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Show FOWL NOTICE IS SERVED UPON BDTHFAGTIONS Wilson Assumes Threatening Threaten-ing Attitude as Result of Firing Over Border at Naco BATTERIES ON THE WAY FROM EL PASOj Precedent Set by Which the Government Intends to Act in Future in All Similar Cases RAMI1NQTON Deo. 10 The Lnltsd States has served formal notice on both Provisional President Outlerres and Uea oral carta naa that unless they promptly rrvxent their troops from flrlnc across the American bounder) sues foree will be employed by tint ceveranient as may b necessary to protect American terrt tor In the most emptaaUe and threattnlnf expression from the taah ngtoo fovem ment id nee the diplomatic correspondence with atoeral Iluerta. which preceded the occupation of er Crux. Meoilcal warn lur wss sent to the chiefs of the two fac Uobs oppoelac each other at Naca across from the Arizona town of tbe same nam that flrlnc across the Inumatlonal line must ceae. Atooatfc th meeeare. whJeh wers la be eosnrsrsa by American Consul Canada to Omerat Oarransa at Vera Cms and by American mnsul Sll I man to Oenrra CutUrrea at Mexico O r he" !ste last night. the did n t react hair des tin turn until loda and answers will no be expected before tomorrow Tbe peremptory tone of the communl rations did not become g-enera ly known sntll tonlgtit. altbouch the send ng- of three bstterlsB of artillery to Naco wss explained previously by hlirb officials as meaning that tbe Mexican forces would be shelled out of their positions snd driven several miles from the line if the rtrtnc Into the Lolled States continued The raessaces to both Oarransa and Gutlerres potniad out that several Amer leans had died of wounds from bullets which were fired from Mexican territory and that the Inlted States had appealed to sain to Oenerats Matorena and Hill, eonunandlr the tl al forces at Vaco to so resulate their fire as to prevent a repetition of such occurrences Ha Ing railed to Imprese HID and May torena. the Washington government stated that It must naturally turn to the rsrectlve chiefs to whom the contending-1 general are supposed to owe alleitlanre, asking that they be warned immediately arainst further violations of the rights of American citizens to enjoy safety from attack while on their own territory Duty Imperative If the chiefs in de facto control can not put a e d to the reckless firing- by the r subordinates the Lotted States gov ernment pointed out unequivocally that Its manifest duty much to Its regret wil be to take such steps as may be neceesan to protect American lives through Uie employment of force. The America government made it clear Incidental! that It Intended to use fop-e not for aggression, but on y for defense and had no Idea or Invading Mex lean territory or interfering- with the right of tho Mexican people to settle their own disputes or vlolat og Mexican eovor elgnty In any way No time I n It was set w thin which the Mex can tactions must comply with the demands, but a sufficient t me nil be al lowed for both Carranza and Gutlerres to commun cate fully to Oeneral HIU and General Maytorena reepec Ivelj the sert ousnens of the e tuatlon. In the meantime Brlgad er General Tasker IL Bl ss lately named assistant chief of staff of the Lnlted tates army Is in personal chars of the s tuatlon at Ivaco with three bat teries of Held art 1 en havlnir a range of Ave or a x ml es and e even troops of cavalry The frene al expectation here Is that It wl 1 not be necessary to use force to com pel the Mexicans to cease the r fire as It is understood proposals are already be Ing exchanged between Maytorena and H II throjgh American array officers a Naco wl ereby the two contend ng col umns are to retire to a fixed d stance from the border thus creating virtual y a neutral zone As dlfficu ties ha e arisen at other po nts a ong the border through tho con fl ct of the Mexican factions the Isaco affair w 1 constitute a precedent by which the Wash ngton gove nment Intends to act In tl o future No further fl Ing across the 1 ne wl be tolerated, according to the de Is on of President Wilson and h s cabl nt Tho general bel ef here la that both Mexican factions dos ring to avoid the reepons bl ty of provok ng Internat onal cb npUcat one will heed the warn ngs given Official Statement Official d epatches telling of general condlt ons n Mexico were summarized by the state department ton ght In t! a fol lowing staterue t A te egram dated December 9 from the depa Iment s representative at Mexico C ty sta es tl a the ty Is qutot Zapata and Mia are st there Isow conven ona st of la s ha e been announced for the Na ona ra waya but appa ently no steps ha e jet toeo taken to del ver t e lines to he con pan . te egran from Ve a Cruz dated De cember 10 0 a. m s a es that on n unl cat on w t Mex o City Is i er upted The departmcn s nfo mel that pe a Agen Carot e 8 w o has hen un abe oateid ohs offlc a rt es for (.Continued on Pago Four ) FORMAL HOTICE 15 SERVED BY WSLSOPJ (Continued, from Page Ono.) several days on account of illness, is rapidly rap-idly regaining his health. "With reference to the case of General Iturbide, former governor of the federal district, who was reported to be in prison, j and in danger of having summary action taken against him by the local authorities, authori-ties, the department Is informed that he has not been imprisoned, but merely took refuge with Mr. Carothers on account of having been advised by a friend that certain cer-tain charges were pending against him. Every possible effort is being made by the department's representatives and others to ascertain the nature of the charges against Iturbide. t "The American'oonsular agent at Parral has been recpuested to use hie good offices to secure adecjuate protection for the property of a Spanish subject by the name of Juan Bilbao." Enrico C. Llorente. Gutierrez agent here, tonight made public a telegram from General Onelas at Juarez denying the cln im of the Carranza headquarters that Durango. Jlminez. Casas Grandes and Other towns had 'been captured from the Gutierrez forces. General Onelas said trains were running between Juarez and Mexico City. It has been decided thot when Major General Funston finishes his two months' leave he will lake command of the troops on the border, succeeding Brigadier General Gen-eral Bliss, who comes to Washington as assistant chief of staff. |
