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Show M Ml GRANT I CROSS BORDER I Uncle Sam Hesitates to Allow M I Hi Mexico io Move Troops 9 Over American Territory H to Suppress Rebels. mm PROTEST ENTERED fflk BY TEXAS GOVERNOR 3 Situation in Many of Mexican WM Provinces Grows Steadily llfl Worse; British Interests KH Are Now Suffering. HI WASHINGTON. Feb. ?. Diplomat!' HI romplica.tlons arose today be- binl tween the state cf Texas and lUfl the United Stales government Mil on one hand and the M?lc-a:t HeI covcrnment on ttye other, which tern- H porarily, :l least, will not allow Mexico m to move lny troops over American terri- fifl lory In connection with her rcvolutionnrj, Bfl disturbances. BK Secretary of ?tate Knox today made fur'her Inquiry from Mexico, through th-- HI American embassy at Mexico City, ank- IKJH ing the speeillc purpose of the military BH expedition for which permission is sought HI to travel from Fagle d'ass. Tex., lo Kl flU Paso, Tex., In order thai points in ljortli- fiH ern Mexico to which the rebels have cut Bill internal railroad communication may be' Hi I rctuhcil. EH Governor Colquitt of Texas pointed out ffill to the state department in his messages KH todav that residents of Kl Paso wcrs ap- nil prelu-nsive that rebels .it .luurcz nil,c;lil BUI resist thu entry of Mexican troops from HQI American territory and precipitate a bat- ' BVA tie endangering American, lives and K&l property. nil Secretary Knox assured Governor Col- Mil mill I that no permission would be grant- wSI ed until the matter had boon suidie-i cnrefully, and Indications tonight were Hftl that Ifwould be adjusted In a leisurely. BH diplomatic manner. Advices reached here iaH that no troops hud started oii the pro- nfiu posed expedition and none, would do so HSB until the question had been decided. HB Purpose Not Specific. Wm The state department practically had iffuffii completed arrangements for the exp2dl- liiH lion, instructing- the "treasury department Hfl' to notify the customs officers and the war KUw departments its border patrol that the Raff troops might be expected In a few days. KSfl The orders were similar to those Issued BBflfll last year in connection with the safe- BH guarding of the irrigation projects of HmI Americans in Lower California, but .It KIM was pointed out by state department of- 'Sill Heals tonight that in the latter case a KJIfl specltlc purpose was mentioned and tin- Klfl dc-rslood KH lu connection with the proposed ex- HlMi pcdltion to .luarcz. the state department aSl heard that Mexico intended, not alone to Ki replenish the garrison opposite EI Paso. Hfl but to pour a host of troops into north- Kitt ern Chihuahua for a general military Bh movement there. It was indicated that ffli while the rebels mjght not object to a re- US garrisoning of Juarez, thus avoiding for- ntH elgn complications, they might offer HJni armed resistance to a movement aimed HM9 at the tioublc zone. K oB Ruling- Reversed. I H Refugee officials of the Diaz retime !r. E n Mexico cannot be extradited from the m i 1 United States for executions or othci jj acts which tiicy.may have ordered while I holding- positions of authority. JEfj This was the virtual meaning- of fnc ffill state department's nosilion. made known Slffi today jn the case of Andrcaz Gar;'. Galan fill! and Nlcador Valrics. who were ordered HUMS extradited by a United States comrnis- mlaH slpner at San Antonio. Tex. " fijll The slate department will reverse that Ifill ruling on the ground that, the offsnsrfc Rfil of Galan and Valdcz. claimed b the IRifH present Mexican government to have IflH been guilty of murder In causing the IHsWi death of Maderista sympathizers in the eU last rebellion, were In reality political In BH their nature and therefore not extradita- ifiU blc under the treaty with Mexico. flFfifl Cialau became conspicuous in t'oe clos- ffiRH (Continued bn Pago Trwo.) NHfl MAY NOT GRANT THE PERMISSION ASKED (Continued from Page One. Ing days of the Diaz administration as a lender of the ' Ciontltlco" element allied with that regime, and was charged, shortly short-ly after Madcro was successful In the battle of Juarez, with conspiring to assassinate as-sassinate him. Tho casi against Messrs. Dunne and Dcvllllers. the two Americans Ameri-cans who figured In the alleged plot, had been dropped by tho Mexican authorities, authori-ties, but efforts were continued to bring Galan before a Mexican tribunal. While advices to the war department still continue to report a condition of goneral disorder througVioul Mexico, no orders have been issued for the actual Increase of the American force along the border. It was declared al the war department de-partment time there wns no Intention at present to Increase the border patrol. |