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Show PERSHING TO STAY ON GUARD DUTY MEANWHILE NATIONAL GUARDS-1 GUARDS-1 MEN ARE TO BE SENT TO BORDER BOR-DER TO AID REGULARS. Troops to Remain in Mexico to Make Rapid Dash Whenever Bandits Show Themselves, According to Present Plans. .Washington Failure of the military conference at El Paso to reach a definite defi-nite agreement has brought no change in the policy toward Mexico of the Washington administration. President Wilson and his cabinet on Friday discussed General Scott's report re-port announcing that the questions at issue had been referred back by the conferees to their respective governments govern-ments for diplomatic discussion. Later it was officially stated that the situation situa-tion was unchanged I Pending new orders from the presi dent, it was made plain at the war department that General Pershing's expedition would remain in Mexico watching developments beyond the border. Meanwhile mobilization of national na-tional guardsmen from the border states and of additional regulars to strengthen the border patrol at points along the 1.800-mile stretch not protected pro-tected by the expedition continues. Should raiding be renewed additional state troops woudl be called out for border duty, and wherever the bandits leave a hot trail the army will not hesitate hes-itate to pursue them into Mexico. An indication of the attitude of some members of congress toward the suggestion sug-gestion of General Carranza that the American expedition be recalled, came in the isenate Friday, when Senator Lewis declared he believed the majority major-ity of the senate never would vote for withdrawal until the murderers of Americans had been punished. |