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THE TALIHINA TRIBUNE
AMERICAN GENERALS REFUSE
MEXICO'S DEMAND FOR
ABANDONMENT
PROBLEM UP TO STATE DEPT.
Breach Between U. S. and Mexico
Net Expected Unlets United
States Soldiers Are
Attacked
El Paso—After almost two weeks
of discussion, the conferences of Gen-
erals Scott, FunBton and Obregon
over American troop dispositions id
Mexico, came to an end without any
agreement being reached.
The whole matter was referred
back to the American and de facto
governments to be Bettled through
diplomatic channels.
The situation is almost exactly
where it stood before the conferences
began.
Mexico Insists on Withdrawal.
The Mexican government still in-
sists on the withdrawal of General
Pershing's columns upon a certain
date and wants that date to come
quickly. It is Known that General
Obregon has been willing to make
concessions in order to reach an
agreement with the American con-
ferees. He has been overruled, how-
ever, by the first chief, VenUBtiano
Carransa, and his advisers. After
practically conceding the demands of
the American conferees he was com-
pelled to reverse his attitude.
The end of the negotiations came
after two conferences had been held.
The first began «t 10 o'clock in the
morning and lasted until 1 p. m,
when a recesa was taken until 4
o'clock, to permit General Obregon
to keep a lunch engagement. Sharp
on the hour, the discussions were
renewed. After two hours and a half,
however, they were brought to an
end. General Obregon, accompanied
by Juan Amador, Mexican sub-secre-
tary of foreign affairs, emerged from
the private car occupied by General
Soott and Funston, walked rapidly
down the railway yards, climbed into
his waiting automobile and drove
away.
Obregon Vexed
General Obregon was accompanied
to his machine by General Funston.
The Mexican conferee's manner was
abrupt and vexed, but General Funs
ion smiled cheerily as he bade good-
bye.
General Funston re-entered the car.
Then Colonel Robert E. Lee Michie,
aide to General Scott, came out and
distributed copies of the following
statement to the waiting newspaper
men:
"We wish to announce that after
several conferences, marked through-
out with conspicuous courtesy and
good will, in which mutual im-
pressions were exchanged and in-
formation was collected on the mili-
tary situation on the frontier, it was
agreed upon by the conferees to sus-
pend the conferences and report back
to their governments in order that
these may be able through their re-
spective foreign departments to con-
clude this matter; and that the end-
ing of these conferences does not
mean In any way a rupture of the
good relations of friendship between
the oonferees nor between the respeo
tive governments.
(Signed.)
"A. OBREGON,
"H. L. SCOTT,
"FREDERICK FUNSTON."
JRES WILSON DESIRES PEACE
EXECUTIVE HOPES FOR JOINT
EFFORT TO PREVENT WAR.
Reasonable Preparedneaa la Upheld
By President Wilaon In
Answer to Proteat. NINE SOLDIERS STAND OFF MEX
ICAN BAND ALMOST
Washington.—Hope that at the end | ALL NIGHT.
of the piuuuL war the nations of the
ZZZZZXIZStZZZ FIRE HOUSE AT DAYBREAK
police force was expressed by Presi-
dent Wilson at an interview with a Three Cavalrymen Slain In Dash Fo'
Cover; Fourth Still Mlaaing
-Daring Border
Escapades.
Alpine, Texas.—Villa bandits, som«
U. s. ACCEPTS GERMAN NOTE
PRESIDENT'S REPLY BRIEF BUT
TO THE POINT.
THE EUROPEAN WAR A
YEAR AGO THIS WEEK
committee which called to protest
against his preparedness program and
advise him that they had found a fear
of militarism In the district west of
the Alleghenies.
The president said there was a dlf- I seventy in number forded the Rio
ference between preparedness and mil- 0randc an(], sweeping fifteen miles la
lUrism, that the country was in no ]and Qn Amerlcan BOn, raided the little
danger of the latter and in response sett]emeDt 0f Glenn Springs and at
to a question, declared that compul- tac^e(j a detachment of American cav-
sory military training was not con- uIryi consisting of nine men of Trooj
trary to American ideals. ■ Aj 0f (he fourteenth cavalry.
