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REPUBLICAN
AH INDEPENDENT PROGRESSIVE JOURNAL
THIRTIETH YEAIi
12 PAGES
, PHOENIX, ARIZONA, SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 31, 1919
12 PAGES
VOL.
:, NO. 35
THE
ARIZONA
WILSON UREES
LEAGUE IS HE
HONORS SLAIN
Flings Out Brilliant Defense
As He Pays Tribute To
American Dead In France
Urges League "That
They May Not Have Died
In Vain"
PARIS, May 30. In the American
f tinetery at Suresnes, near Paris, to
day, during the ceremony of paying
tribute to the American dead on the
occasion of Memorial day, President
, Wilson made his first reference to the
league of nations since the covenant
was completed. His words were de
livered in the presence of thousands of
-Americans soldiers and many civilians
and the official representatives of the
French government, including Mar
shal Foch. Numerous distinguished
members of allied officialdom who had
come to pay tribute to the American
dead also hoard the president's words.
Touching on the reasons which had
"ought trie American troops across
. " -.
s; Vle P"1 saia .the' d. coe I
io defeat the thincs
central powers stood.
for which the
"the arrogant,
,-ifiii fimiv,.,(i i,i.,h .1,0.. iion,i
to establish; and they came, more- I
over, to see to it that there never 7"'" "J
should be a war like this again." ! tl0.n of he southern frontier, tne repa-
"Ir is for i nartiPniuriv fP ns rhn!ratl clauses and the question of Ital-
are civilized." the president continued.
"tn lluo nup lirnno n.-,.. rf iwinncf.l
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never is such a war again. The nation
that should now fling out of this com-
mem concord of counsel would betray
the human race. 1
"So it is our duty to take and main-
lain the safeguards which will see to j
it that the mothers of America and the
mothers of France and Kngland and
liiily and Belgium and all other suf
fering nations should never be called
upon for this sacrifice again. This
can be done. It must be done. And it
will bo done.
That They Have Not Died in Vain
"The things that these men left us,
though they did not in their councils
conceive it, is the great instrument
which we have just erected in the
league of nations. The league of na
tions is the covenant of governments
that these men shall not have died in
vain, x x x I look forward to the
time when every man who now puts
his counsel against the united service
of mankind under the league of nations
will be just as ashamed of it as if he
now regretted the union of the states."
The president declared that the day
of secret counsels was past, because
the people w'ero in the saddle. The
private counsels of statesmen, he
added, would no longer determine the
destinies of nations.
Rareheam-,' President Wilson spoke
tor more than half an hour, most of
the time in an impassioned defense of
the league of nations and in appeal
for its support.
The cemetery is situated on the hill
side of the ancient fortress of Mount
Valerien. With the old buildings at
his back, the president loeked over
the graves of American soldiers and
down into, the city of Paris. The ap
proach to the cemetery and the paths
winding their way through the burial
ground were lined w ith soldiers stand -
ins at attention. American on one side
anil rrencn on the other, as the presi
dent arrived.
Soldier Audience
The greater part of the soldier audi
ence was grouped in the shade of the
old fort, but a crowd of other soldiers
and civilians pressed close to the
speaker's stand. There was unwav
ering attention by all and when the
president concluded his auditors
warmly applauded.
The president never faltered in his
diction. Earnestness pervaded his
words. From a nearby point Mrs. Wil
son listened to her husband.
Before President Wilson began his
speech a message to the president from
Premier Clemenceau dealing with the
fellowship between the French and
Americans was read.
The letter begins:
"Faithful to noble tradition, the liv
ing army renders homage lo the dead
army, and all France has associated
itself with this homage."
After comparing the Americans who
have fallen in France with the French
who fell in America, M. Clemenceau
continues:
France Will Cherish Graves
"France will ever cherish their mem
ories with America. France will pre
serve in peaci" as an inspiration and
example an undying remembrance of
(Continued on Page Eight)
NEWS EPITOME
FOREIGN
President Wilson pleads for the
leaque of nations in Memorial day
address at American cemetery near
Pans.
German peace delegates continue to
cry about tne peace terms; say
they won t sign.
