St. Louis Post-Dispatch
May 10, 1916

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A Steff Correspondent of the Post- Dispatch and the New York World. _ (Copyright, 1916, by Press Pub. Co.) BERLIN, May 10.—In a note given to Ambassador Gerard by Fo Minister von Jagow Monday night, Germany ac- cepts full responsibility for the Sussex disaster, announces that the submarine commander has been punished, and vol- “weiewe?tt to indemnify the Americaas in- jured through the explosion of the tor- pedo when it struck the Sussex, As was plainly intimated in Germany’s note, the Government conbidere the evi- dence submitted by the Américan Gov- ernment, together with some investiga- tions since made, as conclusive proof that the vessel the submarine com- mander reported he had torpedoed on that day in that vicinity was the Sus- sex. The German Government, therefore. hes taken the necessary consequence by punishing the comander for violating the instructions given him and offering to pay damages for the Americans who suffered injury. Berlin WiHing to Take Up Sinking ef Brazilian Steamer. RIO JANEIRO, May 10.~—The German Minister, replying to the note of the Bra- zilian Government in regard to the sink- ing of the Brazilian steamshi Government would. undoubtedly willingly any communication on th ject addressed to it by Brazil.) The Minister also expressed his gratification that the crew of the Rio Brafico had been saved. As soon as the official in- quiry into the sinking of the ship is con- cluded a demand for indemnity will be presented to Berlin. The Rio Branco was sunk May 2 and her crew landed at Blyth, England. The sinking of the ship caused great indigna- tion in Brazil and the newspapers were unanimous in demanding energetic ac- tion by the Government. It was pro- posed that Brazil should join with the United States in a protest against Ger- man submarine warfare. | Latest comments of the Brazilian newspapers respecting the exchange of notes between Germany and the United States indicate that Brazilian public is impatient with the temporization. oO Paiz, acknowledging the moral eleva- tion of President Wilson, expresses the opinion that Germany has confidence in his “excessive prudence.” The paper has etarted a campaign for the organization of a league of neutrals under the protec- tion of the United States. “If President Wilson,” it Says, “had presented an ultimatum in the name of all neutrals, Germany would have taken him more seriously. Germany per- celved clearly the hesitation on the part of President*Wilson and replied by a sort of counter-ultimatum. As Ameri- cans we cannot congratulate ourselves on the result of the tardy and inde- clsive step of the most Powerful nation on the continent. A Noticia derides the German note as presuming to speak of “victorious armies,” after Verdun. It attributes “the temporizing responses of Presi- dent Wilson” to “internal Political cur. rents which have impeded hig action.” . followed by ® continuation of the submarine war virchenged.”’ * q~ MUCH COOLER TONIGHT; COOLER TOMORROW; FAIR THE TEMPERATURES. 8 am. ...++.-++--71 10 a. m te m oensbecess Humidity at 7 a. RAW HAT KIND. m., 64 per cent. Official fore- cast for St, Louis and vicinity: Fair tonight and Thursday; much cooler tonight; cooler Thursday; fresh to strong west to north- west winds, ai- minishing by Thursday. Missouri — Gen- erally fair tonight and Thursday; much cooler to- night; cocler Thursday in sotith anc extreme cast portion. Illinois — Partly cloudy and much cooler tonight, with showers in east portion; Thursiay, fair and cooler. Stage of the river: 22.5 feet; a fall of .6 of a foot. NOT A PASSENGER WAS KILLED - ON 325 RAILROADS IN 1915 ——— eee All Safety Records Broken by _-ines Operating Over 161,648 Miles of Track. CHICAGO, May 10.—All railroad safety records were broken in 1915 when 325 American roads, reporting to the Bureau of Railway News and Statistics here, went through the entire fiscal year to June 30 without a single fatality to a passenger in a train accident. These roads operate over 161,948 miles. It is stated that this record of safe operation has never been equaled by the ratlroads of any other country in the word. All American roads, in 1915, operat- ing over 250,000 miles of line, reported 19% passengers killed. The latest returns for the railroads.of Europe, with 197,015 miles, show 700 passengers killed. During 1915 the American railroads re- porting immunity from fatal accidents to passengers carried 485,168,546 passen- gers a total distance of 18,083,950,000 pas- senger miles and hauled 1,217,959,477 tons of freight a distance of nearly 185,000,- 000,000 ton miles. : UNUSUAL PLANT NAMED FOR N. Y. WORLD ON ITS BIRTHDAY Lilac Blooms Grafted on Christened by Prof. Walters, Onée of Post-Dispatch Staff. NEW YORK, May .