The punishment of Texas to be asked

N° 158

AHSRE L-E-936 F. 44

The San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco, California

3 de julio de 1908

The punishment of Texas to be asked

The mexican foreign minister condenas officers of the State.

Violation of neutrallty.

"Revolutionists" Declaraded to Be Robbers, Ezititled to No Consideradon.

Mexico City, july 2 Mexico will ask the United States to punish severely the lo¬cal authorities of Del Rio, Tex., and possibly others of the State under whose authority they acted. The ground will be that the officers knowingly failed in their duty by allowing persons who partook in the Las Vacas raid to ride on to the Texas side of the river uninterrupted and to bring with them their wounded. Punishment may also be asked for the authorities and police of Del Rio for allowing meetings to be held there for the purpose of fomenting and planning raids, murdery and robbery in Mexico.

This new phase of the international side of the trouble on the Northern Mexico border was made known to-day by Minister Mariscal of the Foreign Relations Department. Bad faith toward Mexico by the State of Texas in the recent trouble is very strongly suspected by the Mexican Government.

"The action of Washington has been the very best," said Minister Mariscal today. "Not only has the United States Government shown itself willing and eagerr to assist Mexico, but it took quick stops to move troops to the border, evincing a feeling of friendliness which cannot be questioned, but admired.

"The sincerity of Texas," he declared, "appears to be another matter. Our doubts in regard to Texas have begun to increase with developments. The failure of local authorities to arrest these men on the ground that their offense was political, in my mind, has no tenable excuse. No absolute decision had been reached as to whether complaints will be made, because the facts in the case have not thoroughly penned out and there are other important matters for attention, but 1 am strongly inclined to believe that complaints will be made and punishment asked for."

The Minister called attention to the fact that about 100 men had a series of meanings in Del Rio, which could hardly have taken place in secrecy. A large number of raiders also returned to Del Rio after the trouble and carried with them wounded men, an act that could hardly have ball performed in secret.

Del Rio (Tex.,) july 2.-Development in a conference heir! at Las Vacas, Mexico, to-clay between Colonel Alberto Dorantes, commanding the Mexican forces; Captain Aduirro of the customs office and District Judge Arredondo, United States District Attorney Boynton, Marshal Nolte, Captain D. Conral, Third Cavalry, United States Army; L T. Ellsworth, American Consul at Ciudad Porfirio Diaz, Mexico, and R. W. Dowe, Collector of Customs at Eagle Pass, show conditions to be serious and one that demands prompt action upon the part of the Mexican Government.

Following the conference Colonel Dorantes admitted that the situation had been serious, but he thought that the force of the revolution had been broken and that the only trouble expected now is from small bands traveling over the State. These, he claims, are being pursued by soldiers. District Attorney Boynton after the conference to-day said that all matters pertaining to the uprising along the border had been investigated, and the two governments would co-operate in an endeavor to bring those guilty to justice.

That many of the revolutionists are still in the district is verified by the reports coming from points along the border on the American side. At Comstock, thirty-five miles west of here, a ranch was raided and sixty head of cattle and a number of horses were taken. Mexican soldiers returning to Las Vacas yesterday encountered a small band along the border, though in each case they escaped. It is not at all prob¬able that another attack will be made on Las Vacas.