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Show MEMORANDUMIS PUT OUT BY THE OE FACTO GIF May Be Intended as a Reply to Recent Note of Secretary Secre-tary Lansing Demanding Demand-ing Statement. DEFIES THE U. S. TO PROVE ITS CHARGES Denies Our Right to Keep Troops in Mexico and Blames Ysabel Massacre Upon an American. MEXICO CITi- June 30. The foreign for-eign office today issued a memorandum in reply to Secretary Lansing's recent re-cent note in which the correctness of assertions in the ' communication from Washington were reneatedly denied. The memorandum declares that the United States has no right to maintain its armed forces on Mexican soil. The memorandum contains thirty-three thirty-three counts. Although not in the form of a direct reply to the Washington Washing-ton note, it is considered equivalent to an answer to that document. It expresses surprise that the Washington Wash-ington government should have been pained at the tone and the contents of the Carranza document, since it maintains that the United States has sent to tho constitutional governor not only one, but many discourteous and even overbearing notes. Proof Is Asked. Emphatically reiterating the Mexican government's position denying the right of the United States to keen " armed bodies in Mexico, the memorandum denies de-nies energetically that the Mexican government has protected bandits who had committed depredations in' the United States and defies Washington to produce proof of the assertion. Blame for the Santa Ysabel massacre is placed on the so-called impulsive and irrascible disposition of Charles Watson, Wat-son, general manager of the Cusihui-riachic Cusihui-riachic company, and General Scott and General Funston are accused of bad faith and lack of honor in misleading General Obregou in an alleged evasive reply regarding the crossing of American Ameri-can troops into Mexico after the Glenn Springs raid. Germany Brought In. The memorandum asserts while it is true tho United States arrested General Huerta, the motive which prompted this act was not a purpose of aiding the constitutionalist, but because the United States feared that General Huerta was plotting with Germany. The note concludes by declaring that the presence of American troops in Mexico invites rather than prevents bandit raids along the border. The memorandum was issued at the same time that the foreign oflice authorized au-thorized publication of Secretary Lansing's Lans-ing's recent note. Surprise Expressed. In part, the note says: "It appears strange that the department depart-ment of state of the United States should be displeased with the tone of the note of this government of May which it terms discourteous, when Hie same department has addressed to the Constitutionalist government not one note, but many notes, in tones not only discourteous, but threatening. "During the period alluded to in this note 148 Mexican citizens have been murdered in American territory hy American citi.eos, and even by the authorities au-thorities of the United States, this, despite de-spite the fact that b-oth nations were in a state of profound peace, and in none of these cases, despite repeated remonstrances remon-strances by the Mexican embassador at Washington, have any of the guilty been exemplarily punished. "It is untrue that the Mexican government gov-ernment has protected in any instance criminals attacking American territory. The Mexican government lias done all in its 'power to protect foreign pnbject. The fault lies with foreigners, especially Americans, who insisted on remaining i in disturbed districts, despite the repeat- ; ed warnings of the Mexican government. ; As our own citizens have suffered se- . verelv on account of the conditions of ; affairs, it is hardly just that foreign- ; ers should expect to be immune." The note cites . the case of 'harles J Watson, one of the victims of the Santa Ysabel massacre, who. it states, insist- I ed on making the fatal journey, d'pite j a warning from General Trevino, the military governor of Chihuahua. ! Americans Warned. J "It is a fact, ' ' the note states, ! "which the American military authori- ; ties cannot deny, that, on March 10 Gen- 1 eral Gavira advised the latter that he had trustworthy intelligence that Villa and Ids bandits were on the way to the frontier. He also warned them that Villa was going by wav of Las I 'a lorn as j (Continued on Pagd Two.), i PUT OUT BY FIRST-CHIEF (Continued from Page One.) thus giving the American authorities ample am-ple time in which to prepare to meet the danger. ' ' The Constitutionalist government also, on receipt of the news ot the movements move-ments of Villa and right after the attack on Columbus, sent 15U0 men, under General Gen-eral Gutierrez, as rapidly as possible to the northern part of the state of Chihuahua, Chi-huahua, with orders to pursue the bandits ban-dits relentlessly.. It is well known that the pursuit began immediately and that the bandits were dispersed. "The imputation of the American government that the Constitutionalist government had no desire to put an end to these attacks is untrue. 