—From Lang- horne, Pa., comes news of an interesting compliment paid to the New York World in honor of its thirty-third birthday— which is today—by Prof. H. G. Walters, head of the Plant Research Institute in that town. Prof. Walters, who, when the New York World was founded, was tele- graph editor of the St. Louis Post-Dis- patch, is showing a “World” plant of a most unusual nature—lilac blooms grafted upon a privet hedge. This is one of the crowning achievements of Prof. Walters’ career. Two large blooms have reached their full growth—‘“‘just in time for the World’s birthday,”’ the professor explains. On the same privet hedge are shown grafts of bramble blackberry plants, African ivy, plum, rose, rhododendrons and azeleas. “KID” —M'COY JOINS —ILITIA NEW YORK, May 10.—Norman E. Selby, better known in pugilistic cir- cles as Charles “Kid” McCoy, yester- day joined Company K of the Seventy- First regiment, National Guard of New York. This company is commanded by Capt. W. A. Delameter. The full war strength of the company is 153 and McCoy brought the total member- ship up to 138- Some 15 years ago Kid McCoy was one of the most prominent boxers in the ring. He fought such men as James J. Corbett, Joe Choynski, Tom Sharkey, Gus Ruhlin, Tommy Ryan, Dan Creedon and scores of others. In his heyday he was regarded aa the most cunning of all boxers. s ‘ 19th Child Is Father of 20. DANVILLE, Ill, May 10.—Their twentieth child, a daughter, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Elijah Williams today. The father is the nineteenth child of his parents. | SURVIVORS. OF GYMIRIC LANDED: FIVE LIVES LOST Captain Declares in Report Liner Was Torpedoed Without Warning—Unarmed. SEVERAL OF CREW HURT, All on Craft British Subjects Ex- cept Two Belgians and One Russian. : BANTRY, Ireland, May 10.—Details of the sinking of the White Star liner Cymric were given today by members of the crew, who were landed here. They say that the torpedo which de- stroyed the ship struck the engine room. The explosion blew all the sky- lights off and extinguished the lights throughout the vessel. Four men were killed in the explosion and the chief stev-ard was drowned. One hundred and seven members of the crew took to boats shortly after. the liner was torpedoed, but returned when it was seen that the steamer was not in immediate danger of sinking. They remai-ed on board two hours, when a sloop which had heard the Cymric’s calls for help arrived and took them off. The sloop stood by the liner until she sank at 3:30 in the mornins. All of the crew were British subjects except one Russian and two Belgians. The officers say that the Cymric was unarmed. Several cf the crew were suffering from broken limbs an: were sent to a hospital. Capt. Beadnell’s report says: “On Monday afternoon at 12:30 o clock when we were eight days out from New York and 138 miles from land, the ship was torpedoed without warning. The track of the torpedo was seen by sev- eral, but the submarine was not seen. The torpedo struck the engine room and went through the side of the ship, exploding at the far side of the hull. All the skylights were blown away. Four men were killed by the explosicn. They were: “M. Morton, sixth stoker; J. Keuny. an oller; J. B. Watts, third stoker, and D. Bergen, a trimmer. “The chief steward, J. B. Malcolm, was drowned while leaving the ship. The rest of the crew, numberirg 105, were saved. All the survivors left the ship by taking to the boats. At 3:30 in the afternoon the seamen returned tv the Cymric and a wireless call for heip was sent out on an emergency gear which was rigged up. At 9:10 o’clock a sloop arrived and took off all the survi- vors. The sloop stood by until the Cymric sank. There were no pasrcn- gers on the Cymric and all the mem- bers of the crew were British excert the two Belgians and a Russian. Tlie Cymric had no gun of any kind mount- ed."’ Definitely Known That No Americans Were on the Cymric. LONDON, May 10.—Wesley Frost, American Consul at Queenstown, sent a telegram today from Bantry to the American embassy here announcing definitely that there were no Ameri- cans on boarg the Cymric. Frost said no warning was given, but that the wake of a torpedo was seen and con- firmed previous statements that the vessel was not armed. The weather was rough and the members of the crew were in the boats from 1:30 a. m. until 9 p. m. SCANDINAVIA TO SAVE HOUR “Daylight caving” Pian Spreads Over Northern Europe. LONDON, May 10.