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Show W-ENUSTIANO C ARRANZA, -first ckief of coastitutionalisfc army, who Laa Hurled defiance at tne United Stated and threatesed u witk war if wc d not evacuate Vera Cruz. y km$ mm Calls Huerta Usurper and Culprit H and Promises to Punish Him for I All Misdeeds, but Declares UnitQd I States Has Violated Sovereignty I of Mexico and Must Evacuate H Vera Cruz. i I O'SHAUGHNESSY IS GIVEN ; HIS PASSPORTS BY HUERTA SACRAMENTO, Cal., April 22. -Governor Johnson has just J'H ordered Adjutant General Forbes to call out eight companies of the national guard for patrol duty on the southern border of California. Three of the companies to be called out are from Sari Diego, four from Los Angeles and one machine gun company also from Los. Angeles. WASHINGTON, April 22. The Sonoma. Ontario and hospital jt ship Solace have arrived at Vera Cruz. The Morro Castle has arrived at Philadelphia navy yard ready to take on 860 marines for Mexico. , IH WASHINGTON, April 23. One of the orders issued by Major General Wotherspoon tonight was for an increase of troops along the California border in the Imperial valley, where a vast irrigation JH system is threatened by the presence of 400 Mexican federals at Mexicali, immediately across the border. j WASHINGTON, April 23. Charge O 'Shaughnessy telegraphed JH the state department under date of Wednesday night as follows: "Having been given my passports, I am leaving tomorrow night IH or Friday morning." The message was given out at 3:20 a. m WASHINGTON, April 22. The American flag of truce was" ' repeatedly violated during the fighting at Vera Crus on Wednesday. Dispatches to this effect have just been received by the navy department. It accounts largely for the increased list of killed and wounded. By International News Service. WASIMNGTOX. April 23. Carranza has notified President Wilson that' he' considers the seizure of Vera Cruz unjustifiable. un-justifiable. ITe invites tho United States to withdraw its trooj3 from .Moxicau Boil and to deal with tho constitutionalist constitution-alist tfovurumont in repird to our demands de-mands of reparation for insults to the American fiftfj nt Tampico. This is tho most serious development of the situatiou tonight, it indicates that the United States will have to fight, not merely the followers of Huerta, but the whole of Mexico. Charge O'ShJiujrhiiofsy has been given giv-en his passports by Uuorta. and this terminates diplomatic relations between the United States and the do facto government. gov-ernment. Huerta. Is Expected To Deel are War. Huerta 's bunding of passports to Charge O 'Shaughnessy was regarded as a most, sensational development in the situation and it was belioved to forecast fore-cast a declaration of war on tho part of Huerta. Tho giving of passports to u charge d "nf fnircF, in most cases, though not invariably, has preceded a declaration of war. Four thousand bluejackets and ma- rinos completely occupied Vera Cruz to- da;.- after a battlo in which eight Amer- irnn.i were killed and about twenty- jH five wounded. The defenders fought mainly from the roofs of houses. Houac Justifies Wilson: Money for Refugees. Tho houso today adopted the senate H resolution " justifying' President "Wil H son in the use of the armed forces in Mexico. Tho house also passed a bill H appropriating $.00,000 to caro for J Pollowing tho receipt of Cnrniuzn's H message tuuight a council of war was H hold, aftor which orders wero issued to confiscate all shipments ot.arnis into Mexico until further notice. H It is understood also ihat the gov- H ernors of the border slates were no- H titiod to havo tho reserves ready to H Secretary Bryan received the Car- H ranza note at his home just beforo mid ' H night. Ho did not comment on it. Sec ' H rotary Garrison and Assistant Secretary H Brccicinriilge, who were waitng at tho H war department, were given copies of H tho messnge. Secretary Tumulty, who H wns asleep, hurried to tho war depart- H meat, aud Major Oenoral Wothorspoon, jH ohirf of staff of tho army, "cas sum- B monod to join the conference Prcsi- (Continued on Page Two.) JB I