Show TO HE lain A N ON 11 sol CARRANZA ADVISED THAT ISSUE OF WAR OR UP TO HIM president Prel dent rebuke rebukes pint first chief for ma manifestation nife stations of dumity and ad vises vl him that attack will lead to oava consequences Cone qunce washington president theone a aneser nom er to general carranza a s note de In anding immediate withdrawal of american troop troops from mexican eoll soil leaves the tile issue of war or peace squarely qu arely up to carranza A note signed by secretary lac lag ing conveying president ileona Il sona rejection of the demand for or withdrawal of american sold soldiers lere from mexico ac compan led by a specific laming that an attack on the troop troops will lead to the gravest consequences was vas tele graphed to mexico cit on june 20 10 b elleo arredondo mexican ambas designate in plain terms it accuse accuses general carranza of having brought matters to the verge of at war at by opera open hostility toward the united states and failure to s safeguard afe guard even the live lives of americana americans in mexico or on tho the border from the lawless elements among his country men in sternest tone tones the note re pud lates tes and resents imputations ot at bid bd faith and ulterior motives brought against the washington government in the mexican communication to which it Is a reply general carranza Is informed in so many words that protection of its own on bonier borders Is tha only object sought by the united states and Is told that thit that object w will ill be pursued whatever the conse may be president wilson declare declares that the government of the united states has viewed with deep concern and increasing disappointment the progress of the revolution in mexico for three years the mexican republic has been torn tom with civil trite strife the live lives of americans and other alien aliens haie been sacrificed vast bast properties developed by american capital and enterprise have been destroyed or rr rendered non productive bandit bandits have been permitted to roam at will mill through the territory contiguous to the united states and to seize without the property of 0 A americans meri cant while the live lives of citizens citizen of the united states who ventured to remain in mexican territory or to return there to protect their interests have been taken and the murderers have not been apprehended it would be to find in the annals of the history of alexio o condition conditions more deplorable than those which hate haie ex isted there during these recent year years of civil war var the attacks on brownsville Browns ville lied house ferry perry progresso Pro greaso postoffice post office and las geladas Pe ladas all occurring during september last are typical in these attacks on american territory carran zlata zista adherents and ven even Carrari zista soldiers eold tool part in ane looting burning and killing not only were these murders char by ruthless brutality but uncivilized acts of mutilation mero perpetrated since these attacks leader leaders of the bandit bandits well known to both mexico civil and military author ldes as well as to american officers have haye been enjoying with ith impunity the liberty of the towns of at northern mexico meanwhile Atean while a party of at unfortunate american americans started by br train from chi to visit the he cuel cust mine mines alter after having received assurances ssu rances from the Carran zista authorities in the state of cb that the country was bate safe and that a guard on the train was not on january ID 10 the train was topped stopped by villa bandit bandits and eighteen of the am american rican party were stripped of their clothing and shot in cold blood in what Is now known a as the santa ysabel massacre candor compels compete me to add that the unconcealed hostility ot at tho the subordinate military commander tom manders of the de facto government toward the am troops engaged in pursuing the villa nilla band bands and the effort efforts of at the do de facto government t V compel their m withdrawal from mccaa i can territory ay by threats and show of military force instead of aiding in the capture of at the outlaw constitute a menace to the safety of at the american troop troops and to the peace ot at the border whenever mexico will assume and effectively exercise that responsibility res the united state states as a it has many time times before publicly declared will be glad to havo have thi this obligation fulfilled by the de facto government of mexico it on the contrary the de facto gy g y eminent Is I 1 pleased to ignore thi this obligation and to bellee belle e that in the taw of a refusal to retire troop s there la Is no a further recourse than to defend it territory by an a appeal paea I 1 to arms th the government of the united states would surely be lacking in sincerity tind and if it did not ir akly impress upon the de facto govern int that the execution of abis thi threat will 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