No Military Helpieasneaa. Three troopers and a little ten-year
The president told the committee old boy were killed, two cavalrymen
that while America s traditions were were wounded and another is missing.
antt-militariBtic they were not those He Is believed to be a prisoner of tin
of military helplessness; that the ex- bandits who are now fleeing south
lsting United gtates army was not war(j tnto Coahuila, Mexico.
large enough to isafeguard the Mexi- Amer|can, carried Away,
can border and that it had been found
necessary to prepare the navy to deal Two American citizens J. Deemei
with tremendously Increased tasks and a man named Compton, accord
quite independent of war, Ing to reports received here, were car
The committee was headed by Miss ried across the Rio Grande and re
Lillian D. Wald, Rabbi Stephen S. ports have It that their throats hav«
Wise and Amos R. E. Plnchot, all of been cut. A posse of fifty citizen!
New York City; A. A. Berle of Cam- of Marathon went in pursuit of th«
bridge, Mr.ss., and John A. McSparran, y ill
legislative chairman of the National The dead trooperg „e wlniam Co
Grange, who presented a memorial set- a even J Co
ting forth that while the union did he0' Ntew York City. Steven J. co
not stand against Bane and reason- lock, New \ork C y, an
able preparedness, not for peace at K. Rogers, Danville, Ky. The mlsBl |
any price, It was convinced that the trooper is Roscoe Tyree. The llttM
big army and navy programs were a boy is the son of Compton. He wa«
menace to democracy. deaf and dumb and the bandits ar«
Views Declared Endorsed. thought to nave killed him in rag«
The president was informed that because he could not answer
these views had been voiced in the questions.
great cities of the middle west and Two Badly Wounded,
had met with enthusiastic Indorse- TwQ troopers> privates J. Brick and
ment. 1 pranl[ pefree, were badly wounded
When the spokesman of the delega- Br,ck.s wae flneil Wlth small
brass Pieces of tacks fired from a shot-
theli
with brief speeches the president re-
plied and for an hour listened to and 8un
answered their questions.
Discrimination Needed
"I never have dreamed for a mo-
Defree was burned about thl
head and shoulders
The main body of fifty to seventy
mounted Mexican bandits forded the
IOv "i£ I Rio Grande at Boqulllas, and swept
rank'affile.Tas^y^mintTry0eithu-! into the little SetUement. BhouUn,
necessarv in order that we should J. Deemer and after looting the place
work this thing out wisely, that we set it on fire Deemer and a clerk
should carefully discriminate between named Compton were seized and
reasonable preparation and milltaj- bound. The bandits packed their loot
Ism, because If you use the two words on their horses and after Betu"S
Interchangeably then of course the or two small frame houses ablaze,
reasonable things that we ought to do galloped away northward.
take on a wrong and sinister appear- Small Band Encountered.
ance and we seem to be working for: Fifteen mneg over the mountainous
the wrong things when we are in re-1 country the body of bandits made theli
ality working only for the right—that way headjng toward Marathon and
is, the necessary things, that ate un- jQ thelr nlght rlde they came Up0D
avold&be in the circumstances. I Qjenn gprings, where a small detach-
think it would be a disservice not to men^ nine cavalrymen under com-
recognize that there is a point of rea- ma[ld of Sergeant Smyth, of troop A,
sonable preparation and that you can {ourjeenth cavalry was stationed,
go to that point without changing the, Qq ^ ^ from thelr tfint> Smytb
Acceptance ef Berlin Reply Furthet
States Negotiations With Other
Nations Not In Controversy.
Washington.—Following is the texl
of the note cabled by Secretary Lan
•ln^ to Ambassador Gerard at Berlin
with instructions to deliver it to the
German minister of foreign affairs:
"The note of the imperial German
government under date of May 4, 1910,
has received careful consideration by
the government of the United States,
It is especially noted as Indicating the
purpose of the Imperial government
as to the future that it 'Is prepared to
do It utmost to confine the operation
of the war for the rest of its duration
to the fighting forces of the beliger-
ents' and that it Is determined to to
pose upon all its commanders at ses
the limitations of the recognized rule(
of international law upon which the
government of the United States has
Insisted.
"Throughout the months which havi
elapsed since the imperial governmeni
announced on February 4, 1910, it*
submarine policy now happily aban-
doned the government of the United
States has been constantly guided and
restrained by motives of friendshlj
in Its patient efforts to bring to an ami-
cable settlement the critical ques-
tions arising from that policy, Ao
ceptlng the Imperial government's deo
lyaratlon of its abandonment of th«
policy which has bo seriously menaced
the good relations between the two
countries, the government of tbs
United States will rely upsn scrupu-
lous execution henceforth of the now
altered policy of the imperial gov-
ernment such as will remove the prin-
cipal danger to an interruption of the
good relations existing between th*
United States and Germany.
