Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 158, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 July 1916 — TEXAS RAIDED AGAIN; WILSON HOLDS PEACE [ARTICLE]

TEXAS RAIDED AGAIN; WILSON HOLDS PEACE

U. S. Troops Sent Across Border In Pursuit of Nine Bandits—Still Tries Parleys. —• V Two troops of Eighth cavalry cross into Mexico at Fort Hancock, Tex., after new raid by bandits. After two trips the troops returned empty handed. Border patrol grows strong as national guardsmen swarm through El Paso to points west. Mexican la-bor-leaders at Washington argue against war. iSay peons want no hostilities with U. S. Washington, D. C., July 2.—Despite another Mexican raid upon American soil, President Wilson indicated tonight that his patience with Carranza has not been exhausted entirely. He still hopes to be able to bring the first chief to reason. An inefficient attempt was made to pursue the bandits who crossed the Rio Grande yesterday near Fort Hancock. Today a larger American force was gathered and authority obtained to pursue the marauders into Mexico. If the third punitive expedition penetrates more than ten miles into Mexico it will face an overwhelming superior Carranza garrison. It is possible that the expedition will clash with the Carranza forces as did the Boyd command at Carrizal. Confirmation of the fact that American troops had been sent iijto Mexico in pursuit of the latest band of raiders was received- at the war department tonight. The raiders are thought to be located at the base of the Quitman mountains in Mexico. The territory is small and it was expected that the American expedition would be back on American soil within 24 hours, according to the war department announcement.