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Show Word Received j From Consulate At the Presidio! WASHINGTON. Aug. 20-"The Mexican Mex-ican consulate at Presidio and General Pruneda at Ojlnaca were notified of our intended pursuit of the bandits at six o'clock and their co-operation asked this morning," said the Washington Wash-ington message. "Later the consul called us up and said that General Pruneda was preparing lo leave with a force in compliance with orders from General Dieguez, translation of which was sent you yesterday, to look fnr the aviators and fallen plane The consul caid that General Pruneda would like to send troops to follow I the bandits after the cossul had been informed of our having obtained the lost aviators and hainj; hern told Ju.-t where thr plane fell with them and : how they were captured near Cbyame and held and taken to the mountains opposite Candelarla for ransom "The consul then suggested that : General Pruneda not move his troops at all in order to avoid any contact , Im tween Pruneda's troops and our-, j since Pruneda had orders not to per-nalt per-nalt any military representative of our , government to accompany his troops Jin the search for the lost aviators. II agreed wilh the consul that this ! would be wise, that our troops had 'taken up the trail of the bandits as soon as it was light enough to see the trail and were then in pursuit, that it was impossible to get Mexican authorities au-thorities to accompany our troops and ;. usured him that, efforts would be j made by airplane to keep liaison between be-tween our troops and the Mexican troops to which the consul agrees. .The aviators have made two liaison I flights, keeping contact with and oh sorvinc our troops. Shell keep you In formed." |