—The daylight sav- ing bill passed its first reading in the House of Commons yesterday. A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Co. from Copenhagen says the Danish Minister of Instruction has introduced a daylight saving bill which will be effective from May 15 to Sept. 30. The correspondent adds that Norway and Sweden have decided to put into op. eration a daylight saving law on the same date. ne ES ee The line-up Tuesday was: added Last ALL LRT Le R-E-A-C-H O-U-T Mr. Advertiser, reach ‘em all—‘‘both great and small.’’ A well written, well displayed ad in the Post-Dispatch will meet with ready response from its millions of readers. Our home merchants placed the bulk of their store news in the Post-Dispatch yesterday, as usual, and on Wednesday their stores will be crowded with eager buy- ers of their advertised offerings. Post-Dispatch alone... 66 Cols. Three out of all 4 of its competitors together *eeereeeeee?te#e#ee#e#eeeeeeese * ##e*# The Post-Dispatch alone was made a 9 column excess favorite over 3 out of all 4 of its competitors combined. CIRCULATION: NE in aio cin'y ov S 0's's's's 0 oss « sOOONO Average Daily Last Week.......... 57 Cols. . .215,220 eee id ~ ~~ ‘Cymric,” Laden With Munitions but With No Passengers, Which Was Torpedoed and Sunk oe “ PONS . PRON SS ap on See a nine ee naa”. Ms . : “-* WR noes SRL PRO R ER Anal 8 1 eet Se HO Tere et eted mes Copyright by International Film Service. GERMAN ARMY'S ACTUAL LOSSES 681311 MEN British Figures Show 664,552 Were Killed or Died of Wounds; 137,798 Prisoners. LONDON, May 10.—An official British estimate of German casualties in April, issued here today, places the total at 91,162. The number of German casual- ties since the beginning of the war fs given as 2,822,079. These figures were given in the following statement: “German casualties, exclusive of cor- rections, were reported during the month of April, 1916, as follows: “Killed or died of wounds, 17,455; died of sickness, 2395; prisoners, 1921; missing, 6217; severely wounded, 14,557; wounded, 4001: slightly wounded, 38,979; wounded remaining with units, 5637. Total, 91,162. “These added to those reported in pre- wous months, including corrections re- ported in April, 1916, bring the totals re- ported in German offictal lists since :he beginning of the war to: Killed or died ef wounds, 664,552; died of sickness, 4l,- $25; prisoners, 137,798; missing, 197,994; se- verely wounded, 385,515; wounded, 254,627; slightly wounded, 1,023,212; wounded re- maining with units, 117,956. Total, 2,822,- 079. “These figures include all German na- tionalities. They do not include naval or colonial troops.”’ If the 1,023,212 slightly wounded who presumably return to the front and 117,- 956 wounded who recovered with their units are subtracted from the total of casualties it will be found that the actual number of German soldiers re- tired from the war is 1,681,911. When the war began the accepted estimate of Germany’s army was 5,200,000 men. JITNEY DRIVER WHO IS AN OLD OFFENDER, AGAIN FINED $500 Last Tir:e That Amount Was Assessed He Had It Reduced—Tenth Time ; in Court. Ernest Borchers, 21 years old, of 3619 Cass avenue, a jitney driver, was fined $500 and costs in Judge Hogan’s court this morning for careless driving. On April 15 he ran down and seriously in- jured Charlotte Davis, a negress, of 2710 North Beaumont street, ‘at Beau- mont and Olive streevs. Borchers’ appearance in court today was his tenth in a little more than a year on charges growing out of his handling of an automobile. His record in as follows: April 21, 1915—Fined $5 and costs for careless driving; May l4 —Fined $ and costs for having no li- cense: July 2%—Fined $5 and costs for violating the traffic laws; June 23— Fined $5 and costs for speeding: July 19 Fined $15 and costs for speeding; July 2—Discharged when tried on a charge of careless driving; Aug. ®—Fined $200 and costs for speeding; Nov. 17—Fined $500 and costs for speeding. The last-named charge was assessed by Judge Hogan, who told Borchers that the next time he was arrested the Court expected to learn that he had killed somebody. He reminded Borchers of the remark this morning, and ob- served that while he had killed nobody, he had come near it. The fire was reduced by Judge Ben Clark on Dec. 9 to $26. FREEING. BROADWAY OF ACTORS Lingering Thespians Gathered in by New York Police. NEW YORK, May 10.