Austrian peace treaty is notable for
its reservations and omissions.
NC-4 to resume flight for England
today after delay.
DOMESTIC
Burleson is attacked and defended
before senate committee.
Carranza was warned last year by
U. S. of Villa menace; warning
went unheeded.
More Arizona men return to United
States; part of 16,000 who arrive
in one day.
LOCAL
Eight-year-old boy is drowned in
Arizona canal.
Relatives of James Brookbank ap
peal to officials to aid in search
for him. .
New loan and investment company
is organized in Phoenix with capi
tal of $100,000.
First producing oil well is brought
in by local company in Texas
field. ' . , ,
Annual high school play is big sue-
Phoenix Rifle club to hold final shoot
i . :i c.mw
I-,3in FlU.tn Vai S25.0X) for
Camoaig
home service fund for Salvation
Arml goes better. -
Arizona Home
Bound Men In
Rail Accident
GREENFIELD, 0., May 30 One
soldier was killed and four others
injured when Baltimore and Ohio
west bound train No. 3, bearing
Arizona and New Mexico troops
from overseas, was wrecked four
miles west of here late today. The
troops were en route to Fort
Worth, Tex., for discharge. The
injured are Robert V. Jack, San
Jon, N. M.j.Jose Santbal, Los
Almo, N. M.; Micheal V. Richards,
Albuquerque, N. M., and another
whose name has not been learned.
Spreading rails was given as the
cause of the accident.
HlfWu
DUE FDR ITS
roiis
5
PARIS, May 30. (By The Associated
Press) A summary of the skeleton of
the Austrian treaty submitted to the
smaller nations Thursday for exami
nation is remarkable chiefly for its
,..i eKt.. i
rr;i; TutlV. i
heading after subject heading is fol
lowed either by a non-committal dis-
P'ay oc DianK paper or oy me siaie- i
mc "thi clause reserved." j
ian rights under the political clauses.
The greater part of the summary in
fact; is devoted to those clauses which
i are practically identical with the Ger
man treaty.
the new clauses are cnietiy tnose
dealing with frontiers, nnance ana tne
internal affairs of the new states and
ot Austria itself- nder the latter
heading come the disputed provisos
for the protection of the racial minor
ities in the new states against which
it is understood the representatives of
the new states may addres protest to
the council of four and also ask for re
vision of the financial clauses, partic
ularly that part requiring the new
states to compensate Austria for pub
lic property.
Austria Is also bound by the treaty to
respect the rights and privileges of ra
cial minorities in what is left to her of
her ancient domains, including the
right to use their own languages, al
though Austria is expressly authorized
to make the teaching of German ob
ligatory. The treaty will consist of a preamble
and fourteen parts, the preamble and
one section embodying the covenant
of the league of nations, as in the
treaty with Germanv.
'Deal With All Angles
Part two deal.wilh frontiers. That
with Czeeho-Slovakas follows practi
cally the old Bohemian frontier al-
wlit? of makinff minor Ganges later.
Austria retains on the west her old
frontier with Switzerland the question
of the union of Verarlberg with Switz
erland having apparently dropped de
spite the plebiscites aiready under
taken in that province and Switzer
land. The southern frontier is not de
termined in the treaty.
Part three contains political clauses,
including also some of the reserved ge
ographical provisos and the clauses es
tablishing mixed commissions to deter
mine them later. The section referrin
to Italy are all omitted. Other details
deal with the future relations of Aus
tria and with the stipulation for the
protection of racial minorities which
so far as the minorities in Austria are
concerned, are to be embodied in a "bill
of rights" as part of the Austrian
constitution.
Then come parts dealing with Aus
tria's renunciation of all rights outside
of Europe, military, naval and aerial
armaments, which hereafter will entail
virtually no expense for Austria, and
the return of prisoners of war.
Part eight, on reparation, is blank.
Part nine, dealing with finance may be
changed as a result of the representa
tions of the new states. The economic
clauses and aerial navigation regula
tions are identified with those in the
German treaty.
Part twelve on ports, waterways and
railroads, provides for commercial
outlets southward bv water and rail.