AMERICANS SWEEP ALL. BEFORE THEM IN VERAJMJZJIGH1 I U. S. ORDERED I I OUT OF MEXICO Declares This Country Must H' Make Its Demands to H Him for Reparation; Threatens War. (Continued from Page One.) dent Wilsou, who had rot i rod oarly, was awakened and told of ilic situation by Secretary Bryan. The joint army nnd nnvy board which met early in the day, it is understood, recommended the restoration of the cm-H, cm-H, Barpo on arms into Mexico. H Chief of Staff Called J to Night Parley. I "While Mexican representatives of Carranzu have professed to sco a tone t of friendliness to the United States in " the note of their chief, its Iblunt request for the withdrawal of the American i1 forces from Vera Cruz and ita virtual demand for recognition of the rebels as representing the constihitionnl gov- crninont of Mexico, injected phases which made administration officials man- ifestly uncusy. General Wotherspoon, chief of staff, J WUj was called into conference by Secretary of War Garrison and the situation on the border was discussed. Calls Muerta Usurper Hj' ana1 Exalts Self. i The following Is the text of the Car- PPJ ranra message to tho state department. PPJ It 1? dated Chihuahua. United Stato Consul, G. C. Caroth-PPJ Caroth-PPJ 1 era: In answer to the message of Mr. PPJ , Secretary of State Hryati which was PPJ communicated to me through you. PPJ ' please transmit to Hie said Mr. Bryan PPJ the following note addressed to Mr. PPJ President Wilson: PPJ i "Awaiting tht action of the Ameri- PPJ can senate to your excellency's "mes- PPJ sago, directed to said body, caused by PPJ the lamentable incident which oc? . PPJ rurred between a crew In a whaJehoat Hl of the cruiser Dolphin and the sol- dlcrs of the usurper lluerta; ccr-PPJ ccr-PPJ ' tain aetp of hostility have been exo- PPJ , euled by tbo naval forces tinder rom- PPJ mimd of Admirul Fletcher at the port PPJ of Vera Cruz and In the face of this PPJ violation of the national sovereignty PPJ ubleh the constitutionalist govern- PPJ mcnt did not expect from a govern- PPJ mont which had reiterated its desire PPJ to maintain peace with the Mexican PPJ people I comply with the duty of pa- PPJ t tr'otlsm In directing Ibis note to you PPJi, j v.l'li (i view of exhausting all honor- j j a 1" means before two friendly mi - f j for.s sever the pacific rotations thai j J I'" urtte thm. Th- Mexican nation. PPJ ' J 'e real '.oople of Mexico, have not HBM j r-njl',9d as Us executive a man PPJ I v ; o l a -i pretended to launch a blcni- ' I I Isl on Us rational Integrity, drown- PPI I l"c In blood its free institutions. PPJ j C'onseuenty the nets of lln usuipor PPJ ( J il era and his accomplices do not sig- PPJ I 1 lo';ltIrnate "acts of sovereignty. PPJ 5 'f. ( ,- do not canst Itute real public PPJj J f :'o."' f l'i!r!or and exterior re- '' and irrh V2 do thoy rcprc-jl rcprc-jl the "nUn;ent of the Mexican wbJeti nre of confrutoniity lo- I " rd ih'; American people. r'maci to Punish ' j I' o'cr.?c o; Hu:rta. Ti:e Ui vie of re r" a tlvo charae- ' " of noiteinl Vloioriano Muertu h Mwnlnqr the relation of Mexico - ' ;ne United States, as well as 1 th Sr'Ulne RepnMIc, Cjille. Hrazll 1 a 'Hi Cua bin; heeu clearly established I i ' 1ipti(uhlrs uttlttidc uf these na- I fors. who hnve roftii?ciI to recosnl'.e , k H" usurper In this way, lending a I valuable moral support to the noble ' i.i"e I !c?resent. U "Th iiFurpeil title of prasidcnL of f' 'c repuMIc chnuot Invest Genenil i Hiierta with the right to receive a i do'iuwul for ropnration on the part of I t .ip ovornii.iH of the lTnlted States. i or a light to Knini a satisfaction na 1 , t "Victoria no Hucita Is a culprit who i I Is amenable to tbe constitutionalist ' government, today tl;e only one, un-' un-' der thf abnormal clrcumstanceK of 1 out' nation, which represents national I sovc-eisnly In accord with article 12S j of the political constitution of Mcx-I Mcx-I 'en. The illr-iul acts committed bv j he usurper lluerta and hip partisans I ', I jind those which they may yet perpc-Irate, perpc-Irate, hf thy of an international j i 'Maracter as those which recently oc-i oc-i 'urred at the port of Tampico. or of i i