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Show Mexicans Unite t o Resist Forces of United States I Sacramento, Cal.. April 22. Gov-9rnor Gov-9rnor Johnson has Just' ordered Adjutant Adju-tant General Forbea to call out eight companies of the National Guard for patrol duty on the southern border of California. Three of the companies to be called out are from San Diego four from Los Angeles and one machine ma-chine gun company also from Los Angeles. Washington, D. C, April 22. The Sonoma, Ontario and hospital ship Solace have arrived at Vera Cruz. The Moro Castle has arrived at Philadelphia Philadel-phia navy yard ready to lake on S60 marines for .Mexico. Washington, D. C, April 23. One of the orders issued by Major General Gen-eral Wotherspoon tonight was for an Increase of troops along the California Califor-nia border in the Imperial Valley, where a vast irrigation system is threatened by the presence of 400 Mexican federals at Mexican, Immediately Imme-diately acToss the border. I Washington, April 23. Charge O'Shaughnessy telegraphed the state department under date of Wednesday Wednes-day night as follows: "Having been given my passports, I am leaving tomorrow night or Friday Fri-day morning." The message was given out at 3:20 a. m. Washington, April 22. The American Ameri-can flag of truce was repeatedly violated vio-lated during the fighting at Vera Cruz on Wednesday. Dispatches to this effect have Ju6t been received by the navy department. It account? largely for the increased list of killed and wounded. Washington, D. C, April 23. Car-ranza Car-ranza has notified President Wilson that he considers the seizure of Vera Cruz unjustifiable. He invites the United StateB to withdraw Us troops from Mexican soil and to deal with the constitutionalist government in regard to our demands of reparation for insults to the American flag at Tampico. Thla is the most serious development develop-ment of the situation tonight. It indicates in-dicates that the United States will have to fight, not merely the followers follow-ers of Huerta, but the whole of Mexico. Mexi-co. Charge O'Shaughnessy has been given giv-en his passports by Huerta and this terminates diplomatic relations between be-tween the United States and the de facto government. Huerto Expected to Declare War. Huerta's handling of passports to Charge O'Shaughnessy was regarded as a most sensational development in the situation and It was believed to forecast a declaration of war on the part of Huerta. The giving of passports pass-ports to a charge d'affaires, in most cases, though not invariably, has preceded pre-ceded a declaration of war. Four thousand bluejackets and marines ma-rines completely occupied Vera Cruz today after a battle in which eight Americans were killed and about twenty-five wounded. The defenders fought mainly from the roofs of houses hou-ses Following the receipt of Carranza's message tonight a council of war was held, after which orders were issued lo confiscate all shipments of arms Into Mexico until further notice. It is understood also that the governors gov-ernors of the border states were notified no-tified to have the reserves ready to move. Secretary Bryan received the Car-ranza Car-ranza note at his home just before midnight He did not comment on it. Secretary Garrison and Assistant Secretary Breckenridgc, who were waiting at the war department, were given copies of the message. Secretary Sec-retary Tumulty, who was asleep, hurried hur-ried to the war department, and Major Ma-jor General Wotherspoon, chief of staff of the nrmy, was summoned to join the conference. President Wilson, Wil-son, who had retired early, was awakened awak-ened and told of the situation by Secretary Sec-retary Bryan. The joint army and navy board which met early in the day, it is understood, un-derstood, recommended the restoration restora-tion of the embargo on arms into Mexico. Chief of Staff Called t0 Night Parley. While Mexican representatives of Carranza have professed to see a tone of friendliness to the United States in the note of their chief, its blunt request for the withdrawal of the American forces from Vera Cruz and Its virtual demand for recognition recogni-tion of the rebels as representing the-constitutional the-constitutional government of Mexico, injected phases which made administration adminis-tration officials manifestly uneasy. General Wotherspoon, chief of staf.', was called into conference by Secretary Secre-tary of War Garrison and the situation on the border was discussed. Calls Huerta Usurper. The following Is the text of the Carranza message to the stale department. depart-ment. It is dated Chihuahua. United States Consul, G. C. Caroth-ers: Caroth-ers: In answer to the message of Mr. Secretary of State Bryan which was communicated to me through you, please transmit to the said Mr. Bryan the following note addressed to Mr. President Wilson: "Awaiting the action of the American Ameri-can senate to your excellency's message, mes-sage, directed to said body, caused by the lamentable incident which occurred oc-curred between a crew in a whalcboat or the cruiser Dolphin and the soldiers sol-diers of the usurper Huerta; certain cer-tain acts of hostility have been exo-cuted exo-cuted by the naval forces under command com-mand of Admiral Fletcher at the port of Vera Cruz and in the face o? this violation of the national sovereignty sover-eignty which the constitutionalist gov-eminent gov-eminent did not expect from a government gov-ernment which had reiterated Its desire de-sire to maintain peace with the Mexican Mexi-can people, I comply with the duty of patriotism in directing this note to you with a view of exhausting all honorable means