These details already have been cov
ered in the report the inter-allied
ports, waterways and railroads com
mission. Part thirteen contains the interna
tional labor convention and part four
teen various miscellaneous provisions
of minor importance.
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ME FROM FRANCE;
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XEAV "YORK, May 30. More than
10.000 officers and men of the Ameii
can expeditionary force arrived in New
York Memorial day on the transports
Great e.1 therr., Saxonia, Ryndam. .Mo
bile. Rotterdam and Santa Clara. The
maiority were draft troops of the 80th,
SSth and &9th divisions tr.e bulk of the
others being former national gardsmen
of the 36th divsiion.
Officers returning included . Major
General Frank L. Winn, commanding
the 89th; Brigadier General William
W. Atturbury, who was director gen
eral of transportation of the A. E. K.
in France, and Brigadier Generals A. B
Stewart, Arthur Johnson and George
C. Barnhardt.
The 89th division units comprise
draft men from . Missouri, Kansas,
Colorado-and Arizona.
NC-4 SOARS AGAIN
. . Bulletin
LONDON, Saturday, May
31. The United States Nav
al Seaplane NC-4 left Ferrol
i -n, ,
i OP3,111 10r -riymOUtn, ing
land at 6:40 this morning.
MAN
X E Tl
ii a; i pit i
FINISH on
FLIGHT TINT
Forced To Land On Portu- j
guese Coast by Engine
Trouble Plane Not Hurt
Spend Night at Ferrol
Expected In Plymouth
' This Morning
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
WASHINGTON. May CO. Motor
trouble which caused the NC-4 to be
regarded as the "lame duck" of the
American trans-Atlantic flight squau
ron until she left Trepassey Bay. New
Koundland, prevented completion today ,
of her voyage from Lisbon to Plym- j
outh. After covering 100 miles of the ,
last lee of the history-making flight, i
the seaplane was forced to descend at
the Mondego River and she was held
there too late to reach England.
With his engines repaired. Lieuten
ant Commander Albert C. Read drove
his plane 225 miles to Ferrol, Spain,
where he moored for the night, ready
io get a
conditions were favorable. The course
to be covered measures only a little
more than 40 miles and if all goes
well, the NC-4 should be in the Eng
lish harbor before 9 a. m. Washington
time. Commander Read reported after
landing in the Mondego river, that he
had to await high tide before startim
again.
When the NC-4 finally floated again,
and was once more in the air at
G. M. T. (9:28 a, m. Washington time).
Lieutenant Commander Read searched
the coast for a safe harbor in which to
spend the night and finally landed at
Ferrol at 4:35 G. M. T. (12:35 p. m.
Washington time).
PLYMOUTH, May 30. (By The As
sociated Press) The NC-4 is resting
tonight at Ferrol, on the Northern
coast of Spain, according to advices re
ceived by American officials here. With
favorable weather, Lieutenant Com
mander' A. C. Read, her commander
will start to this city tomorrow. Given
an early start with a favorable wind
he should arrive soon after noon.
ENGLISH POLICEMEN
ML 60 ON STRIKE
TO ENFORCE DEMAND
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
T.OXnc'tV. Mav MO. A strike of nn-
licemen in London and Liverpool, and j Cable company, had attempted to
in some other provincial cities i.s j make government operation of the
threatened. The metropolitan police ! telegraph svstem a failure, and an al
of London are balloting on the ques-' trrn!,t rtpr.ns , oftt
tion, while the men at Liverpool al
raorlv havo t'rtlaH tr, clnn -r,rL- nn-vt
Mond.iv midnight. '
The result of the ballot bein
taken
by the Metropolitan police will be an
nounced Sunday. The fiallot will de
cide whether the strike will begin
Tuesday. A majority of the metropeli
tan force is said to be in favor of, a
strike.
While the question of wages is the
reason for the threatened strikes in
the provinces, it is not involved in
London. The government has agreed
to increase the waKes of the metropoli
tan force to be retroactive to April 1.
