Show MEXICO IS GIVEN ONE MORE MUST RELEASE CAPTURED SOLDIERS AND REPUDIATE ATTACK OF TROOPS failure to comply with demands of government it misunderstood is understood will precipitate war with the United States washington A demand for the immediate release or of the ilia american troopers taken prisoner at carrizal coupled with a stern doti notification ic tion tl that at the united states expects an early statement of purposes of tile the carranza government was telegraphed to mexico city sunday by secretary Lansi lousing Dg failure to comply with tilo tho demand undoubtedly would result in the gravest consequences the note discloses that the state de apartment part ment had received a communication from tile the de facto government stating that the carrizal fight was the direct result of orders to attack american soldiers moving otherwise than toward the border personally issued by general carranza to general tre vino and by the latter communicated to general pershing in reply secretary lansing requires that thal the de facto government transmit a definite nite statement as to the courso course of action it has determined upon through the usual diplomatic channels j officers officers and not through subordinate military the Alex mexican ican communication is can construed t rued secretary lansing states las as a formal avowal of deliberately hostile action against the forces of the U united uni cited states now in Al mexico exico and of r t the purpose to attack without provocation catl 0 n whenever they move from their present position despite the friendly mission on which they are engaged and which bi is reaffirmed in the american rejoinder general carranza arganza is required to place himself on record formally and ithe plain intimation lies behind the restrained language of mr lur landings Lan sings communication that force will be met with force apparently however th jhb washington ashington government is determined eliat that the de facto government shall lot not evade responsibility before the w world if war Is forced upon the united S states ates |