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Show III Mexican Situation Brought to Boiling i Point by Execution of Over 1 6 Americans 1 STORM BREAKS IN U, S. SENATE I OVER DASTARDLY ACT OF MEXICANS I II Both Houses Call on President to Abandon Waiting Policy 18 and Invite Pan-American Nations to Join in Restoring H Order and Government in Mexico Strongest Kind H of Instructions Sent to Consuls Lansing Dell De-ll mands Satisfaction Every Step Pos-II Pos-II i sible to See That Perpetrators of II Terrible Crime Are Punished .. - l ' Reviews Situation. ! L . m 9 ! . Washington, Jan. 12 The Mexican JV : situation has been brought to the boil-tS boil-tS ','. Ing point again by the execution of tS the sixteen or more Americans near 9 ? Chihuahua. In congress, at the White sV House and at the state department to-H to-H ' day it entirely displaced all other In-iVUj In-iVUj , tcrnational affairs. jH I Secretary Lansing, after sending a fl I demand for satisfaction to General :H ! Carranza, Issued a statement declar--fl r ing it was to be deplored that the H Americans bad not followed the Btate fl: department's warning against expos-Hi expos-Hi ; ing their lives in the guerilla warfare H ' regions and adding: Hi k "Every stop will be taken to see HI; that the perpetrators of this dastardly H crime are apprehended and punished." HI ! Storm Breaks In Senate. fl ) In the 'senate an expected storm i broke as soon as it assembled. Sen-r Sen-r ator Sherman, Republican, introduced ; a resolution proposing that, unless H General Carranza gives proper protec-H protec-H : tion to foreign life and property, the United States should invite the Pan- , American nations which have been W t associated in the Mexican negotia-H negotia-H 1 tions to join in restoring order and H government in Mexico. H ; Senator Sherman's resolution was H read to the senate and without com-l com-l i ment or discussion of any kind was ' referred to the foreign relations' com- t . XJUUtiO, L 'i Resolution In House. If "In the house, Representative "Dyer, If '. Republican, introduced a similar reso-11 reso-11 lution calling on the president to in-1(1 in-1(1 form congress if he did not believe. If the time had come to abandon the 111 "watchful, waiting" policy. Other Iff members gave notice of their Inten-l Inten-l r tion to make speeches. If " The administration was not without 1 : its defenders, who gave notice they I ' also would speak. ' White House Exhibits Concern. If Although the White House and the If . suite department exhibited evidences l of concern, there was no indication to- day of proceeding further than call-II call-II - ing upon General Carranza to punish l the bandits who executed the Amerl-K Amerl-K ' cans and to give proper guarantees II t for the lives and safety of foreigners. It ; There was no outward evidence of K any change in the Mexican policy. 1 More information was sought from If I all the state department's sources. M i Eliseo Arredondo, General Carranza's R ' ambassador here, received official II confirmation of the killings and ask-f ask-f ' ed his government for more details. r Washington, Jan. 12. Secretary M Lansing today telegraphed, General 1 Carranza, calling for the prompt pun-l( pun-l( Ishment of tho bandits who executed m seventeen Americans near Chihuahua K t Monday Through Eliseo Arredondo, I the newly appointed Mexican ambas-I ambas-I i. eador here, it was arranged to bring I l the bodies from Chihuahua to Juarez I . today on a special train. m ; EHseo Arredondo, General Car-I Car-I ranza's ambassador here, received con-Hi con-Hi Urination from Carranza sources of ft the execution of the Americans and I - has asked for further details. His ad-I ad-I vices are the first confirmation from I ' Mexican sources, ; General Villa Retaliating. I: Officials here attributed the attack II to General Francisco Villa's threat I l against Americans at the time of- his I ; defeat in Sonera, The success of the I de facto government's campaign, Villa I ' declared, was duo to the permission m i granted 'by the United States for the IE transportation of Carranza troops mh through American territory'. In re-Hf re-Hf tnliatlon lie demanded that Americans WVk in Mexico be killed and their property II destroyed I f ' Evidencd has been accumulating, I I eay Ameiican officials, that Carranza H : troops have not moved into the moun- B ' tain country in pursuit of Villa. They declare Vil'la bands found refuge in I ' the Sierra Madre mountains where B , . they waited to strike at Americans I ; who ventured beyond the range of I ' Carranza soldiers, stationed at cities ; and towns, Including Palomas, Casas : Cgandes and Madeira. I ; Official advices contained the infor-m infor-m matlon that Villa bands occupied Go- j mez Palacio, Durango and Parral un- molested by de facto forces, that Go-B Go-B , mez Pjilacio was occupied "five days Mt and finally abairtloned by General Ben-I Ben-I jamin Argumedo, while approximately j : 3000 Carranza troops were at Torreon, 1 . three miles awa'. B Manager Investigating Deaths. m Chicago, Jan. 12. II. L. Hollis, one : ol the managers of tho Cusihulrachic I Mining company is en route to El Paso, Texas, today to investigate the reported murder by Mexican bandits of nineteen employes of the company. HI C R. Watson and "W. J, Wallace, H whose names appear In the list of the U dead, were said by Mr. Hollis to have & boen Chicagoaus. Watson, according & to local agents of the Cusihulriachlc If ompany, formerly resided in Michl- II saVL Mi President Ccfers With Secretaries. Vj President Wilson was in communl- f patlop arljr today with. Secretaries Garrison and Lansing and gave instructions in-structions to send to the White House all facts as rapidly as they were received. re-ceived. Advices that at least sixteen six-teen Americans were killed were received re-ceived by Major-Geueral Scott, chief of staff of the army, also by the state department. At the White House It was declared that what steps the government will take have not .been decided. State department officials referred to the fact that Americans had been warned, since the United States decided de-cided to recognize General Carranza, to leave the states of Sbnora and Chihuahua, which were then regarded regard-ed as Villa strongholds. They said that in spite of the official warning, more than six hundred Americans still remain in the district. Including two hundred Mormons at Casas Gran-des Gran-des An official list of the dead received by the state department agrees with the list contained in the news dispatches, dis-patches, with the exception that It dec-s not contain the name of Murray Crossett of San Antonio. Senators Are Shocked. Administration senators said they were shocked over the killing of Americans, but were inclined to discourage dis-courage hasty utterances or actions. Chairman Stone of the foreign relations rela-tions committee, said he thought senators sen-ators should waft until official reports re-ports have been received. ,llt appears that the slaughter of American citizens was the deed ot b?udits," said Senator Stone. "Such outlawry might occur in any country. What can be done, I do not know. I think that members of congress should get all the facts available regarding re-garding this crime before discussing it." United States Customs' Collector Cobb at El Paso today reported that his investigations seem to establish that sixteen were killed. The state department did not divulge the source of Cobb's information, but they believe be-lieve his report is accurate. Secretary Lansing issued a statement state-ment in which he said the state department de-partment "feels that it took every possible pos-sible precaution to prevent Americans Ameri-cans from exposing their lives In a region whdre guerilla warfare Is in progress and that it Is deplored that its advice was not followed." "Every step will be taken to see that the perpetrators of this dastardly crime are apprehended and punished." |