The policemen want recognition of
their union and the reinstatement of
certain men who were dismissed. The
government has refused these de
mands. The police trouble promises a serious
conflict between the government and
organized labor. The . police union
obpjects to the police being subject to
semi-military discipline and claims
the right of the union to,organize on
the same basis as labor unions, to join
such unions in sympathetic strike if
it so desires, and also to strike in the
event that the police are ordered to
enforce laws of which the police dis
approve. EX-KAISERIN MEETS
501 IT MM
AMKRONGEX. May 30. (By the
Associated Press) The former Ger
man empress returned to Amerongen
castle late last evening after having
met her eldest son, Frederick William,
at Amersfoort, for the first time in two
years. The mother and son each went
to the meeting place by automobile.
The former empress was alone with
Frederick William tor several hours.
The inhabitants of Amersfoort were
not .aware of the presence of the vis
itors.
The day was a national holiday, it
being the religious festival of Ascen
sion day. The former German em
peror abstained from bis usual occu
pation of 'sawing los" and attended
services in the chapel at the castle.
The village of Amerongen was
crowded with excursionists who de
sired to obtain a glimpse of the former
emperor and refugee. But as he walked
in the gardens he was completely hid
den by the heavy foliage.
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WITHDRAW RULINGS
. NEW YORK. May 30. The Ameri -
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can reuei aumuusi.r-rf.iiuii ui vni nei-
bert Hoover is direetor. announced to-
day that the food administration had
cancelled all rules relating to tne cot
ton seed industry and had withdrawn
all price regulations and agreements
regarding cottonseed and the products
manufactured therefrom, including lard
I substitutes, as from May 31.
BACON FUNERAL TODAY
NEW YORK. Mav 30. Funeral ser
1 1
vices for Colonel Robert Bacon, former
secretarv of state and ambassador to
1'ranrp who died last nurlit. will be
- l ne)d at Grace church here Monday,
Interment will be in Mount Auburn
cemetery, Cambridge, Mass.
Telegraphers
Threaten All
Nation Strike
WASHINGTON, May 30. Ac
cording to announcement here by
F. H. McDowell, chairman of the
legislative committee of the Wash
ington district council, President
S- J. Kononkamp of the Commer
cial Telegraphers union tonight
sanctioned an ultimatum sent to
day to officials of the American
Telephone and Telegraph and oth
er wire companies at Atlanta, Ga
in which a nation-wide strike of
members of the telegraphers and
electrical union workers is threat
ened unless a number of telephone
operators recently discharged in
Atlanta and vicinity are reinstated
by noon Monday.
The strike which would at the
start involve more than 900,000
telegraphers and electrical workers
throughout the country, would be
called as a protest against action
of the companies in discharging
about 100 girls employed at Atlan
ta, Ga., as operators because they
had affiliated with the Commercial
Telegraphers union. It would be
come effective at 3 p. m. Monday.
The companies affected would in
clude the Postal, Western Union,
leased wires of press associations
and all telephone companies who
employ members of the interna
tional brotherhood of electrical
workers and the commercial tele
graphers union.
It further was said that later the
strike would spread to the order
of railroad telegraphers, the mem
bership of which numbers about
200,000 men and to other organiza
tions which work in conjunction
with the telephone and telegraphic
service. Members of the unions
say the action of the companies in
discharging the Atlanta operators
is in direct violation of instruc
tions issued by Postmaster Burle
son and that the strike is proposed
as "show down."
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BURLESON POLICIES
G
Charge- Made That Postal
Co. Made U.S. Wire Oper
ation a Failure Denial
Strong Emphatic State
ments rRiublican A. P. Leased Wire i.,..
WASHINGTON. ..May 30. Charges
by Newcomb Carlton, president of the
Western Union Telegraph company,
that Edward Reynolds, formerly gen
eral manager of the Postal Telegraph
i rupLJU,,'
rosiraasier oenerai iJurleson were
! ffatures f today's hearings before
the senate commerce committee on
legislation for regulation of the tele
phone and telegraph properties.
Mr. Carlton told the committee
that Mr. Reynolds, at the request of
Mr. Burleson, worked out a plan for
the co-ordination of the wires but at
the same time sent letters to officials
of the Postal company, "asking them
to make government operation a
failure."
Mr. Reynolds subsequently was re
lieved of his duties as general man
ager by the postmaster general.
