12 ILLS GERMAN RAIDER MARVEL Ponga Has Freighter's Appear ance, Cruiser's Qualities, Says Former Captive Sfecial to the Telegraph New York, April 18.—This is the tale of the German light cruiser Ponga—- probably as much of It as will be told until the war is over. The story was told by Captain J. C. 'iorton, of the British freighter Cor bridge, one of the Ponga's victims, and includes both first-hand knowledge and information based on casual re marks dropped by German officers while the British mariner was pris oner aboard the cruiser. "Oh, yes," began Captain Barton, in reply to a question, "the Ponga is a mighty finis piece of work. She was built to be Just about- the fanciest bit of raiding craft that ever took the water. Built Especially as Raider "The newspapers have printed the statement that the Ponga was built in 1914. That's a mistake. She was laid down in 1914, after the war be gan, but she was not finished until December, 1915. Now, 1 know this will show Itself in due course, but the fact is that the Ponga was built by the German Admiralty for the sole purpose of running the British block ade and getting out into the open ocean as a commerce raider. The sec ond fact of importance is that nothing like her was ever built anywhere in the world. "Above the water line- inside and out—she looks exactly like a fruit ship, a clumsy freighter with nothing to boast of by way of lines. But be low the water line nothing finer ever floated. That 'slow-going old freight er' can do 20 knots without half try ing. With danger threatening, she • ■an rip out another five knots. It might be well for the British Ad miralty to know this. If they are go ing to catch the Ponga. they do not want to send anything after her that cannot exceed 25 knots, for thut Is what they have got to beat. The Ponga is not a freighter transformed into an auxiliary cruiser: she is a made-to-order cruiser and about as fast as anything afloat that carries guns. Swedish Colors on Sides "I realize I am saying a lot about a boat that I never saw until the after noon she sank my ship, but as my story progresses I have a suspicion it will disabuse any doubts on the point. "The Tonga was built in a German port on the Baltic, and when she was finished they painted her a buff color, with ihe Swedish flag painted on each side amidships. In the flag locker they had every kind of ensigns that are flown anywhere in the world. Just after Christmas Ihev recruited a crew. "They didn't get that crew by telling them the truth, you may be very sure of that. I do not say they could not have obtained a crew if they had told the truth. 1 merely say they did not. The sailors came from a dozen ships "f the German Imperial Navy, the Kiel tfanal Fleet, as we Britishers are fond of calling it. Personally, I am not particularly fond of that way of designating German ships of war: I have met too many outside of the Kiel I 'anal. My judgment is the passen gers of the Appam and those of other ships which have been sunk will be less free about referring to the Ger man's preference for inland \vaters. Crews Were Misled "The Germans told the crews of the wamhlps on Which they went in search of volunteers that the Ponga was a fruit trader and was going to operate in the Baltic, chiefly carrying fruit from Sweden for the tables of German aristocrats. Of course, it was a risky business, even as it was told. But it was not a case of going to a certain death. The fact that such must lie the inevitable finish of every man aboard the Ponga was known to the officers only. "They all know it now, but T must admit I did not see anything that looked like fear among any of them, from oilers to gunners. They were not exactly light-hearted, but thev went about their work with nothing to show that they knew sudden death might come up over the horizon in the form of a British battle cruiser at any moment. "I expect I had better tell how I know so much about these things. To begin with, there was the Ponga's nameplate in the charthouse. it gave her genuine name and the date, l«♦l 4. But it is the custom to date the con struction of a ship from the time her keel is laid, not when she is placed In commission. And as far as the name went, it was never the intention of the Germans to try to keep her name a secret. She is not registered and probably never will be. "The Appam's passengers are re sponsible for the rumor that she was the Moewe. Most, of the prize crew put aboard the Appam were from the Moewe. The Germans figured that if any one came near enough to read that nameplate, unless thev were pris oners, it would be an armed boarding party. Nontenant 'l'old Secret The way 1 discovered that slie was not finished until alter Christmas hap pened innocently enough. I was taik ng to Lieutenant Berge one day, when they had all the skippers in the chart room. 1 remarked bv wav of pass ing the time that we had had unpleas ant weather in England all Christmas week. " 'ln Cermanv. too,' said Berge. 