"The government of the United
States feels It necessary to state that
it takes it for granted that the lm
perlal German government does not in-
tend to imply that the maintenance of
Its newly .announced policy Is In any
way contingent upon the course of or
result of diplomatic relations between
the governments of the United States
bnd other beligerent governments not
Withstanding the fact that certain pas
sages in the imperial government's
note of the fourth inBtant might ap-
pear to be susceptible of that con-
struction. In order, however, to avoid
any possible misunderstanding the
government of the United States not!
fles the imperial government that it
cannot for a moment entertain mud)
less diBCUss a suggestion that respect
by Geran naval officials for the rights
of citizens of the Unned States upon
the high seas should in any way or In
the slightest degree be made contin-
gent upon the conduot of -any other
government affecting the rights of
aeutrals and non-combatants. Re-
sponsibility In such matters Is single,
aot joint; absolute, not relative."
Fort Sill Cannon To Cover Juarei
El Paso—Camp is being established
on the Mesa near Fort Bliss for the
five batteries of the field artillery
which are n route from Fort Sill
to the border here.
The batteries were ordered by
General Frederick Funston as Boon as
be learned that there were five
French seventy-fives in the Juarei
garrison which has a much longer
range than the one battery of the
Fifth now stationed at the fort.
The batteries are to be stationed
lirecliy opposite Juarez, wbe;e they
will be in range of the cuartel, where
the big French field pieces are lo-
aated and where It will be possible
to bombard the town v
Uneasiness has been felt here by
irmy men because of the presence
jf the big guns in Juares and the
(ear that, in the event of a break in
the relations Between the two coun1
ries, the Mexicans might attempt >
tombardment. There is no doubt of
the superior number of forces on the
American side.
spirit of the country or violating its
traditions. For the traditions of the
country have not been those of a mil-
itary helplessness though they have
been those of anti-militarism.
Hard To Assess Sentiment.
"The currents of opinion or rather
the bodies of opinion in this country
are very hard to assess. For example,
Mayor Mitchell of New York City and
a group of gentlemen associated with
him made a turnout not unlike that
which you had, and had meetings and
they came back and reported in most
enthusiastic terms a unanimous opin-
ion, not for universal military service
but very distinctly for universal mili-
tary training which, of course, is a
very different thing."
PRESIDENT CALLS MCRE TROOPS
Eight Thousand Men Added to the
Forces at the Boundary.
acd Crosken bad lost their revolvers,
having been forced to retreat to the
adobe houses half clothed because ol
the rapid approach of the Mexicans.
The bandits poured constant fusillads
of shots at the window and door of the
adobe house. Not an American cav-
alryman fell In the exchanges.
The little band of nine men took
turns shooting from the window.
Bloodstains on the dry ground around
the house furnished the only evidence
that the bandits suffered in the attack
but Sergeant Smyth believes thai
seven or eight bandits were killed and
some were wounded. For three long
hours tbe fight went on.
Mexicans Organized.
The Mexicans fought in skirmish
formation. That was proof to Smyth'i
eyes that he was dealing with a mill
tary body. The attackers' horses wer<
tethered some distance to the real
and the brigands maintained their at-
tack on three sides of the bouse.
Washington.—With eight thousand
additional troops under orders for the
Mexican border including four thou-
sand national guardsmen from Texas,
New Mexico and Arizona, administra-
tion officials feel that Immediate
necessary BtepB have been taken to
prevent further raiding of Aerican bor-
der towns by bandita.
The regular troops ordered south In-
clude eleven companies of coast ar-
tillery, to whom orders were issued to
proceed to the border to serve as in-
fantry. The companies are stationed
at gulf and Atlantic coast posts.
Funston Request Granted.
President Wilson and his cabinet
discussed the Mexican situation but
the president had authorized the
new troop orders before his adviser*
withered.
SLAV TRANSPORT SUNK BY MINE
Berlin Reports 8hip Mine Vlotlm;
British Submarine Destroyed.
Wilson Wants Universal Police Force.
"I quite see the danger that Mr. Pin-
shot perceives in the laws," said the
president. "Because they seem to as-
tociate military training with publio
luthority and to draw that training
nto gome sort of connection with mill-
.ary organization. It is not inconslst-
int with American training that every-
body should know how to shoot and
lake care of himself; on the contrary
:hat is distinctly Implied in our bills
jf rights, where the right to carry
inns is reserved to all of us. There
Is no use carrying arms if you do not
know what to do with them. I should
say it was not inconsltent with the
tradition of the country that the peo-
ple should know how to take care of
themselves; but It is inconsistent with
tbe traditions of the country that their
knowledge of arms should be UBed by
l governmental organization which
would make and organize a great
army subject to orders to do what
a particular group of men might at the
time think It was best to have It do.