Operation of the wire systems un
der direction of Mr. Burleson was de
fended by Mr. Carlton, who declared
the postmaster general had no more
to do with the deterioration of the
telephone and telegraph service than
did the members of the senate com
mittee. The super-man, he said,
could not prevent deterioration; it
j was a result of "natural conditions."
j A directly opposite view was ex-
; pressed by Mr. Reynolds, who took the 1
' stand at his request. Mr. Reynolds
i declared some of the declarations of
Mr. Carlton concerning relations bc-
tween the Postal company and IIr.
'Burleson were "wholfy untrue."
j Mr. Reynolds will conclude his
I statement Monday. Just before the
! committee adjourned today, be in
! formed the senators that he might have
I something more to say alwut Mr.
I Burleson when he appears before the
house commerce committee, where, he
said, the dignity that exbr.s on the
senate side does not previil.
In beginning his testimoay today,
Mr. Carlton urged amendment of the
Sherman anti-trust law so as to ir-
Jjnit the wire companies to operate a
return to private ownership. Chair
man Cummins expressed "great sym
pathy" with the suggestion but said
he did not see how the Sherman law
would stand in the way.
Mr. Carlton also made a plea for
retention of the 20 per csnt increase
in rates granted under federal con
trol, saying if any reduction were
i made it might have to be take from
the employes. .
Hearings on legislation for return
of the wire properties also were begun
today before the house commerce
committee with X. C. Kingsbury,
vice president of the American Tele
phone and Teiegrapn company anu
Carter 1. Jackson, chairman of, the
Wisconsin railroad commission as
witnesses, air. ivingsoury saia gov
j ernment officials . had no- loteriered
but that service had been impaired be
cause Government contrjl had dt-
! pressed the morale of the employes,
i LIMA STRIKE WEAKENS
j ' . ...
i LIMA. Mav 30
-A number of bust-
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k "I"" 7"
uecause ui ic ontiv, tsui-v
Since the outbreaks begun from fifty
to one hundred striKers nave Deen
killed, 200 wounded. Martial law con
tinues in force.
BAYONNE CELEBRATES DAY
BAYONNE, France. May 30.
American troops, civil and military au
thorities, veterans of the w'ar of 1870,
and a detachment of the garrison pa
raded the town today in celebration of
Memorial day. Magnificent wreaths
j were placed by French and Americans
on the graves of their soldiers m the
local cemetery
mm 10 DEFEND
HI SENATE HEAR
ARBITRATE AS
STRIKE B
DANGER PRIST!
I Winnipeg Parties Open Ne- J
gotiations Most Serious
Demonstrations of Strike'
Appear Toronto Unions
Join Government Seeks'
A Settlement
WINNIPEG, May SO. Arbitration of
the differences between the metal
trades council and the leading indus
trial employers was officially begun
this afternoon when tension caused by
the strike deadlock, which began May
15, seemed to be approaching the
breaking point.
For the first time since the general
walkout, crowds of idle men paraded
through the business districts, jeering
persons who were doing work usually
performed by union men. Some of
these marchers joined a delegation of
returned soldiers who paraded to the
parliament building and insisted that
the government "do something at
once. The men were told that the gov- j
ernment was considering the advisa- j
bility of legislation to enforce the prin
ciple of collective bargaining and that
the offer of mediation by executives of
the railroad brotherhoods had been
accepted by the leading forces con
cerned. The demonstrators dispersed after
these announcements, but told Premier
T. r. Norris that they would march to
parliament again at 11 a. m. tomorrow.
Success of the railroad brotherhoods
in Initiating the first movement toward
actual arbitration since the strike be
gan caused city officials to make
changes In the program arranged lor
today. Nothing was done regarding
resumption of street car service. The
citizen committee also delayed its gar
bage campaign.
About 100 regular firemen have re
turned to work, it was announced at
the office of the city fire commis
sioner. Announcement was made at
Mayor Charles F. Gray's office that 450
of the city's 1,000 employes, who went
on strike, have been reinstated and
that a few others have applied for their
former positions.-
The terrific heat spell, which has
lasted all week, was broken today and
a storm was threatening the city to
night. For five consecutive days tem
peratures ranged from 90 to 95 de
grees. TORONTO STRIKE BEGINS
TORONTO. May 30. Scarcely a
ripple of excitement marked the first
1-day of the sympathetic strike called
here to aid metal workers who are de
manding a 44 hour -week, higher wages
and improved working conditins.