—Broadway, for many years the city’s lingering place for actors, is in future to be kept.clear of idle members of the profession Waless they keep moving, according to a Po- lice Court Megistrate’s decision today. Of six actors arraigned for loitering, two were fined $1 each, two were pa- roled for further hearing and two were permitted to depart upon announcing that out-of-town engagements awaited them. “Broadway must not be. used as a standing place by actors to impede pe- |destrians,” ruled Magistrate Ten Eyck, GOV. MAJOR DID NOT KNOW OF LORING KILLING BY VAUGHAN Declares, However, That Appointment of Edt+-~ of “Elk’s Horn” to Police Boarg Will Stand. Gov. Major, after a speech last night before the Order of Railroad Conductors at Moolah Temple, told a Post-Dispatch | reporter that at the time he announced his decision Monday to appoint Norman M. Vaughan, editor of the Elk’s Horn, to the Board of Police Commissioners to succeed Charles P. Williams, he did not know that Vaughan had once been convicted of manslaughter. He said he had since discussed the matter with Vaughan, and added: “As a result of that discussion I have decided that the appointment shall stand.’ “If you had known beforehand of this conviction, would it have made any dif- ference in the appointment?” the Gov- ernor was asked. “It is immaterial to you what I might or might not have done,” Gov. Major replied, and terminated the interview. - Vaughan’s conviction was in 1906 for the killing of Hayden Loring. Vaughan claimed self-defense and while the case a on appeal he was pardoned by Gov. Folk. FRENS": BALLOONS DRIFT 300 MILES TO HANOVER, GERMANY Part of 20 Which Broke From Moor- ings at Verdun—One Had Crew Which Escapes Capture. BERLIN, via London, May 10.—Two of the French balloons which broke their moorings in the French lines in France last Saturday landed near Hanover. nearly 300 miles from the French :ines. One of the balloons was manned by a crew of three soldiers, apparently of- ficers. They have not been capt: ed. The French official report Saturday said that about 20 captive balloons had broken from their moorings in a squall and that some of them had been carried to the German lines. Some of the bal- loon crews dropped to safety in rara- chutes, MISS CLEVELAND TO TEACH BLIND Studies System of Alphabetic In- struction Before Sailing for France. PHILADELPHIA, May, 10.—Miss Esther Cleveland, daughter of the late President, is studying a system of al- phabetic instruction at the Pennsyl- vania Institute for the Instruction of the Blind in this city, to prepare her- self to teach soldiers who have lost their eye-sight in the European war. She plans to sail for France and work in the American hospitals at Neuilly upon the completion of her course. Miss Cleveland already has quali- fied as a nurse. PRESIDENT DECLINES INVITATION Will Not Leave Washington for Next Few Weeks. WASHINGTON, May 10.—President Wilson, because of the internationa]! sit- uation, has decided to remain constant- ly in Washington for the next few weeks. He has declined several new in- vitations and today decided he would break a tentative engagement to speak at Hampton, Va., later this week at the dedication of a memorial building at Hampton Institute. BRITONS ABROAD MUST RETURN Married Englishmen to Report for Military Service. LONDON, May 10.—All married En- glishmen eligible for military service who are living abroad, but who ordi- narily are residents of Great Britain, must. return to England forthwith and report for military duty. This announcement was made in the lHiouse of Commons yesterday by Sir George Cave, the Solicitor-General. EDISON IN DEFENSE PARADE He Will March at Head of Eng_neers in Ne~~ York Saturday. NEW YORK, May 10:—-Thomas A. Edison, inventor and chairman of the Naval Consulting Board, expects to march at the head of 20 engineers, all of whom are members of the board, in the great preparedness pa- rade in which nearig 145,000 persons will take part here on Saturday, — | iment of $70 needed for advertising the | YACOURT BONDS — FORFEITED SINCE 1906 ARE UNPAID Amount Involved Is $15,950, and Money Would Go to School Fund. Investigation by a Post-Dispatch re- porter today showed that since 1906 there have been 34 cases in which court bonds were forfeited and no collection from the bondsman was made. The money derived from these bonds, if collected, would go into the school fund. The Board of Education, through its secretary, Charles P. Mason, has asked the Circuit Attorney to investi- gate these forfeitures and find out why the