'lt held us up a week on this very boat. It was all rain and sleet and" snow. And you know how it can rain and sleet and snow along the Baltic coast.' "That fixed the place where the Ponga was built. The light buff paint and the Swedish flags were even easier. I could see the original coat ol paint beneath the dead black she was painted when she got me, and the i lags also could be seen. As a matter of fact, the second painting was done within 100 miles of England. And it happened either January !) or 10. f know that, because the black paint was wet when I went over her side on January U. The marks of that < lerman paint are on mv trousers jet." The skipper bestowed a glance of contempt at the black smears on his trousers. Met 150 Miles From Knglnml "We were three days out from ■Hartlepool." continued the captain, "about 150 miles northwest of ('ape Kinistere, if. the Bay of Biscav. and Just about that far from England, when we picked up the clumsy-look ing freighter dead astern. Gunwale down with 0,000 tons of coal, as we were, the best I could get out of the ('olbridge was nine knots. 1 took a Jook at the stranger through mv bi noculars and decided she was a fruiter bound for the Mediterranean. I saw she was low in the water also, but figured.she must be carrying a miscel laneous cargo. Fruiters do not carry Iruit to the Mediterranean. "Well, that old bird came wobbling | along, doing about 12 knots. 1 do not mind saying it annoyed me to see her | ilo it. An honest freighter that can do 12 knots loaded is annoying to other honest freighters. However, I lot it go at that for an hour or so, and then had another look. This time I could make out. the Kritish flag at her stern. It was a merchant flag. The only trouble with it was that it was too big. f Xhe longer I looked at that flag, the THURSDAY EVENING, less I liked It. She htid too mueh speed and too mueh flag to suit me. But X let It go at that for another hour or so. Shells Fall Rapidly "And then, as It was 5 o'clock, I left the bridge and went below for tea. I had not any more than started when I heard a shell sipp over my ship. At about the same instant my first mate, an excitable Irishman, came tumbling down the hatchway. " 'They're droppln' faster and faster,' says he. " 'l'll be above presently,' says I, finishing my tea. " 'We'll be below sooner," says my mate. "With the screaming of the shells coming one continuous shriek. 1 was inclined to agree with him and went above. Then we got a fresh surprise. "That dishonest freighter suddenly veered away from us and showed us the cleanest pair of heels I ever saw. If she was not doing 25 knots, she was going backwards, and she was not go ing backwards. "Why, she had left us so uncere moniously became evident a minute later, when we saw she had seen the poor old Farrlngford, homeward bound. M ' lady with the cruiser bot tom and the tramp top-structure didn't bother to deceive the Farringford. She opened fire at five miles and the very first shell went over the Far rlngford and hit the water a half mile the other side of her. "And then sane landlubbers try to tell seamen that this Ponga actually is a freighter. They ought to learn how a ship has to be built to mount a gun that will shoot a shell six miles, hnycd For Darkness "I did considerable praying at just about this time. It was growing dark, but not half fast enough for me. I prayed those German gunners would continue to overshoot the Farring ford. The longer it took them to sink her the better my chances would be of getting away in the dark. "Then one of the Ponga's shells struck the Farringford on the water line and we knew our game was up. "The instant the Ponga saw she had settled the Farringford. she turned off and headed back to us, and when I saw the bow wave she made, I rang down to stop iny engines and waited. I had a suspicion the Ponga was not going to sink my ship. She needed what I had. Of course, I could have scuttled my boat and robbed the Ger mans of 6,000 tons of the very best Welsh coal. I've been extremely sorry ever since that I did not. But up to that moment I had hoped to get away, and my coal was considerably needed at its destination. "The Germans boarded the Cor bridge at once and looked it over. Then they put all of ns, except seven aliens in the crew, in one of our own small boats and directed us to row to their ship. The seven aliens may get that outfit into serious trouble. Four of them arc Greeks, two Span iards and one a Portuguese. So far as I know, they are still aboard the Corbridge. 1 do not know what their governments can do about it, but I can testify to the fact that these seven men were forcibly impressed into Ger man service. Seized by Armed Seamen "Meantime, the Farringford\s crew had taken to their small boats and reached the Ponga about the same time we did. The minute we came over the side, we were seized by armed sailors and marched below to a boarded-in part of between decks. There was only one door and po other opening of any kind. To make mat ters worse, we discovered the place was half filled with water-soaked po tatoes. Those water-soaked potatoes were all we had to lie on or sit on for the next six days. Just to make us a bit more cheerful, one of the armed guards at the door told us we were directly over the main ammunition magazines. "At daylight January 12, the skip per of the Ponga sent for me to come to the charthouse. The Corbridge was lying off our port quarter. The German commander informed me he wanted me to go back to the Cor bridge and persuade those seven aliens to sign a paper waiving their rights and agreeing to be peaceful members of the prize crew. I refused to do so until 1 heard something that sounded like 'court-martial.' I did quick thinking then and agreed on condition that I could also get some of m.v personal belongings that were of value only to myself. The commander wanted to