Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 166, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1916 — WILSON CHARGED WITH AIDING MEXICO [ARTICLE]

WILSON CHARGED WITH AIDING MEXICO

Sensational Charges Made In Washington That U. S. Officials Aid Mexicans in Getting Munitions.

Washington, D. C., July 12.—Sensational charges that the Wilson administration is permitting Carranza tou>btain American arms and ammunition with which to slay American soldiers were made yesterday by Senator Borah, of Idaho. Fro manother source came authoritative information that the administration not only has permitted the exportation of ammunition to Carranza, but actually has caused at least one American factory Within the last two months, and after the killing of American soldiers by Carranzistas, to hasten delivery of cartridge making machines to the de facto government of Mexico at the specifis request of Carranza. Acting Secretary of State Polk admitted yesterday that the negotiations with Carranza for safeguarding the border are at a standstill and that he is awaiting the initiation of the parleys by Carranza. Representative aCnnon of Illinois excoriated the Wilson Mexican policy in a speech in the house yesterday. About the middle of last May, it. transpires, Senor Arredondo, Mexican ambassador designate to the United States, complained to the state dcpartment of the delay in obtaining five cartridge manufacturing machines from the Waterbury-Farrell Foundry &-Machine company of Waterbury, Conn. The state department took the matter up with the Waterbury Co., with the result that three of the machines were shipped at once and the other two went forward within a few days. When the state department took this action to hasten the shipment of the cartridge making machines to the de facto government Carranza was opposing the retention of the Pershing army Mexico, was beginning to manifest hostility to the operations of the American troops, and was disposing his forces so as to menace the American positions. The state department obtained immediate shipment of the cartridge making machines about one month after the Parral battle in which the first American soldiers were killed and wounded by Carranza’s army. The Parral battle was fought on April 13th.