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Show WrMtkWl - . -- ...-, m ..., wxuS 1111 Iff . " : NATIONAL GUARDS ORDERED 10 GET IJj AWAY WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS j Fourteen New York Regiments, Including Infantry, Cavalry and Artillery, Signal, Hospital, Ambulance and Engirieer- ing Units Start Before Night Special Trains Given j Right of Way Carranza's Last Chance. If I MEXICO' MUST DECIDE WAR, OR NO WAR i Im j Whether State of Hostilities Shall Exist Between United States , and Mexico Depends on De Facto President I Straight Answer Demanded. Wl 1 WILSON TO CALL JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS !: ' New York, June 26. In response to the appeal of Secre- f tdiy of War Baker to Major-General Leonard Wood urging $ him Lo start the national guard troops of the department of the Sj i cast and south as soon as they were reasonably ready; four- D j leen regiments including infantry, cavalry and artiller', to- HI) gether with signal, hospital, ambulance and engineering units Hi! arc under orders to start before night. It appeared doubtful H j whether all commands could get away within the 24-hour n j time limit'specified. Difficulty was found in obtaining special H 'I trains. j I l Washington, June 26 South and Central American repub- M ? lies will not offer mediation Lo the United States in the Mexican 8 rj crisis at this time. This announcement was made late today by j Minister Calderon of Bolivia after a conference with Secretary If Lansing. - -" "" m i shin H nn .Tiino ?fi. Whether a I insr its future intentions toward the f 6lale of war shall exist between the W j United States and the de facto govern- W ment of Mexico, depends upon the for- J, mal declaration of policy by General '; Carranza, expected hourly today In re- ) spouse to the note telegraphed to Mex- IJ ico City yesterday by Secretary Lan- sing. I The American government will in- sisl upon the immediate release of the cavalrymen captured at Carrizal. ! as demanded in the note but high of- 1 ficials'of the administration explain, I : in interpreting the communication, m that the course of the United States "J) I will be determined by Carranza's final I statement of his intentions toward the I American expedition in Mexico to pro- I 'i tect the border, rather than on the I ', specific circumstances of the Carrizal If j incident. If Morey's Official Note Awaited. If The -war department had not re- II j ceived at an early hour the letter from III 1 Captain Lewin S. Morey of the Tenth III . cavalry giving the first official Amer-I Amer-I ; lean version of the fighting at Carri- 11 ' The published text oJ Captain Mo- '' rey'B letter was construed as indicat- li t ing that the American iurco was i fi some extent responsible for the clash. Officials noted this fact but said that an official account from Captain Mo- ) rev would be the basis of judgment rather than the hurried note -written j by a man who was expecting death I and was suffering from wounds and thirst. I Order to Trevino Real Issue. L ', It was pointed out, however, that Secretary Lansing's note did not 2 i found its demands upon a statement I " that the Mexicans precipitated the I tight. Apparently the question has no a direct connection with the course f President Wilson is pursuing. The I , ; Mexican note saying General Carranza I, personally directed that General Ter-m Ter-m ' vino resist any movement of American 4 i troops in Mexico except on retirement j toward the border, is the real issue. II ' The Washington government con-l con-l ' strues this action as a formal avowal II of deliberate hostile action. It de- I 5 mands that, If this is Carranza s pur- I ; pose, he so state through regular dip- I ' lomatlc channels. II - -. i P nno-rnaa ICPTfl tnform- 1 , ed of all phases of the situation dur- II " ing the day by the chairmen of the I ' foreign affairs committees, who had a I , long conference with the president I l last night The president then Indi- I " cated that he might desire to address II V the house and senate ' soon, but no steps toward arranging for a 30lnt session will be taken until the Carrau- II za reply is received. It is understood I ; that Mr. Wilson plans to tell congress Iff it Carranza adheres to his present It avowed policy, that the de facto gov-t gov-t ernment of Mexico 18??!; J It against forces of the United States I If N employed In protecting the American 111 border. HI - I I L Carranza Has One More Chance. M Washington, June 26. General Car- 111 ranza today had one more chance to K Prevent an open break between tne Bk United States and Mexico. Another ' note sent him yesterday by Secretary Lansing- demands that 17 American S K Prisoners of the Carrizal battle, now 3 M