Shortly before midnight it was said
the strikers numbered between 7,500
and 8.000; that nearly 300 factories
were closed; and that, construction of
about forty buildings was halted.
Orders for the sympathetic strike to
begin this morning to aid the striking
metal workers who are demanding a
44 hour week, higher wages and im
proved shop conditions were obeyed by
a large number of unionists in Toronto,
although the actual extent of the walk
out was not known up to a late hour
tonight. The city employes have not
yet quit, nor have the federal' govern
ment's employes on the railroads or the
street railroad men.
The city is absolutely under control
tonight. The mayor has sent out an
appeal to the citizens, asking for main
tenance of the peace. A committee of
10,000 persons is being organized, it
was stated tonight to help local author
ities in the event of need.
The central strike committee today
sent the following message to Premier
Borden at Ottawa:
"Sir We wish to bring to your no
tice that at the peace conference which
you attended, it was decided that labor
must be reasonable, also collective bar
gaining. Inasmuch as this -is a fact.
why is common labor forced to strike
to obtain what we understand was in
j ternationally recognized?"
GOVERNMENT'S STATEMENT
OTTAWA, May 30. In a statement
today defining the attitude of the Ca
nadian government toward strikes now
in progress in the dominion. Sir Robert
Borden, prime minister, declared that
despite 'unfortunate labor difficulties
in a few cities," public utilities are
still being maintained and except for a
brief period in one city, the public has
suffered no serious inconvenience.
There have been no riots the statement
added.
The policy of the government was
summarized as follows:
"First, to maintain law and order and
to protect life and property:
"Second, to insist that employes in
the civil service shall not join in strikes
and to dismiss instantly all persons
violating this principle.,
"Third to use its best efforts by con
ciliation and otherwise to settle diffi
culties between employers and em
ployed, to establish boards of concil
iation wherever possible, and to use
every effort within the federal power
to remedy any existing grievances."
VICTORIA TO STRIKE TOO
VICTORIA. May 30. B. S. Wood-
; worm, presiuenc oi eue virauna iraaes
i and labor council, which has called for
a vote on a general strike, declared to
day he thought all well organized la
bor unions here would vote to strike.
"Labor men feel that the very prin
ciple of union is involved," he declared.
ONE KILLED IN FALL
SAN DIEGO. May 30. Lieutenant E.
S. Wisdom of the army aviation school
at Rockwell field. North Island, was
killed today when an airplane in which
he and Lieutenant E. E. Kelly were
flying came down near Ramona, about
thirty miles from this city. Lieutenant
Wisdoms home was in San Francisco.
Lieutenant Kelly, according to tele
phone reports, was slightly injured.
WANT TO PROBE LYNCHINGS
NEW YORK. May 30. A nation
wide campaign for a congressional in
vestigation of lynching has been inaug
urated as a result of the mob murder
of Jay Lynch, a white man at Lamar,
Missouri, the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People
announced today. The association de
clared that 21 persons had been
lynched, five of them burned to death
in the United States this, year.
Hawker Says We
Misunderstood
! Flight Speech
LONDON, May 30. Harry G.
Hawker in an interview in the
Evening Globe regarding American
press comments on the speech, he
made at a luncheon to newspaper
men Wednesday said:
"The Americans misunderstood
my point. I was not criticising
their attempt. It is impossible to
compare the two flights. We did
not wish to have battleships sup
plied by the government along the
route.
"My remarks were intended for
those who were criticising the gov
ernment for not supplying them.
I wish the Americans' the very best
of luck. Their flights have been
beautyfully organized jobs from
beginning to end.