know what these belong ings were. If I had not told him I would never had found out as mueh about that cruiser as I was able to. "I had explained that chiefly what I wanted was my Masonic regalia, which was in my cabin. I had three diplomas, one from the Masonic lodge in Tacoma, Wash., where I took my first three degrees. But the skipper could not understand me at all. And then one of the lieutenants, who was a Mason, explained, and permission followed immediately. "There was a stiff breeze and we had to row our own small boat back to the Corbridge. That was a bit of luck, for it compelled us to drop back under the stern of the Ponga and gave me a first rate look at her afterpart. She is a beauty. Below the water she is out away like a racing craft. We pulled along her whole length and I could see quite enough to establish the fact that this craft was built on lines none but a naval board ever drew. "Back aboard the Corbridge. I dis covered my cabin had been rifled, and everything 1 owned had disappeared, my Masonic regalia included. "When we returned to the Ponga. I took another look at her underbody. For all the fact that inside she was fitted up with insulation and lifts, such as fruit ships carry, her under body showed thai she actually had no carrying capacity at all. Tt made me wonder if so much deception had been necessary to fool that volunteer crew, who thought they were to stay in the Baltic. Then I decided it might be only another example of German thoroughness. "The next day, January 1 3, we came lip with the Dromondy, the Author and the Trader. Practice had im proyed the German gunners. They about finished each one of these boats with the first pair of shells. By Ihe time the officers and crews of this trio Joined us in our potato cellar we were a sad lot. It had been crowded before; now it became a fair imitation of the black hole of Calcutta. "Forty-eight hours passed without anything happening. And then we heard those forward six-inch guns speak and we knew we were in for another addition to our quarters. It turned out to be the Ariadne. "ft was along about 3 o'clock in the afternoon of the 15th that we picked up the Appani. I expect what hap pened then has been told often enough not to need my version. "But it was the next day that the real show came off. And this time all of us skippers happened to be in the charthouse, where we had been called by the commander. He was telling us that the next ship we got he was not going to sink, but would use her to put us all aboard with a prize crew, when the lookout sung out and we discovered a sizeable freighter on the horizon off our star board bow. The skipper forgot us entirely and jumped for the bridge. "Off we started like a whirlwind. We could see everything out of the ports of the charthouse. Presently we could make out the freighter's name. She was Clan McTavish. and she mounted a three-pounder. "The Ponga wirelessed the Clan McTavish, so her skipper told us later, and ordered her to stop her engines. " 'Who are you,' asked the Mc- Tavish's operator. " 'We're a German cruiser,' replied the wireless man on the Ponga. "The Britisher's >-eply to that state ment was one word, and it expressed DECORATED FLOWER PLACE IN WINDOW BOX SCHEME 88 >BB " hp ggsaiiiiuf «r« • -- wKKKKf* *§»!*# Interest in the Telegraph's Porch and Window Box Campaign has ex tended even to decorated flower pots. The Telegraph herewith presents an etchinr made from photographs of four samples painted by a Harrisburg lovor of plant's. They are designed BROTHERS WIN A COUSINLY FIGHT Oliver F. Straver Loses in Legal Batlle to Keep Option Money JJ>] L 111 liberation an April Common Pleas jury this morning returned a verdict feS Strayer, brothers mTa in their suit against I i ~lc' r cousin, to re- I cover the option money they paid the defendant when negotiations were pending for the purchase of the lat tcr's interest In the Strayer Hardware store. The jury returned a verdict not only for the full amount of the brothers' claim but for interest as well. The second trial in the action brought by Anna R. Motter against Belle Stephenson, administrator for John Marquart to determine who is the legal beneficiary of SI,OOO in in surance money left by Marquart, was begun before President Judge Kunkel. Mrs. Motter was not permitted to testify because she was named in Marquart's will as a beneficiary. Sev eral months ago a common pleas jury disagreed on a verdict. In No. 2 court before Judge Rush Gillan, suit was beyun by Anast Belehas against the MeCaul Construction Company to re cover damages for injury to Belehas' barber and shoe shining shop next to the Kunkel building. A lot of bricks crashed through the Belehas skylight when the defendant company was constructing the Kunkel building. Know Henry Garner? ln a let ter to-day to James 13. Lentz, county recorder, Mrs. E. Garner-Amer, of Medera, Cal., asks for information concerning the birth of Henry Garner. He iived 'round here about 1790. Thinks Hubby May Vamoose. Beliesing that her husband Roy W. McCarty will suddenly leave the court's jurisdiction and therefore con tribute nothing toward paying her counsel fees. Mrs. Nora McCarty to day naked the Dauphin court to with draw the rule she obtained sometime ago to lequire her husband to pay fees. Wedded Bride of 15. Pretty Edna May Good, aged 15, this morning be came Mrs. William Arthur Sliowe, when 'Squire George W. Hensel, clerk in the county