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Show AMERICANS ARE BEING WARNED Told Not to Proceed Further South in Mexico Than Parral. Washington. April 21. President Wilson and the cabinet discussed the Mexican situation today but did not decide on any course of action. Further Fur-ther stefps by the United States toward to-ward tho pursuit of Villa or withdrawal withdraw-al of the troops from Mexico will await a full report from Major General Scott, chier- of staff of the army, as to conditions on the bdrder and in Mexico. Mexi-co. General Scott who reached San Antonio, An-tonio, Tex., tonight to confer with General Funston was not expecting to send a report on the situation until tomorrow. His full report upon which a decision as to the nex step to be taken probably will not be made until un-til his return to "Washington. When he left here, the chief of staff Bald he would make his Investigation and return re-turn as quickly aB possible. He could not indicate how long he might be gone. Pending word from General Scott, Secretary Baker reiterated his statement state-ment that no change had been made in orders to General Funston and that the department had no knowledge of any change In the latter's orders to General Pershing. No official report had been received, he said, that the expedition was at a standstill. The secretary admitted that official offi-cial dispatches m had carried as a rumor ru-mor the report "that Mexican officers had warned Genoral Pershing not to proceed south of Parral. It was learned at the state department that a report to this effect was transmitted transmit-ted some days before the Parral Incident In-cident through consular agents. Mr. Baker Insisted that the warning had made no change In the department's orders to the border forces It was Indicated tonight that a reply re-ply to General Carranza's telegram calling attention to the clash at Parral Par-ral and asserting that the American commander had violated his orders and the agreement with the defacto government In entering the town, would be dispatched soon. War department de-partment officials say the report on the Incident from General Pershing, Major Tompkins and other officers, Is not complete. It has been withheld from publication because of the flat contradiction It contains of the Mexican Mex-ican City advices from Genoral Car-ranza Car-ranza as to the part his troops played In the fighting With this report as a basis, the Parral Par-ral incident will be treated as a matter mat-ter entirely separate from the sug gestion of the defacto government that the troops be withdrawn Offl cials indicated that Carranza's attention atten-tion would be called to the dlscrep ances In the two versions They thought it unlikely he would attempt to uphold his original report in the light of more recent information and no lengthy correspondence is looked for. While Immediate interest centers naturally in the situation as to the troops in Mexico, there were renewed indications about the state department today that a wholly different aspect of the Mexico problem was causing growing concern. That is the movement move-ment supposedly headed by Felix Diaz, nephew of the former Mexican Mexi-can dictator, for a new revolution against the defacto government None of the Information upon which the uneasiness rests has been disclosed It is known however, that several Mexicans In the United States are being be-ing closely watched and it seems pos sibie that some of the anti American feeling In Chihuahua slate which has rtiet the troops pursuing Villa may be attributed to thle movement. The Diaz movement, it is said, has the backing of various elements of Mexicans, both in Mexico and this country As viewed by the state department, de-partment, it is understood the activities activi-ties of these persons are the more dangerous because they are wealthy, while the defacto government is Involved In-volved In a Bnarl of financial complications compli-cations which would be hard to overcome over-come even in time of complete peace. |