I am very sorry indeed, that the
American press has misunderstood
me. Nothing was further from my
mind than to crticise the Ameri
cans." o
TO
BECOME PRESIDENT
XOGALES, May 30. General Alvaro
Obregon, former minister of war in
the Carranza cabinet has moved his
residence from Hermosillo Sonora, to
Xogales, Sonera, where he has estab
lished an office from where his cam
paign for the presidency of Mexico will
be conducted,
General Obregon refused to discuss
the present situation in Mexico but
stated that he was not endeavoring to
dodge the political issue as he has been
accused by political opponents and
made the following statement for the
Associated Press:
"I have authorized no one to make
declarations in my name nor bare I
inspired any of them, therefore the re
ports which have been published, by
the papers about my candidacy can
only be interpreted as the personal
feeling of those who have fathered
them. During the last ieyr months I
have become aware that in various
parts of the republic movements have
been started m favor of my candidacy.
during the coming political campaign
where the successor to the actual pres
ident of Mexico is to . be designated.
These movements have been to my
knowledge absolutely spontaneous, as
in most cases I have been absolutely
ignorant of their existence until I have
been told of same by the leaders or
organizers of the parties. I hare never
appointed any agent nor representative
in any part of my country and it Is on
that account that I consider as spon
taneous the movement that is now be
ginning to be few throughout the re
public. "
"I have been advised by several
political parties during the last few
weeks announcing their intentions of
working on behalf of my candidacy,
and other political groups have com
municated with me asking for my au
thority to make a similar announce
ment. To all of them I have answered
as per message transcribed below
which I sent to the president of the
Gran Partido Independiente of Vera
Cruz:
Will Run If Wanted
" 1 have had the satisfaction to learn
of the great hnor vested upon me by
the political party which you preside,
designating me as their candidate for
the presidency of the republic during
the coming political campaign. In due
time I shall make it known to all poli
tical parties and individuals who have
designated me as their candidate which
will be my attitude during the coming
political campaign. And if after they
are acquainted with such attitude, they
decide to ratify their confidence and
adherence to my candidacy, I will with
great pleasure accept their co-operation
in the campaign. I beg of you,
Mr. President, to express my thanks
to the Gran Partido Independiente of
Vera Cruz.'
I "The text of my answer as above set
forth, clearly shows that I do not wish
to accept any compromise nor is my
intention that those who have offered
to support my candidacy may contract
them, neither before they are acquaint
ed with the line of conduct I propose
to follow and which will be in my opin
ion the general outlines on which a
more stable future for my country may
rest. As soon as this is known, to all
parties and individuals now offering
me their support, I will accept their
co-operation in the political campaign
if their tendencies run parrallel to
mine.
"By the above, it will be seen that I
am not trying to evade the coming
political campaign and that I only wish
to follow a line of conduct which in my
opinion, may be the most righteous
and which may guarantee the consoli
dation of our young democracy.
(Signed) "A. OBREGON."
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iSURES U. S
OIL LB 1 SAFE
Republican A. P. Leased Wire
WASHINGTON, May 30. The Mexi
can government has assured the United
States that no law enacted by the
Mexican congress in connection with
the petroleum code would have retro
active effect, it was learned from of
ficial sources today, and the state de
partment has been advised that the new
oil law will not nationalize oil proper
ties accuired by Americans prior to
May 1, 1917.
Charles A. Douglas, legal adviser of
the Mexican government and the Mex
ican embassy here, today said these
assurances had been given in good
faith and there was no question that
they would be carried out.
Mr. Iiouglas said the same protection
would apply to all other foreign in
vestments in Mexico.
Officials here believe if these as
surances are canied out. the most
serious cause of trouble between
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twu countries win nave . oeen enmi- ; or aepariea irom Juarez uiaay. but
rated. It was also said if Mexico gave ' military officials declined to confirm
guarantees that she would comply with i persistent reports that Mot tezuma anu
the international obligations she might j Villa Ahumada, evacuated by the fed
be invited to become a member of the I erals several days ago, had been occu
league of nations, I pied by the rebel
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1YU.S.
Warnings Went Unheeded
While Rebel Power Grew
Might Have Been
Crushed Last Year Car
ranza Policy Weak Pres
ent Revolutionary Cam
paign a Real Danger
WASHINGTON, May 30. Although
the Carranza, government of Mexico
was warned nearly a year ago by the
United States of preparations for the
j present revolutionary campaign which
has resulted in the proclaiming of Gen -eral
Felipe Angeles, provisional presi
dent and Francisco Villa, secretary ot
war, little attention was paid to infor
mation given by this country.