domestic character, shall he tried ' lrd punished with iuflexlbllltv and V promptness hy the tribunals of the constitutionalist government. "The Individual acta of Victoria no w , Ifuerta never will he sufiicient to W involve (he Mexican nation In a die- H a strolls war wltlt the United States, j because there Is no olldarltv wbatso- ever between the so-called sjovem-tuent sjovem-tuent of Vicloriano lluerta and the V Mexiciin nation, for the fundamental W 1 reason that he is not the legitimate H ) organ of our national Kovcrelgnty. ares Acts of U. S. H, J 1 Hostile to Mexico. "Moreover, the invasion of our ter- ritorv ami the permanency of your forces in tiie port of Vera Cruz" are n violation of the rights that consli-tute consli-tute our existence as a free and Indc-7 Indc-7 pendent sovereignty, drawing us Into unequal war with dlcnlty, lint which until today we desired to avoid. "In the face of the roftl bituatiou l J through which Mexico la passing. i oak-though nh; may he; more so M than ever aftr three years of bloody j I I ttrlfc; as compared with the formld-j formld-j able power of the American nation: we j . consider the acts committed at Vera Cruz as acts highly offcuslvo to He dignity nnd Independence of Mexico and contniry to your rell-H' rell-H' crated declarations of not desiring to sver the Ktatc of peace and frlend-, frlend-, ; ship with the Mexican nation, nnd in contradiction also with the resolution of the Amcricnn senate, v.-hlch has ' Just declared that the I'nlted States , does not. assume any attitude against . the Mexican people, neither do they propose to levy war nguiut it. Wc couxlder also that the hostile acts : already accompll?hed exceed those exacted by equity, to accomplish the - desired end. which may be consldereil I as satisfied. It Is not. on the other I hand, the usurper who In all case t should have the right to constitute I a reparation. Get Out of Mexico, Says Carranza. . "I interpret the sentiment of a great rtiajorltv of te Mexican people, h which 1b :o Jealous of Its rights and U respectful of foreign rights, and I ln- A MERICAN CONSULATE in Vera Cruz, skowinci group of American residents of tke Mexican seaport now Viclol by our marines and bluejackets. vite you. solelv to suspend the hostile acts already Initiated, .orlcrlng your forces to evacuate all places which they hold in their power in the port of Vera Cruz, and to formula to before the constitutionalist govornment, which I represent as constitutionalist governor of the. state of Coahnlla and first chief of the constitutionalist army, the demand on the part of the United States for; the acts which originated orig-inated at the port of Tampico. in the security that the demand will be considered con-sidered in a spirit of elevated Justice Jus-tice and conciliation. "The constitutional governor of tho state of Coahuila and first chief of the constitutionalist army. a "CARRANZA." Following Is tho text, of Mr.-Bryan's note to George C. Carothers, to which General Carranvca's message to President. Wilson Is a reply: 1 Please see General Carranza and make known to him the President's position. Tho President docs not desire de-sire any resolution that could he construed con-strued aa authorizing him to engage In war. All h asks and all that will bo given Is a resolution declaring that he is Justified In using the sinned forces to compel redress of a sncclllc i indignity, lie has been carerul 1o distinguish between General lluerta and his supporters on the one side and the resL of tho Mexican people on the other side. Ho lias reiterated reiterat-ed his friendship for the Mexican people peo-ple and his desire to sec them establish estab-lish for themselves a ronstltutlonal government. The taking of the customs cus-toms house at Vera Crux was nnule necessary by Huerta's refusal to make proper reparation for the arrest ot tho American sailors. The constitutionalists constitu-tionalists nre reported in the newspapers news-papers as standing aloof from the controversy. This Is a Very poor'at-tliuue poor'at-tliuue and we hope that they will not misunderstand tho president's motive or misconstrue his actions. ! |