Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-04-17 | Page 3 | Burleson Asked to Cancel Order

BURLESON ASKED TO CMEEL ORDER DOUGLA-. April 16. A telegram, was sent lo Postmaster General Burleson Burle-son asking that he rescind his order orbidding mail from ihe United States Lo be directly sent to Bonoru and specifying speci-fying thai it be sent into Mexico :hrough Juarez, Chihuahua. Arizona ienators and representative and the :hree governors also were asked to use .heir influence to have the order re-t'olcd. re-t'olcd. Chamber of commerce speak-?rs speak-?rs said mail routed through Juarez vould not reach its destination, and merican mining companies and other ioncerns in Sonora would be unable to I adequately look after their Mexican business. I -The message concerning the pro-I pro-I posed passage of Mexican 1 federal ; troops from EI Paso. Texas, .to Dmig-i Dmig-i las said that to enter Sonora to at-I at-I tack (he Sonora troops I he Carranza j soldiers would be compelled lo fight their way from United btates territory into Sonora and the battle would open in this side of the international bound-iary. bound-iary. such a move wouid imperil vast American -r.teresls and incur the enmity en-mity of the people of Sonora loyal lo the state, it was said. The chamber of commerce announced an-nounced it would renew its request to the war department that more troops be sent to Douglas because of the danger of a battle in Agua Prieta, i across the boundary line from here.