before two friendly nations sever the pacific relations that still unite, them. The Mexican nation, the real people of Mexico, have not recognized as its executive a man who had pretended to launch a blemish blem-ish on its national 'integrity, drowning drown-ing in blood its free Institutions. Consequently the acts of the usurper Huerta and his accomplices do not signify sig-nify legitimate acts of sovereignty. They do not constitute real public functions of Interior and exterior relations re-lations and much less do they repre-' sent the sentiments of the Mexican nation which are of confraternity o-ward o-ward the American people. Promises to Punish Huerta. "The lack of representative character charac-ter of General Viclorlano Huerta as concerning the relation of Mexico with the United States, as well as with Argentine Republic, Chile, Brazil Bra-zil and Cuba has been clearly established estab-lished by the Justifiable attitude of these nations, who have refused to recognize the usurper In this way. j lending a valuable moral support to the noble cause I ropresent. "The usurped title of president of the republic cannot invest General Huerta with the right to receive a demand for reparation on the part of the government of the- United States, nor a right to grant a satisfaction as due. "Viclorlano Huerta is a culprit Avho is amenable to the constitutionalist government, today the only one, under un-der the abnormal circumstances of our nation, which represents national sovereignty in accord with article 12$ of ihc political constitution of Mexico. Mexi-co. The illegal acts committed by the usurpers Huerta and his partisans parti-sans and those which they may ye, perpetrate, he they of an international character as those whoch recently occurred oc-curred at the port of Tampico, or ot a domestic character, shall be tried and punished with inflexibility and promptness by the tribunals of the constitutionalist government. "The Individual acts of Victoriano Huerta never will he sufficient to involve the Mexican nation in a dis-1 astrous war with the United States, because there is no solidarity whatsoever whatso-ever between the so-called government govern-ment of Victoriano Huerta and the Mexican nation, for the fundamental reason that he Is not the legitimate organ or-gan of our national sovereignty. Declares Acts of U. S. Hostile. "Moreover the invasion of our territory ter-ritory and the permanency of your forces in the port of Vera' Cruz" aro a violation of the rights that constitute consti-tute our existence as a free and Inde pendent sovereignty, drawing us into unequal war with dignity, but which until today we desired to avoid. "In the face of the real situation through which Mexico is passing, weak though she may be; more so than ever after three years of bloody strife; as compared with the formidable formid-able power of the American nation; we consider the acts committed at Vera Cruz as acts highly offensive to the dignity and independence ot Mexico and contrary to your reiterated reit-erated declaration"? of not desiring to sever the state of peace and friendship friend-ship with tho Mexican nation, and In contradiction also with the resolution of the American senate, which has just declared that the United States does not assume any attitude against the Mexican people, neither do tlwyl propose to levy war against it. We j consider also that the hostile acta exacted by equity, to accomplish the desiredend. which may he considered consid-ered as satisfied. Tt is not, on the other hand, the usurper who in all cases should have the right to constitute consti-tute a reparation. Get Out of Mexico. "I interpret the sentiment of a great majority of the Mexican people which is so jealous of its rights and respectful of foreign rights, and I invite in-vite you. solely to suspend the hostile acts already initiated, ordering your forces to evacuate all places which they hold in their power in the port of Vera Cruz, and to formulate before the constitutionalist government, which I represent ns constitutionalist governor of the state of Coahuila and first chief of the constitutionalist ar-l my, the demand on the part or the United States for the acts which orig iuated at the port of Tampico, in the security that the demnnd will be considered con-sidered in a spirit of elevated justice jus-tice and conciliation. "The constitutional governor of the state of Coahuila and first chief ot the constitutionalist .army, "CARRANZA." Following is the text of Mr. Bryan's note to George C. Carothers. to which General Carranza's message to President Pres-ident Wilson is a reply: "Please see General Carranza and make known to him the president's position. The president does not desire de-sire any resolution that could he construed con-strued as authorizing him lo engnge in war. All he asks and all that wli; be given is a resolution declaring that he is justified in using the armed forces to compel redress of a specific indignity. He has been careful to distinguish between General Huerta and his supporters on the one side and the rest of the Mexican people on the other side. He has reiterated reiterat-ed his rrlend8hip for the Mexican people peo-ple and his desire to see them estab lish for themselves a consliiutional government. The taking of the customs cus-toms house at Vera Cruz was made necessary by Huerta's refusal to mako proper reparation for the arrest ot the American sailors. The constitutionalists constitu-tionalists are reported in the newspapers news-papers as standing aloof from the. controversy. This is a very poor attitude at-titude and we hope that they will not misunderstand the president's motivo or misconstrue his actions." |