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Show Governor of Arizona Decides Not . to Send State Troops to Border 1 Washington, Oct. 14. A telegram from 'Governor Hurit'oArkdnk JtV. night advising that nSmbjtolnt" cf ' tho state militia to the Mexican border, bor-der, had been authorized and expressing express-ing the governor's desire to cooperate cooper-ate in avoiding further complications of the situation on the bordor was received with much relief, by President Presi-dent Wilson and Secretary GarrUon. The message which concluded a day of telegraphic interchanges on the subject, was addressed to Secretary Garrison and said: "I appreciate your courteous telegram tele-gram and tliank you for advices,, conveyed. con-veyed. Both the President nnd yourself your-self may feel wholly assured that 1 realize the gravity of the Mexican situation as an International problem avoiding further complications and at the same time accord all possible protection for Arizona's citizens and property. No movement pi' the ,?iftte militia has been authorized. I shall communicate with, yjou as- the occ: slon requires and feql; sur.e.jtbat, swift advices as you may extend at Inter-j vals will greatly assist vm.p. Id ally, lng excitement over existing dan; !ger." '.! Secretary Garrison at once replied as follows: "Your mossago received. Am very much gratified with tho expression of 'your attitude. Will keep you fully in-;formed." in-;formed." ". During tho day the secretary nt the direction of President Wilson hud telegraphed Governor Hunt, pointing out tho danger of divided rosponslDll-Ity rosponslDll-Ity should tho state troops go to tho bordor. It was Indicated unofllclnl-,ly unofllclnl-,ly later that It tho Arizona governor .finally did send troops to tho Interna tlonal lino thoy might bo called into Iho service of tho federal government to bring all forces under ono commander. com-mander. Two telegrams passed between Governor Gov-ernor Hunt and Secretary Garrison, ono with reference to tho rltuatlon nt Naco, Ariz., and tho other with respect to Douglas, Ariz., In both of -which border fighting had mado American Am-erican citizens apprehensive. Concerning Con-cerning thq situation at Douglas, Governor Gov-ernor Hunt telegraphed that "ono sol ;ijloc and a child ha,vo heen struck by pilots from Mexican garrison at Agua 3rleta; firing across tho boundary Is described, y being deliberate on tho iart of tliti .Mexican tearrlsori." ',. Socretary Garrlsqn (qlegraphed in reply that reports from General Bliss and the comniamlln'g ofllcor at Douglas, Doug-las, Arizona that no ono had been Injured In-jured and that only, stray bullots were falllug on the American sldo of tho line. Every precaution was being 'taken to guard American Interests, he said, nnd additional troops could not bo utilized. v Tho secretary warned the governor, of the "grave consequences" that may follow tho sending of militia to tho border and called attention to the manifest propriety of not embarrassing embarrass-ing tho President, as to tho international interna-tional situation. "Tho Prestdont again .today Instructed Instruc-ted me," ho said, ''to omphaslzo In my dispatches to you the gravity of tho situation, the fact that ho Is do Ing everything that properly can be done and his earnest desire that you. should abstain from complicating aud embarrassing the situation." Tho secretary said he was (In .no doubt "highly colored and exaggerated reports" re-ports" of conditions, along the" border were, reaching the. governor adding .that, .true accounts could bo obtained by communicating , with tho army officers of-ficers commanding ;at Naco and Douglas. , . t Frank S. Thomaa,ono of General Villa's representatives .here, jflled a protest with the, state, depjrtment today, to-day, declaring that thq Carranza forces for-ces at Naco had deliberately "backed "back-ed up to the American line for tho doublo purpose of escaping' to tho United States It occasion demands and also to Invite attack so that n few bullets will unavoidably fall on American soil." He charged that Carranza's forces under General Hill wero part of "an atjjnipt to provoko Intervention on tho part of tho Unl ted States." |