| Show War W ar With Mexicans O Looms as Result of German Propaganda Carranza Troops on Border and American Patrols Are Kept Busy I Preventing Clashes lashe t 1 I By Uy int International News Service L PASO Tex Tex April 23 EL E Reports of an Impending c clash as b between twe n Mexicans and nd United States troops in the Big Big- BigBend Bend district are received here with news that Melcan Mexican Mel Megi- can soldiers soldier's under General Ruiz are Ra Ranchers chers are reported leav leaving ni the district district In large numbers numbers- being afraid afraid to remain following following- the raid on n the White ranch near Marfa Tex where horses horses' and I Battle were driven off aU The garrison at Marfa has been heavily reinforced ed Large Laige bodies of Mexican troops continue to concentrate at various points and trouble Is ant anticipated VA WASHINGTON Ar 23 CO Concentration of of Mexican federal forces on the tile border but es- es r r in the Juarez OJInaga g J J rd z section Is believed by officials here herd t to be the result of at agitation by German agents agents' in Mexico However tile the war var war department ad advices advices ad- ad vices ices do ao not Indicate th that t immediate immediate im immediate im- im mediate tr trouble uble may be feared SNIPING FREQUENT ENT The entire situation war de department department department de- de chiefs say Is is' In the hands of ot the commanding general of that district and there have been no reports received here which indicated any any danger of an There has been more or less sniping sniping- for several months all along the tile border and there have been several outbreaks In Inthe Inthe inthe the Tampico oil district but they have not been of an organized character officials say They have been due chiefly to the disturbed disturbed disturbed dis dis- dis- dis economic situation confronting confronting confronting con con- fronting Mexico l and the failure of President Carranza to reach an agreement with the United States which would allow the lifting of the the embargo that pi prevents events goods g f being being- sent from this tilis country into Mexico HUN AGENTS BUSY It It 1 I kni known wn that the Mexican l an r forces south south of f th the border border have been greatly strengthened during luring the last few weeks weeks' At many points they are but there is doubt here In Vashi Washington Washing Washing- g- g ton tori tonI as to why these m men n have dug themselves in The official Mexican l reason Is that they expected expected ex ex- an attack by Villa and his bandits but the the- information available ble here is that that that-Pancho Pancho isnow isnow is isnow now In far southern Chihuahua and a a negligible negligible- q quantity in Mexican politics Pro-German Pro agents have been spreading spreading- stories all through northern Mexico Mexico Mex Mex- ico leo charging charging- that the United States State Intended Inva invading ing northern Mexico The stories are made nad I out of whole cloth and and already J I ha have e b been en Cn denied by Ambassador Fletcher at Mexico City I Officials here r refuse ue to discus the Mexican for tor p publication pub b- b It is delicate they ther point out and dis discussion would make malte trouble However it can be stated that there are are sufficient troops in the Southwestern de deI department department de- de I to afford complete protection protection protection pro pro- to American interests no matter what emergency may arise By United PressEL Press I I EL PASO Tex April 23 I American patrols were on guard today against clashes with Mexican Mexican Mexican Mex Mex- i ican troops opposite I the Big Big- BigBend Bend district Five thousand thousand thousand thou thou- sand Mexicans ns were reported at atone atone atone one point with a smaller force opposite Fabens Tex It Is believed here her recent forays into the United States have been to entice American cavalry Into following following- the raiders across the I border Mexican authorities have I threatened to resist any invasion invasion invasion in Anti-American Anti propaganda propaganda I ganda of Teutonic aspect has I flooded northern Mexico |
