OCR Text |
Show PROTESTS DRAFTING OF MEXICANS IN U. S. WASHINGTON. Oct. 2. Thp Mexican embassador. Ipnacio Bonillas. has made formal representations to the state department de-partment against the drafting of Mexicans ; into the national army, particularly from the border states. In some canes, wlier" it Is shown that MeNicans have been uken through irrecuiar practice of the j exemption boar dp. the ?ta te department has had the men released. j In other cases, however, the cases are complies ted because of the difference m j the constitutions of the two coiin tries. ! Mexico holds that i man born abroad of j Mexi-'an parents is a Mexican unless h ! voluntarllv forfeits his citizenship- The 1 United States holds that a person born her Is an American citizen. j It is believpd that the cases of Mexicans , t-eine held for military service in New York, as charc-M by Juan T. Burns. Mexican Mexi-can consul there, come largely within this class. . KT PASO. Oct. 2. Twenty Mexican ' itizens drafted and certified by the lo-; lo-; board liere have been exempted from military service. M. G. Scgum. Mexican onsul general, said today. He said he lad no difficulty In obtaining t lie re-ease re-ease of his nationals as soon as their itizenship was established. |