held at Chihuahua, be released and 1.K lhat lne Mexican government place fillf oll on record immediately concern- I American forces now in Mexico. The communication disclosed that General Carranza had admitted, in a note by the state department, issuing orders to General Trevino to attack American forces moving in any direction direc-tion except toward the border. In carrying out these orders the attack at Carrizal occurred. Consequently, the American government now considers con-siders the de facto president responsible respon-sible for the attack and gives him a final opportunity to change his attitude. atti-tude. Wilson to Address- Congress. President Wilson arranged last night for a possible joint session of the house and senate later this week which he may address after the Carranza Car-ranza reply is received. Chairman Stone, of the foreign relations committee, com-mittee, Senator Lodge, ranking Republican Re-publican member, and Chairman Flood of the house committee on foreign affairs, af-fairs, conferred for more than an hour with the president, and after their call Senator Stone said, "We will never have peace down there until we use forco enough to compel it." Mediation proposed by Minister Calderon Cal-deron of Bolivia and other South American diplomats was not being considered, seriously by President Wilson or other administration officials, offi-cials, it is thought. This subjejet was not even mentioned at the conference last night, Senator Stone said. The South American diplomats are expected ex-pected to confer today with Secretary Lansing, but It is understood his attitude at-titude is that the United 'States has nothing to arbitrate, the government's only purpose being to defend its borders. bord-ers. Large Force Being Mustered. Large forces of militia, sworn in as United States regulars, will be on their way to the border within two days, army officers said, and these will go on in steadily Increasing num. bers as the week progresses. By Friday Fri-day or Saturday the United States will be In a much better .position to strike if this is decided upon as the only course open to solve the question with Mexico. The return to General Pershing's line of Captain Lewis Sydney Morey, commander of Troop K, which par- UntnnioA In tha, Parrlnl flfVif nnH stated that the Mexicans started the firing there, caused rejoicing in official offi-cial circles. Captain Morey's report strengthened the American government's govern-ment's attitude that It has sought to avoid clashes with troops of the Mexican de facto government. High Officers Study Morey Report. The presence of several high army officers at the war department until long after midnight last night, gave rise to some speculation, but it was said afterwards, however, that they had remained to study Captain Morey's report. These officers included includ-ed General Scott, chief of staff? General Gen-eral Bliss, assistant chief of staff, Judge-Advocate General Crowder and Lieutenant-Colonel Baker, assistant quartermaster-general. Villa Wounded. Field Headquarters, June 20, by courier to Columbus, N. M., June 22. Francisco Villa was shot from tho rear by a Mexican he had impressed into his gang, during the battle with Carranza Car-ranza troops at Guerrero, but his fate Is unknown, according to a semi-offi cial account given out here today obtained ob-tained by Major Robert L. Howse, who was close on Villa's trail last Villa, the Mexican deserter said, exhibited every evidence of terror during the early stages of his flight, after the Americans had defeated his men at Guerrero. He asserted he believed be-lieved that Villa was dead, but if ho still were alive he was In the state of Durango, for which point he was heading during his flight with General Gen-eral Pershing's men. Aeroplane Patrol Planned. Washington, June 2G. Establishment Establish-ment of an aerial patrol along the entire en-tire Mexican -border is planned by the war department should war come. More than thirty aeroplanes recently have been ordered, including 14 high powered machines. Americans Leave Chihuahua. El Paso, Texas, June 26 Seven Americans attached to the Alvarado Mining and Milling o8mpany and the Compania Agricola are expected to reach Juarez late today rrom Chihuahua, Chihua-hua, leaving practically no Americans in that state. New Clash Reported. Columbus, N M., June 26. A report was in circulation here today that another an-other clash of American and Carran-Ista Carran-Ista troops had occurred in the vicinity vicin-ity of Villa Ahumada. but army officers offi-cers here have not confirmed it. El Paso, Texas, June 26. Mexican officials in El Paso and Juarez said today they had heard nothing of any fighting at Villa Ahumada or any other oth-er point |