money was not collected and turned over to the schools. In many cases the assessment books show the bondsmen have sufficient property to cover the amount of the bonds. Total of Bonds $15,950. The total of uncollected bonds ig $15,- Sheriff Dickmann was not at his of- fice, but his son, who is his chief dep- uty, told a Post-Dispatch reporter that the Sheriff's office had made efforts in every case to collect the forfeited bonds, and that in a great many cases it had been found that the surety had no property, or insufficient property. He said it costs $70 to advertise a sale of property, ayd that in many cases this much property could not be found. This, he said, was the case with Felix McAdams and Joseph Schuler. Each was on a $200 bond. He said McAdams had a lot assessed at $30, and that scnu- ler had no real estate und was as- sessed $150 for personal property. He thought there could be a renewal of execwions that were issued while Nolte was Shernff. He said he did not know if the School Board had ta. :n up the matter of forfeited bond col- lections with his father, but that exe- cutions would be made in all cases if the School Board wou:d guarantee pay- sale. Record of Forfeitures. The fvollowing is the record of these forfeitures: 190%6—Dennis Lawler, defendant: Ed- ward H. Hussman, bondsman. Bond, $100. Hussman’s name not on assess- ment books. Joseph R. Hatton, defendant; Edward S. Roemer, bondsman. Bond, 3300. Roe- mer is assessed on $1650 real estate. 198—Frank Lewis, defendant: Barney Rubin, bondsman. Bond, $%. Rubin not on assessment books. Annie Walters, defendant; Barney Ru- bin, bondsman. Bond $200. Steve I. Moore, defendant; George Blackburger, bondsman. Three bonds of $1000 each. Blackburger not on as- sessment books. 1910—George Madish, defendant: John S. McQuade, bondsman. Bond $100. Mc.- Quade not on assessment books. H. C. Fisher, defendant; Al Spink, bondsman. Bond $800. Spink not on as- sessment books. 1911—Claude Vermillion, defendant: Andrew Scherer, bondsman. Bond $2. Scherer is assessed on $6770 real estate and $70 personal property. Garry L. Carson, defendant; James Scullin, bondsman. Bond $120. Scullin is assessed on $300 personal property. Claude Vermiilion, defendant; Willis H. Clark, bondsman. Bond, $20. Clark is assessed on $780 rea) estate and $500 personal property. 1912—William Gebey, defendant; seph Royce, bondsman. Bond, Royce not on assessment books. George Ben, defendant; F. O. Lange, bondsmah. Bond, $89 Lange is as- sessed on $19,650 real estate. Edward Smith, defendant: C. C. Craw- ford, bondsman. Bond $200. Crawford not on assessment books. Woman on Man's Mond. Alvis Meyer, defendant; Rosalie Mey- er, bondsman. Bond $2. Rosalie Meyer not on assessment ‘books. , 1913—-William L. James, defendant; John F. Byrne, bondsman. Bond $906 Byrne is assessed on $100 personal prop- erty. Jo- $1500. | James Murphy, defendant; Felix Me- |! 45,000 TROOPS TO BE ON F MEXICAN DUTY SHORTLY ~ iy Associated Press. border service. WASHINGTON, May 10.—Virtually the last American troops ~ in the United States are being mobilized today for the Mexican © With the National Guard of three states, there = are under orders to hasten to reinforce General Funston’s army a os” ERSHNG ORDERED T CONCENTRATE HS. SCATTERED TROO Detachments Operating in Extreme 4 South Are to Be Withdrawn ‘ to Colonia Dublan ed ‘ EL PASO, Texas, May 10.—Gen. Pershing has been ordered to ~ begin a greater concentration of his troops. Those detachments » still operating as far south as San Antonio, it was reported today, ~ will be withdrawn to Colonia Dublan. total of between 9000 and 10,000 men, including eleven companies ~ of coast artillery, ordered out last night by Secretary Baker. Offi- cial estimates place the number of troops now on Mexican duty 4 or under mobilization at about 45,000. + The situation as to the proposed military agreement between = the ‘Carranza and American Governments remained unchanged this morning, and Gen. Obregon, Mexican war minister, after a— three-hour discussion with Gen. still another conference today. Secretary Baker informed President Wilson today that the outlook was more favorable for an agreement being reached at El Paso. The exact point of difference was not revealed. lf the situation warrants, national guard forces of other states will be called out for border patrol duty, of- ficials stated. Secretary Baker said, however, that no further mobilization orders were contemplated immediately. Unofficial reports were received that Mexicans along the entire berder had planned a