1 1 is well known that the affair at Parral resulted result-ed from the imprudence of the commander com-mander of the American troops, who entered- the town well knowing that the Mexican commander had not given his consent. "Ife is absolutely untrue that Mexican Mexi-can troops have been guilty of disloyalty, disloy-alty, as imputed in the note of the department de-partment of state. i , ' 1 The Mexican government could do no less than consider improper the presence pres-ence of American troops on Mexican soil, since tiie original orders given to them were, according -to the American press, to undertake immediate pursuit of the Villa bandits and return to their encampments. It is also true that the Constitutionalist Constitution-alist government protected American troops against the just indignation of the populace of Parral, who were aroused by their presence. Repudiation Denied. "The note of the secretary of state described as a convention what was simply a proposition which the Mexican government made conditionally to the government of the United States in the note of March 1", to establish reciproc-itv reciproc-itv in the passage of troops in pursuit of bandits, if, on any other part of the frontier, there should occur acts such as those at, Columbus. This provisional proposition ' cannot be called a convention, conven-tion, and consequently it is untrue that the Constitutionalist government has repudiated re-pudiated any convention. What the Constitutionalist Con-stitutionalist government desired was to define the terms of the agreement and the conditions, so as to obviate any misunderstandings mis-understandings which might arise between be-tween the two countries, and also, in any event, to satisfy the Mexican people peo-ple in regard to the cause of the presence pres-ence of American troops in Mexican territory. "The CnitFd States has undertaken lo abuse the terms of agreement, a? all its acts show evidently that it did not wish to eonfino itself to the pursuit of the bandits. ' ' "The constitutionalist g over nmeilf noes not wish hamlits to xo unpunished nor does it refuse tri dispatrh troops and dls- (ConUnucd on Page Nine.) MEMORANDUM PUT " OUT BY FIRST CHIEF (Contiuued From Page Two.) perse them. But the government can tolerate in no manner he continued presence pres-ence 011 Mexican territory of American troops who have no excuse for being there. "The rof-ent attack of bandits on Glen Springs can in no way be charged to the constitutionalist government, but to Hie carelessness of the United States, which did not effectively protect the frontier despite warning of danger. It is also very doubtful whether the band was organized in Mexico as there is pnocl reason for ho-Ijcf ho-Ijcf that it was assemided on American territory. "It is proven 1hat General Obregon, during his in l erview with GdnerHls Scott and Kunston at Juarez, notified them that the Mexican governmenl would not permit per-mit the passage uf American troops into Mexican teiri tory and that orders had been given !o the commanders of all frontier post s to refuse consent to I lie passage of American troops. Funston's Order. "When troneral Obregon showed Generals Gen-erals Funston and Hcotr a copy nf a paper published in Kl Paso stating that American Ameri-can troops had etUered Mexican territory I us the result of the affairs a! Glen ; Springs and Ho-uilias, General Funston replied: '1 have eiven no such order nor, have I any information of any such movement. "Between men of honor General Funston's Fun-ston's reply can only he considered as a i positive denial that Amerhan troops had j pn ssed the .order. The department of 'stale allegrs that the declaration of Funs-j Funs-j ton was made hp fore the order was is-j is-j sued and not after it had gone into ef-! ef-! fee;. Nevertheless, it appears the truth (that General Funston atiemnted io hide some movement of troops which he had 'already considered ordering w Hen he said that he had no! given the order. "it is not tn e that Generals Scott and Funs!"'"!, durinc t'leit confeiences wpa General nh.veL-nn mentioivd iPo pos-'hility J nf a now pi,i;;;; c fxiv.liii.n) a.r..ss tiie f ntr tier jnin the state of Ta maul: pas on ;t. . .Mint of the a.tr.ities imputed to 1 e La K-si. "All o:' i ! -c m cs illH-'o a !n.