and soldiers on the Villa Ala- had bee# enticed into a narrow pass mada station platform. They *ere and iwtpt down *.:ih a ly demanded. The loregoing version of the nature of the Entente de mands is said in diplomatic circles to be substantially accurate. % An identical note protesting vigor ously. against interference by the En tente Allies with the maritime trade ii!' Greece has been presented by the Greek minister to the state depart** ment and the diplomatic representa tives in Washington of th'e Latin- American gbvernments. It asserts that “traditional prin ciple" have t>ecn violated and that Greece has been unable to obtain any official explanation in response to inquiries- Since June (i, it says, the Greek coast has been subjected to a limited blockade, ships Iteihg held up and searched and taken to naval bases establish ed by the Allied forces. Various vessels flying the Greek flag have been taken to Rizerta, Algiers, and , there converted into transports by the Allies. As a result,lit is declared, Greece’s food supplies have been cut off and her marltimevicommerce, “the essen tial of her naTional econdmyj;’ stopped. HAS BATTLE COMMENCED? American Papers Hear That Carranza Has Attacked Pershing. , The New York Telegraph says it is believed that Pershings force and Mexicans are alread/ flghtiftg. Pacific War Vessels Prepare fir Daafa to Mexican Waters, The flotilla of torpedo boat de stroyers, consisting of the Hull, flagship of Lieut. W. W. Bradley, • flotilla commander; Hopkins and Truxtun, were In readiness Wednes day for a dash down the Mexican west coast to Join other units of the Pacific fleet which either are already in Mexican ports or on their way. The cruiser San Diego, flagship of Admiral Winslow, departed Tuea- day, presumably for Guayruas or Ma- zatlan. closely followed, by the cruis er Pittsburg, flagship of Rear Ad miral Fullam, commander of the Pa cific reserve fleet, and the Colorado. EXPECT NOSUDDeYaCTION ' U. S. Officials Waiting on Reports of American OffleersT - ] Both the United States government and the de facto authorities of Mex ico apparently hope to treat the clash at Carrizal as an incident aggravat ing gravely strained relations, bat not of itself likely to precipitate gen eral hostilities. This fact stood oat Thursday night at the close of ajday of many developnlents in the Mexican crisis. 1 . ~ > So far as the Washington admlnia* tration is concerned no final decision can be reached until President Wil son has "received a report on the fight from American army officers. .Al| information so far has come from Mexican sources. The Boston American has a rumor that ’ninety of Pershing’s men have been killed and fighting is now going on. The rumor has not been con firmed. A telegram from San Antonio says that seventeen thousand Mexican troops under Gen. Trevino are don- ary force of Gen. Pershing from the -si-a- ORDERED TO BOUNDARY. War Department Sends Western Mot* dlers to Southern Frontier. -.. — Orders went from the war depart- verging on the American expeditien-jTirenUTfiursday night to Gen. Barry, at Chicago,, commanding the central east and northwest. " It "is reported department, and Gen. Bell, at from Columbus that the Mexicans are Francisco, commanding the westam divided Into two columns and are department, directit Som, momh, mo w« hoard B urh condemnation of the “hating system la vogae among European nations at tmereu mio me either department, tl Secretary Baker has telegraph*# the State gevorners asking each ham war, and we were rather amused at soon the National Guard or bearing rne of the local orators Fri-' H<m» In their respective states oat by President Wlboa wou day .evenlag preach some hating of ready for matter la the IVWL-