Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 149, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 June 1916 — PERSHINGS DECOYED BY WHITE FLAG [ARTICLE]

PERSHINGS DECOYED BY WHITE FLAG

“Something Big Doing” If General Pershing’s Troopers Were Victims of Treacherous Attack. General Pershing has been unable to get to General Funston a report fought between Mexican troops under the leadership of Felix Gomez, but there appeared no reason to doubt that the American detachment of the tenth a negro organization, had suffered heavily. Instead of the tension being broken by the clash -it was keyed up still higher Wednesday night and there appeared no probability that it would be lessened until later the report from General Pershing was received the unofficial news of undisputed aggression by the Mexican troops is received. , General Funston asserted he wou’d send no special orders to Genera. Bell, commanding at El Paso, or to General Pershing until he had received official news. The Mexican commander at Jaurez, Gen. Francisco Gonzales, insisted that the Americans preciptated the. fight by firing on the white flag who were moving forth to parley. A report brought El Paso Wednesday by an American indicated that the Americans had been led into an ambuscade by a white flag. The meager details of the fight received by Gen. Funston included the facts that Gen. Felix Gomez, comm'anding the Mexicans, was among the dead. The casualties on both sides was considerable and the intimation was that the Americans had fallen back. It was admitted at arm y headquarters that General Funston’s determintion not to send away special orders to Genearl Pershing or General Bell did not mean that swift punitive action would not be undertaken. y