--t (hp Fnhed S'Mes ''uic erninc oh-tucles placed 1 In Liu- wa- i.f tinv- ihe pacific;, t ion of Mexico remain, since the department of state does not refute the imputations made against it. On the contrary, it admits ad-mits the cnufges so far as they .periam to the embargo on arms and munitions into Mexico. It is a mere excuse to say that this embargo was ordered by the president of the- United States to prevent pre-vent these arms and ammunition failing into the hands of Villa, s.nce it Is well i known that the constitutionalist snv- ' eminent has taken possession of all the : frontier since the first of the present year. : "It is true that the. whole press of Mexico is friendly to t he constitutionalist government, but the latter does not consider con-sider tiiat it has the right to check writers and prevent them from the free expression of their opinion. On the other hand, the American press although the -note gives it .to he understood that the government exercises no censorship over it. is controlled, in political matters, and it is well known that the Mexican press has never attempted to treat the relations between Mexico and the United StHtes In a spirit so hostile and so venomous venom-ous as is shown by the American press. "The attitude of the first chief of the constitutionalist government Is clearly defined in his message of March 1 2. in which he warned the Mexican people to he prepared for any emergency which might arise because of the differences between the United States and Mexico. Evasion Charged. "Tt is mere evasion in the not of the department to say that the United States has been unable to permit the transit of munitions of war across the southern frontier lest they might fall into (he hands of the enemies of law and order. I The fact is that the government of the United States has undertaken to prevent pre-vent the constitutionalist government from acquiring the arms which every nation na-tion needs to preserve order within its territory. I "It is true that the United States or- I dered the arrest of Huerta, huh this whs I more on account of fear Of his Intrigues with Germans than for the purpose of aiding the constitutionalist government. "It is also true that there are In the ( United States many criminals and fugitives fugi-tives from Mexico who conspire freely against the constitutionalist government and the Mexican people. "It is not true that the American troops undertook the instant pursuit of . Villa, since it has been shown hy documents docu-ments that the pursuit did not begin until un-til the lapse of six days. Nor Is It true that the promises of the American government, gov-ernment, . through the medium . of the president, the department of state and other authorities, have crystallized into facts, since, after Villa's bands had been 1 completely dispersed and destroyed, there Is no longer any justification for American Ameri-can troops remaining on Mexican territory, terri-tory, and they should now leave. "The constitutionalist government has had a- perfect right to demand of the government of the United States the immediate im-mediate retirement of American troops from the national territory on the completion com-pletion of the mission which' could be the only reason for their crossing the frontier. "It is not true that the presence of American troops in Mexico is the only check on further-attacks of bandits and is the best means of protecting 'the lives and property of American citizens settled set-tled in our country. On the contra rv, the continued presence of these troops lias been the cause of recent new raids by enemies of the constitutionalist government gov-ernment who wish to provoke international interna-tional difficulties. "The admission of the secretary of state that the United States lacks forces sufficient to protect the whole length of tlie Mexican border is very important. This one consideration ought to cause the United States to be less exa.cting with the constitutional government in this particular. par-ticular. If the United States will confine con-fine itself to keeping order on its frontier it will immediately remove all the difficulties which now exist between the two countries. "The government of Mexico desires to stop every raid of bandits on Mexican territory and to punish -them by implacable im-placable pursuit within its own territory. But if these raids cannot be avoided, the-Mexican the-Mexican government does not eonsider that its responsibility extends beyond paving pav-ing for the resulting damages. ' 1 "The constitutionalist government does, not Ignore its obligation to give protection protec-tion to lives and property within the Mexican territory, hut, short of a well-defined well-defined agreement, will not permit a foreign for-eign nation to enter Mexican territory with its armed forces. Jf the government govern-ment of the United States has not the right to give protection to its own citizens citi-zens In territory which tloes not belong to ft, the department of state should finally observe tha.t no right pertains to the United States to continue to maintain main-tain Its punitive expedition in Mexico." |