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Show SN0N0FU.S. (APPROVED BY i GREAT BRITAIN f idward Grey, in House nl Commons, Discusses he Killing of William too V 4 S. Benton. to. not, ; 4 Son well pleased th attitude taken Jf? sral Carranza Appoints Jgj amission to Investigate '"i he-Killing of William Si S. Benton. itir ccni ' SO-tit SO-tit SALES, Sonora, March J. A U? ssion to investigate :,hc Benton I'M Ds aPP'uc tonight by Gen-1a Gen-1a Brrauza. Tlic decision was taken tjrj 11 long session of the provisional .be t. Jt was said that thu death arcz of the British subject. W. ctkt foil tton. had occupied practically all 'P li -r Q tontion of Carranza and his ad-It? ad-It? t y to D inienibers of the commission are j? i Fraustro, constitutionalist mili-)Ta mili-)Ta general; Miguel Silva, physician S-governor of the state of Mieh-pt Mieh-pt land Miguel Lara, ox-governor of lob fueso turce ,nft,j is c.x-inj6 c.x-inj6 3, arc already on their way to will :' b,v lvay o1' EI ?aso' altIl0"Su t ij have not been advised of their Ji there. res 5luo """as said regarding tho dis-o dis-o iGj: raincc of Gustav Baucb, an Ameii-W: Ameii-W: Jp'iccrniug which tho state de-j de-j Bnt at Washington also had re-a re-a n MlJnformaLion. It was said that and!i eugo had been mado in G'cueral s: mi's stand that tho death of rnK " Cn,on' suouI(J- bc taken up Iiuglish government and not by Mm ?gto" ;ituorities. , - ii. 1 W S GN SECRETARY oen$ I EXPRESSES VIEWS s I and? ID0N' ilarch 3. The British gov-it's gov-it's view that no Immediate action J be taken by It In connection with Slip ?dlock over tl,e Investigation Into gin: th at Juarez of William S. Benton : m jdc quite plain today in the house tbt's mons x,y Sir Edward Grey.' the oulI !forclgn secrotary. tn(j Sdward was. however, equally ex-o ex-o u milntlnp out that If Great Britain Ml S nhtaln satisfaction through tho cam States, the British government of id to Itself the right to procure 38 it10" whenever it was able to do so. . promised pronouncement on the n situation from the foreign sec-rvjji sec-rvjji ;had been anxiously awaited. It h :)lvered bofore a keenJy interested CO .?B r the members of the house itnons. :Jthd '.6e resentment has been displayed llli out the British isles over what Is atfl !fl aS tlle attemPl 011 lb Part of receW i0,1 Carranza, the constltution- irds i ader, to sow discord between sD .d and the United States and also m he repeated delays In the inves- 9fJ( i of the death of Benton. 2r8 to Question. axLsf" !.ply lo a fiucstlon as to the death anil foz of Benton. Sir Edward said: tW nust ask leave of the houso to i1 a somewhat: more extended rtEff 10111 than can properly be com-Jfitl com-Jfitl 1 within the limits of an an- jj fcfro,'l have failed to procure an 1'f itlgatlon into tho facta respect- iilp M10 dcath of William S. Ben- erV'! Mt I t ... 'at 7 a-vn. niiiicuiucs put. in tlic lvsl' the strongest presumption bytJ1 j'ueslre and an Intention to con-the con-the truth on tho part of those bad f5,co who arc responsible for II iSiSp 5 has happened. n & nmunlcatlons with tho sovcrn-n sovcrn-n gfj ( of the United Slates arc still or dl"o. hut I would repeat what ittP i last week that tho communl-; communl-; PB do not Imply that tlic gov-n gov-n ??nl of tMc United States has any jfflJbBlblllt.v for what has taken lllDmFky which I mean, of course, 3u"Meath of Benlon. rf j'o therefore we shall welcome h0ffCtlOn tllat lMC u,lUcd StatcH Is tnke to obtain justice, 5bVc 1,0 tJt' to dcn,and as a. riBlit frltrKtn6 7Jn,tel Slates ohould Itself a i' t0 tn& USu of force. 2Intf1iR; ctttn hunand that another gov-J&:lZm&Xxi gov-J&:lZm&Xxi sl,oukl go to all lengths to :a !pParatioii for a crime only when jextfM,0'as that government In some jt WfKrMponslblo for tno commission ijtcMe crime. jsgHments This Country. I'nJK"! the United Slates has shown OVkK8,4 a?, niuch interest in tho ;BLjn.. Mexlc? of n- British sub-irfi8 sub-irfi8 11 'ma Q tho case of out-ilE'lL out-ilE'lL Pn J American citizens for I J3R.tand , .W1 aevoi-al Americans ore Tgpcijii killed in Mexico. And tho ncr?l Statoa has Hhown every do- 'B1?. UBCL llB tnftuenco to obtain LjMSaKMon lor British subjects In the t fJBPy controlled by thoso de-3rs de-3rs jga aB constitutionalists. tlcrfcOontlaucd on Pago Two.) YH sir ehud me 01 BEMTOfl mm (Continued from Pago One,) I would therefore sum up the situation sit-uation by raying that If the United Slates thlnhs It proper to take further fur-ther steps cither on behalf of Its own citizens or of a British subject, wo gladly await the result. But If for 'reasons of Its own the United States does not think It desirable to take such steps, wc must, of course, resets re-sets e to oifrsclvcs the right to bring about reparation whenever there 1g an opportunity to do so. Our general policy toward Mexico and tbe Central and South American Ameri-can republics is confined to commercial commer-cial interests, which we Keep within nonpolltlcal llmity. As a ruie. therefore, there-fore, all UC9tionrf that arise between those republics and ourselves are settled set-tled by diplomatic means or can bo referred to arbitration. But the violent death of a British subject and the refusal by those In Mexico to allow the circumstances to be investigated make It Incumbent Incum-bent upon us to do what we can on our own behalf. Assuming, that the United States does not itself desire to take any responsibility for Intervention, It has been urged on me that We should take Immediate action, without, however, giving me any suggestion or indication of what action we can tako at tho moment. I must repent what I said last week that there Is nothing we can do effectively under present conditions, condi-tions, i The government in Mexico City has no control over the territory where the death of Benton took place, nor over those responsible for his death. We cannot, therefore, under the present pres-ent circumstances, procuro reparation through that government. We have no Intention of engaging In what on our part would be a fan-tactic fan-tactic attempt, as the sending of a force which to be effective would have to be a very large forco Into any part of Mexico. Under ordinary clro umstances we might have taken action at a port or by way of a blockade. Under present conditions. If wc took such action and It had any effect. It could only result In giving assistance to the contending party In north Mexico. T o take action that would positively help those from whom wo demand reparation simply for the sake of appearing ap-pearing to do something would be worse than futile. But we do not Intend to let the affair rest, and as soon as by any change of circumstances it Is in our power to tako further action wc shall tako whatever stops may be practicable. prac-ticable. Replying to another question. Sir Edward Ed-ward Grey said that Groat Britain had not recognized General Villa as a belligerent. bellig-erent. A further question brought tho statement state-ment from Sir Edward Grev that no assurances as-surances had been obtained from Pro-vlslona Pro-vlslona President Tluerta regarding th protection of British subjects In Mexico. |
