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Show . DECLARES i II. S. MUST ; KEEP OUT fraction Leader Says That "If This Country I Employs Force to Stop Firing Across Border It Will Be Consid-; ered Unfriendly Despite De-spite Friendly Motives Cloaking It." frHINKS IT WOULD I AID VILLA TROOPS Maintains That Bryan iDoes Not Appreciate Gravity of Threatening Threaten-ing Force; Calls the Americans Who Are Shot Mostly Curious Sightseers. YERA CRUZ Dee. 12. If tie tidied States employs forte to stop the nag by Mentals across the inter xaboxsl boundary hue at "Saco it Trill le considered an unfriendly act, sot jg.ljUnding the fnendlp. motives Baaing tie att ja. iLs manner General "Carraaza ssada iwwsr ui a statement to the A&ociaUd Press, to the formal notice "Tared by the United States on both Provisional President Gutierrez and 1Gseral Carranza that unless seek firing fir-ing ceased, force would be employed to protect American territory Caxraiza s reply to the American ao e whieh 13 expected to reach Vash mgoa tomorrow will be in general repudiation of responsibility for any slots that have crossed the line and ijill clearly set forth that he and his giTemment will regard intervention at aVsco as a hostile and nnfnendly act. Blames Villa's Men. At so time since the receipt of See-Jttary See-Jttary Bryan s note, in which attention gas called to the repeated wounding and killing of residents of the town on "e northern aide of the line, has Gen ral Carranza appeared perturbed, but J? las had long conferences with those Hose to him nd, in framing his reply it is said he has been earefnl not to let Lmself remain la any uncertain light. E Graer HiD, who is commanding toe constitutionalist forces at Naeo is Ja the defensive, continued General Jarranza, and since his back was to tie ha8 it u difficult to see how he "aid be responsible for the fir ng in restion. The fact is that Maytorena s Forces have been. the attacking forces fi, therefore, if appears reasonably JJcar that they and only they could we been to b ama. A a nutter of faet I do not know -t&at the rights of American citizens e been violated. It seems to me ttM it would be well for the state department de-partment to investigate this question order to fix the respons bilitjr " 1 remember similar instancesjat El "Uo when the Madensta forces were "jtacling there. In that case those oot were for the most part the impru n l ,ana curious inndidnals who "Oeied to witness the fighting as if' fad been a spectacular show staged their benefit. nticises Bryan Threat. fAs to the use of force of which JJ;rvan talks that is something the parity of whieh I fear he does not JJ appreciate He says t would not "J"""! of our territory or vio-1 rn m ot,ou' national sovereignty It Liii v Aj"1 moreover it would cer I "1 dffy against the j otitntionalists who now hold the I mZSSI ,,n aT0r of th Vilhstas who &aa i be left free to continue their, S,D" K would be simply tying 5ft4?fe hadS d leavug May J . "cerely hope that the good E"top of the Amenran people to j fkiri,. '"ean people will prevent tirei! atl0n " Secretary Bryan s t PASSES REVOKED ? BY GENERAL BLISS BBW Arlj Dec 12 Brlgaiier Gen tEJl m?T. H- bUm ommander of the jE-tates troops trutrdlne American JjjgJJT revokwl tonight all pasie pre EsEti- led for crossing the Interna iy "Be. Later communication Into E- (Continued 03 Page Thirteen.) MiRANZA ILLS U.S. HDTTO FIHE AGRDSSBOHDER eclares It Will Be Construed Con-strued as Unfriendly Act and Designed to Handicap Handi-cap Him and Help Villa. (Continued from Paso One.) lXU-o was limited to newj-aper men and iTj!trs nenmiiy ensustM In Raulins. rr.is action was taken by General Ulisis Vas W. as fl relt of the reported oris of both Mexican factions to send er.ts Into Nnco for recruits, supplies d other purpose. SfvenU Agents of both General Hill, i eo-r.niAr.vior of Naoo, Sonora, narrison, i uovernor May tore r.a. whoso forces ve beeJ" ''esieg-ins tha town since J?ep-sber. J?ep-sber. w c refused passes Into Amerl-n Amerl-n 'territory. ir'prs were as active as usual tonight "VxcfcarviiiK shots. General Hill re-ivei.i re-ivei.i two T5-mlUimeter Maxim puns, Mil were placed in position after dark. |