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Show GET OUT OF MEXICO surs mxmm DEMANDS THE IMMEDIATE WITHDRAWAL WITH-DRAWAL OF AMERICAN TROOPS FROM MEXICAN SOIL. Regards Second Punitive Expedition as a Violation of the Sovereignty of Mexico and an Act of Invasion. Mexico City. Claiming that tho words nnd protests ot tho United States havo been entirely In contradiction contra-diction of their acts and that in spito of protests not to lntorvcno in tho affairs af-fairs of Mexico, soldlors of tho United Unit-ed Stntes nro in Mexico without tho consent of tho Mexican government and in violntlon of Mexico's sovereignty, sovereign-ty, tho Mexican government now asks for tho immcdlnto withdrawal of theso troops. Tho request is niado in a 12,000-word noto mado public at tho forolgn offlco on May 31. Tho noto recites that tho Amorican troops crossed tho toordor aftor tho Columbus Incident without tho permission per-mission of tho Moxlcnn govornmont. Tho net was not considered ono of invasion in-vasion then solely bocauso tho Unltod States said thoy had misinterpreted tho attltudo of tho Moxlcnn government. govern-ment. When tho second expedition crossed tho lino nftor tho Glenn Springs incident, tho noto maintains tho plea that this was dono with tho consent of tho Mexican consul at Dol Rio, Texas, ,1s untenablo and that that act can only bo considered as ono ot invasion. "Tho Mexican government thorcforo invites tho United States to bring to an end this unsupportablo situation," tho noto concludes, "and to support its protestations and declarations of friendship by an Immodlato withdrawal with-drawal of American troops." Maintaining that tho protests ot frendshlp by tho United States and tho expressed deslro for nonintervention noninterven-tion has been contradicted by tho acts ot tho Washington government, tho noto says tho tlmo hns arrived when Washington must dcclnro ltsolf clearly clear-ly and unequivocally as to its futuro intentions toward Mexico. "Tho Mexican government cannot wish war with tho United States," tho noto continues, "and if this should occur oc-cur It would undoubtedly bo as a consequent con-sequent of a dollberato purpose of tho United States. For tho tlmo being be-ing tho abovo precautionary acts in-dlcato in-dlcato that thero is a purpose of preparedness pre-paredness for bucIi emergency, or that which Is tho samo, tho beginning ot hostilities on tho part ot tho United States toward Moxlco." Martin B. Brumbaugh, governor of Pennsylvania, has entered the race for ths nomination for president on the Republican ticket. |