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Show ENVOT ID JAPAN Secret Mission of a Japanese Is Discovered at El Paso. El Paso, Texas, April 14. First Chief Garranza of the de facto government govern-ment of Mexico has started General Ramon Iturbo on a secret mission to ItuTbe arrived hero today and registered at the most prominent hotel. He said ifrankly ho was under Instructions to sail for Japan at the earliest possible date. He expects to leave the Pacific coast within fifteen days. The Carranza envoy declined to make a direct statement concerning his Instructions, but tho following is the substance of an interview obtained obtain-ed by state department officials and forwarded, by cod to Washington: "Where are you going, general:?" "To Japan." "Immediately?" ."Immediately, yes. I intend "to sail from tho Pacific coaBt within fifteen days; earlier if possible," "What is the nature of your mission?" x uiuoi Ultimo IU CjIULU. 11 IB it secret." "Do yuu intend to seek a treaty stipulating a military alllanoe between Mexico and Japan, or, a loan?" "I can only answer that I am a special spe-cial diplomatic representative, especially espe-cially appointed tor a particular purpose. pur-pose. I represent the do facto government gov-ernment of Mexico and was designated designat-ed for tho work by tho first chief, Senor Carranza." "Do you understand clearly that you havo stated you are on a socret mission mis-sion to Japan for your govornmont?" "Entirely. I am on a secret mission mis-sion to Japan ifor the existing Mexican Mexi-can government." The arrival of Iturbe in El Paso is not yot generally known. It la be- lieved the state department will undoubtedly un-doubtedly demand an explanation of the mission from Carranza immediately. immediate-ly. It is pointed out that a military alliance between Japan and Mexico would constitute an unfriendly act deliberately de-liberately violating the accepted, ii unwritten, principles of the Monroe doctrine. It is also considered not Improbable that the state department will be diplomatic dip-lomatic overtures seek to determine Japan's attitude toward Mexico. When Felix Diaz was sent on what appeared to be a similar mission three years ago and Washington interfered, Japan was checkmated by tho publicity public-ity and compelled to notify Diaz that he would not be received. It may or may not be considered significant, but it will be recalled that during the American occupation of Vera Cruz it was discovered and reported re-ported to tho military authorities that Japanese naval officers were with tho Mexican troops facing the American lines. An international diplomatic scandal was narrowly averted by the fact that the commander and officers of a Japanese Japa-nese warship went to Mexico Oity and paid an official call at Chapultepec after af-ter having accepted hospitalities' on board United States warships. no . |