Specific warning of the threatened
menace to his power were given Presi
dent Carranza by the United States
last October 15. and again last Nov. 27.
it was learned authoritatively today.
President Carranza, was reminded on
these and other occasions particularly
of his duty to protect Americans and
Ameircan property in Mexico.
Villa began the collection of arms,
munitions and money a year ago for
the campaign which in toe opinion of
officials here now has grown to consti
tute the gravest menace to Carranza' s
power since Villa was in the field, by
the government forces three years ago.
Last winter it is said. Villa notified
his followers to plant their crops early
as the campaign would begin as soon
as the grass was green to insure forage
for their horses, unusual activity was
displayed throughout northern Mexico
by the Villa force in getting their crops
into the ground to provide against
famine. All this was learned by agents
of tie United States and formed the
basis for the warnings sent to Car
ranza. Just why Carranza paid little heed to
these warnings or was unable to divert
any military forces from other parts
of the republic to the campaign In the
north is a mystery to officials here.
In the opinion of some the extra ex
pense of such an undertaking; may have -
deterred him, remembering that the
campaign of Hnerta cost the Mexican
government approximately 60,000,00"
pesos. The total revenue from all
sources for the first four months of
this year, according to official figures,
was only about 29.000,000 pesos.
Carranza Policy Week
Six weeks ago, Carranza had S.00O
men in Torreon which a large supply of
arras and ammunition at Chihuahua.
Officials here are unable to understand
why he did not move those troops north
before Villa's men had been assembled
in a large force at any point.
Villa's popularity among the troops
is explained here by his conduct upon
the capture recently of Parral. After
the surrender of the garrison Villa ad -
dressed the men, having imprisoned
the officers, telling the soldiers that as
he realized that they were conscripts
and as he needed their weapons, they
were free to return to thir homes if
they would give their word of honor
that they would not take up arms
against him again. This information
reached the federal troops and ac
counts for the ease with which Villa
has defeated the federal troops sent
against him.
It was learned today that inquiries
have been made of the Mexican gov
ernment regarding a reported seizure
by Villa of a shipment of arms from the
United States designed for Carranza.
Information received here is that Villa
obtained one-half of at least one recent
shipment on a threat to attack the Car
ranza agents and take all the shipment.
It also is reported that none of the
recent shipments of arms to the Mex
ican government authorized by this
government have got farther than Chi
huahua, which is now threatened by
Villa. Officials here had no official in
formation today regarding reports that
an attempt might be made to send
Mexican federal troops through Ari
zona in bond to operate against Villa.
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CHIHUAHUA OH
EL PASO, May 30. Colonel J. G. Es
cobar, in command of the Juarez gar
rison, late today gave out a telegram
from General J. A. Castro, at Chihua
hua City, announcing the defeat of a
rebel force at San Andres, 45 miles to
the west. The battle, according to the
message, opened Wednesday morning
and lasted twenty-four hours, the reb
els, commanded by Martin Lopez, los
ing one-half of their forces. The fed
erals were nnder command of General
Petronito Hernandez, The message
gave no details of the number of men
engaged.
Military headquarters at Juarez de
clined to give any information concern
ing conditions at Chihuahua City, near
which point a large force of rebels is
reported e-oncentrated.
Consul General Andres C. Garcia to
day issued a statement denying reports
that Chihuahua City was in danger of
attack. He said a large force, esti
mated at close to 10.000 men, were en
route from Mexico City to crush rebel
lions in Northern Mexico. The van
guard of this army the consul general
said, had already reached Santa Rosa
lia and would proced to Chihuahua City
as soon as the railroad could be
repaired. He also denied reports of
disaffection in the Juarez garrison,
which he said consisted of 2.500 well
disciplined soldiers, all qf whom were
receiving their pay regularly and a
month in advance. Later statements
were in reply to reports that soldiers
brought from Casa Grande Thursday
had mutinied on account of not re-
thejeeiving their pay. No trains arrived
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