concentrated uprising for to- day. From Mazatlan, on the west coast of Mexico, came word that the Consul there had been warned by anonymous letters that the consulate would be blown up. All Americans were urged to leave Mexico within 48 hours. These reports increased anxiety over the situation among officials today. In addition to the 40) United States voldiers and an equal number of militia- men from Texas, New Mexico and Ari- yona, ordered to the border yesterday, Secretary Baker announced about 1000 soldiers comprising 11 companies of United States Coast Artillery, stationed at gulf and Atlantic seaboard points had been ordered to San Antonio to serve as infantry with the border patrol. Big Field Pieces for Border. The Secretary also said five batteries of the Fifth Field Artillery had been ordered from Fort Sill, Ok. These bat- teries contain the biggest field pleces in the United States army. Three addi- tional batteries of the Third Field Ar- tillery were held in readiness at Toby- hanna, Pa., under orders today. Eliseo Arredondo, Mexican Ambas- sador-designate, took to the State De- partment yesterday a written state- ment of the information upon which he bases charges that the Glenn Springs raid was planned and pos- 10,000 Regulars, Militiamen and Coast Guard 4 Men Added by New Order—Another Con- _ ference Over the Protocol to Be Held at El Paso Late Today. 2] a Scott last night, prepared for 3 sibly carried out from the American — side of the line. Because of this, he presented a request that the United ~ States take additional precautions on its own side of the boundary. The Am- — bassador was informed that additional trcops already had been sent and more — iS would follow should there be need. a He expressed satisfaction at the steps taken and in the name of his Govern~- ment repudiated formally the alarm- ing statement that Gen. Obregon had =~ presented a formal demand for the ~~ withdrawal of American troops. This added to the confusion of off- J clals here as to Gen. Obregon's ob- a ject in delaying proceedings at Hl Paso. A later press report from Mex- City, ite saying that Foreign Min- ~~ ister Aguilar had formally denied re- 7 ports that the de facto Government ~ » Ke had taken, or planned to take any action to prevent additional Amere — expeditions from crossing the ican border in pursuit of raiders, served further to indicate that the Scotte- Obregon plan was approved by Gen, — Carranza. Statement Sent to Funston. Arredondo’s statement was telegraphed | to Gen. Funston for his information in meeting the situation on the border. Tt asserted that Antonio Villareal, a po- — litical exile from Mexico, was responsi+ Llo forthe Glenn Upringstragedy and ~~ had sought to incite Mexicans on both — o sides of the line to engage in other The statement told of two defi- eh, raids. nite plots said to be now forming. Secretary Baker received the following cablegram from Gov. Pinkham of Hae wali today: “National Guard of Hawaii now offers - its services for such assignment as War Department deems the present exigen- cles demand.” - International Border Patrol Is ® py CLAIR KENAMORE. Staff Carrespondent of the Post- Dispatch. EL PASO, Tex., May 10.—Gens. Scott and Funston conferred with Gen. Obre- gon and Juan Amador for a couple of hours late yesterday. The question taken up was the dis- position of troops along the border un- der a plan presented by Gen. Obregon, whereby each nation wes to place from 15,006 to 2,000 of its own men on its own side of the line and thus prevent the operation of robber bands, such as raided Boquillas, Glenn Springs and Co- lumbus. The proposition came from Obregon as an amendment or rather an im- provement on his scheme of thé pre- ceding day when he presented his orig- inal flat demand that the United States A the apparent amity of the conferees led to the deduction that one side was weakening. | The Mexican Attitude. They entered the conference confront- Coutinued op Page % Columa 3, | Suggested by Gen. Obregon that. Obregon’s objections to the orig+ — i inal protocol which he said were the ob« jections of the first chief were thai the American plan did not make it mandas — tory upon the United States to withdraw their troops ever, and that the United States would be the sole judge of the condi- tions and time of the withdrawal. is ae under the proposed agreement » a Sa ? a. * He also said that the agreement would . impose upon Mexico conditions which had to do essentially with internal af- PER fairs and the handling of which | felt to be entirely within “a oy