Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-11-11 | Page 10 | Mexico Refuses to Pay Ransom

I ment for information as to what steps had been taken to have Mexico reira-EmVM reira-EmVM Mr. Jenkins for tho amount of the random money wore offered! in the senate and hown last Saturday and referred re-ferred to committees. HI REFUSES TO PHBM Position of Carranza Government Gov-ernment Announced by Cabinet Member. WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. Mexico will pny uo rnnsom for foreigners kid-itai'Od kid-itai'Od bv Mc.iioan banijila. This position posi-tion of the Cwranr.n govornment was amiounci'J iu u note from Hilario Medina, Me-dina, sub-serrotary of state for foreign affairs, to the Anierii-an charge at Mexico Mex-ico City, in reply to the Meant demand of tho state department that Mexico omit no effort to effect the release of William 0. Jenkins, even though it be necessary for the Mexican government to pay iho ransom to the bandits who captured the American consular agent. The text of Medina's note, as pub llshed in Mexico City, was received today to-day in Washington. Jt was under date of XovomU'r It. "If it should be claimed in this, or any other ease," the note said, "that th Mexican government khonlcl pay nuy sum by way of ransom, the government govern-ment would be in the painful necessity of not accepting such a demand, !o-daring !o-daring categorically that it will not pay nny ransom for Mr. Jenkins, even though it Should bo proved legally iu the investigation now being carried on by tho authorities tit I'uebla that the counsel wns compelled to pay nny stun or that be has already made such payment, pay-ment, (Mr. Jenkins' counsel paid tho 1160.000 ransom demanded by his captors.) cap-tors.) " Vottr excellency rcadilv umVrstands the reasons of defense and ethics on which my government bases n statement state-ment of this character, rvm though it recogni.'s the obligations it is under cif protecting foreign live . and interests in tho country, it believes that this pro-t pro-t -rt i ti should be the same as lhal en-jnyed en-jnyed by nationals, and it is very well KttOWn that .11" govcrauvnt has .-ver iwen called upon to extend its obligations obliga-tions of igilance and protection so tar us to ensure thom indiviiinaltv to each inhabitant, for such would he impossible." impos-sible." Ilesolul ions utking the state depart-