That is the militarism of Europe
where a few persons can determine
what ab armed nation ia to do. That
Is what I understand militarism to be.
But a nation acquainted with arms is
aot a militaristic nation unless there
la somebody who can. by an order, de-
termine what they shai do with that
farce. I think we ought to be very
:areful not to let these different thing*
seem as if they were the same."
Berlin.—The sinking of an allied
transport in the Mediterranean lat<
In April with the loss of nearly all
the 000 Russian troops who were on
board is reported In advices from Cor
fu. The transport was sunk by strik
ing a mine about the same time th(
British battleship Russel met a sim
liar fate. The BrltlBh submarine E-31
was sunk May 5 by the gunfire of I
German warship west of Horn Reefi
off the west coast of Denmark. Thl
destruction of a British aeroplane an<
tbe eapture of another aircraft In thl
North ea, also were reported.
I NEW FARM LOAN BILL PASSES
Senate Agrees to Administration Plan,
58 to S.
May 15, 1915.
Russians completely driven from
Jaroslav and all towns on weat
bank of San.
Austrian Tenth army arrived In
front of Przemysl.
Russians drove Teutons back ten
miles in Bukowlna.
Turks repulsed allies near AvI
Burnu.
American note on Lusltanla de-
livered to Germany.
Russian Black 'Sea fleet de-
stroyed 24 Turkish vessels.
German submarine aank Danish
stesmer Martha without warning.
May 10, 1916.
British broke German line near
La Bassee and won mile of terrl
tory.
Lively fighting In Champagne.
Russians massed behind the San
and Austrlans behind the Pruth.
Germans defeated by Russlana
In Baltic provinces.
May 17, 1915,
British made more gain* In La
Bassee region.
French and Belgians drove Ger-
mans across Yser canal.
Austrlans captured Drohobycx,
central Gal lela.
Russians repulsed Germans at
Shsvll.
Zeppelins dropped bombs on
Ramsgate.
May 18, 1915.
French made gain* near Ablaln.
Germans repulsed British south
of Neuve Chapelle.
Austro-Germans began bombard-
ment of Przemysl forts.
Russians attacked vigorously In
South Poland.
Two Zeppelins destroyed by al-
lies' fire.
Premier Asquith announced reor-
ganlzatlon of British cabinet.
May 19, 1915.
Germans Captured French
trenches on heights of Lorette.
British repulsed near Neuve
Chapelle.
Austro-Germans forced crossings
of the San river.
Russians broke Austrlsn right In
Bukowlna.
Turks drove allies from advanced
positions near Kara Burnu, Galllp-
oli.
German submarine sank two
British steamer*.
May 20, 1915.
French advanced in Champagne
and near Bagatelle.
Tremendous fighting along the
San river.
Allies attacked Turkish positions
at Krithla and Atchi Baba, Gal
Upon.
Continuous bombardment of Na-
gara, Turkey, by allied fleet.
Przemysl bombarded by squad
ron of Austrian aeroplanes.
May 21, 1915.
French drove Germans entirely
from Lorette heights.
Canadians captured German posi
tlon north of Yprea.
Desperste bsttle below Przemysl
British ship Glenholm sunk by
gunfire from submarine.
Washington.—The Hollis farm loan
bill embodying the administration
plan for establishing a system of ru-
ral creditB passed the senate by a
vote of 58 to 6. Senators Brandegee,
Lodge, Oliver, Page and Wadsworth,
all republicans, voted against th*
measure.
The bill, after almost two weeks of
debate, passed the senate practically
aa reported by the banking commit-
tee.
COLLECTED ITEMS
An electrically lighted cross revoivea
on top of a San Francisco steeple.
The 654 people out of every thou-
sand In Switzerland who save money
must be compared with a meager 108
In this country, the difference account-
ing, according to a Chicago banker,
for the fact that in our large citle*
one burial out of ten is made In a
potter's field.
Pellagra may be prevented or cured
by proper diet.
A large eastern railroad Is instruct-
ing Its signal erectorB and testing Its
engineers' knowledge of signals by
means of modern pictures shown In a
car which travels over Its lines.
"The flower* of Hawaii declare the
glories of God, and the flsh Bhoweth
his handiwork," declares a realistic
writer In the Christian Herald, assort
Ing, by the way, that nowhere else in
the world can fish be found In so many
and such variegated fc^ies as In the
waters of these Pacific possessions of
Mr*.
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