poor board's office, per formed 'lie ceremony. To-day's Petitions. Nominating petitions Pied to-day included the fol lowing Republicans who want to be county committeemen: Elmer E. Kiss inger, Weft precinct, Williams town sljip: Thomas W. Miller, Second pre cinct, Swatara township: Ross A. Look. L,< wer Paxton township: Wil liam H. Ege, Dauphin; Edgar L,. Mc- Crone, Fifth precinct, Swatara town ship. Open Water .Meter Bids. Bids for furnishing the year's supply of five eighths, three-fourths, Inch, one and a quarter, inch and a half, and two inch water meters will be opened at 3 o'clock, April 26, by City Commis sioner Harry F. Bowman, superin tendent of public safety. The supply is to meet the city's demands for the year ending May 1, 1917. Mercantile Hearings April 27. Thursday, April 27, has been fixed by H. D. bong, county mercantile ap praiser. as the date for hearing ap peals on the 1916 appraisement. Mr. Long will sit from 9 o'clock until 3 in the county treasurer's office for the purpose. At the Registrar's Office. To set tle Elizabeth M. Matter's estate Coun ty Registrar Danner yesterday granted letters of administration to John Mat ter, West Londonderry township. the sentiments of the McTavish better than any other word could. "Thereupon the German skipper or dered down the collapsible bulwarks and collapsible deckhouses, which concealed the guns and a six-inch shell went hurtling across the McTavlsh's bows. It was dusk and 'I expect the McTavlsh's skipper could not bring himself to believe that this freighter really amounted to anything as a fighter. Anyway, he promptly re turned thfit shot with one of his own, a, miserable little ball about two Inches in diameter. He tired another one, too, but that was the last of it. McTavish Sent Down "If the Appain's passengers call it a fight, their ideas of a fight are a lit tle wrong. The whole thing was over in no time, anil after the Ponga had shot 11 shells the McTavish tossed up and pitched stern first into the sea. "One of the two McTavish shots killed three Germans, but I am afraid it was costly. The Mason lieutenant conllded to me that the McTavish's skipper and all the other officers would pay for that shot, the next morning at a court-martial. "All the McTavish's survivors, ex cept four wounded men, were kept on board the Ponga. The rest of us were transferred that night to the Appam. "The end of my story is a cross be tween what I know and what I have decided. 1 am convinced the Appam never meant to come into an Amer ican port. I am sure the original plan was for her to make for some out-of-the-way spot in the West Indies, put us ashore, and then fit out as a raider on her own account. That must have been thf plan, because she is of little value as a prize, of no value, as it happens, until the war is over, and she would have been of great value as a raider. Personally, I have reason to believe she put Into Newport News because she was forced in. She had less than 24 hours' supply of lu bricating oil for her engines. That 1 know positively." HARRTSBURG TELEGRAPH to fill vacant corners on porches ort v/indowsills and are really very artis- j tin and inexpensive. Ordinary red earthen flower pots are used and var- i r.ished inside and out. Then the paint I is laid on. Reading from left to right: The! body of the lower part of the pot is solid white, the upper rim a mixture of blue and green. The design is a conventional blue flower, with leaves, of light and dark tones of green. Pot i number two is a niottlecr effect of ■ blue and black with white lines as! Indicated. Pot No. 3 is solid white] with a design as shown worked out in light and dark gray. Pot number four is solid white on the lower part } with the upper rim a mixed effect of < yellow and red. The lower part is aj tulip design worked out in yellow and red. with broad green leaves. Entries continue to come in as a result of the campaign started some time ago. The Berryhill Nursery si offer of cheap sectional boxes has at- 1 COURTHOUSE NOTES Pave Bridge To-day. Unless the weather Interferes the asphalting- or the new bridge across the Philadelphia and Reading tracks at Nineteenth street will be finished before nightfall by the Ferro-Concrete company. Finishing touches will require another week's work, it is expected, after which the viaduct, according to the company's officials, will be ready to turn over to the county commis sioners. Is There Anything in the Name of the Rootbeer One Drinks? Whether or no there is much or little in the name of the rootbeer one drinks will be for the Dauphin county courts to decide when it hears the equity suit begun to-day by the Charles E. Hires Company against Henry Ueuwer of the "Golden Seal" drug store. The plaintiff contends Reuwer on four occasions during the past year or two sold what was represented to be "Hires" rootbeer. For each sale a penalty of S2OO fine may be im posed. The proceeding to-day is to restrain Reuwer from further use of the "Hires" trademark and com modity. COMPANY B MISTERED IN Company B of the Pennsylvania Re serves of B. S. of A., were mustered in last evening by Major Dill. The company is now ready for their out of-door maneuvers for this summer. The company will probably go to the big encampment in Philadelphia in August for their first camp maneuvers. WORKMAN INJURED Mervin Shirley, Twenty-eighth and Butler streets, Penbrook, employed at the Harrisburg Foundry and Machine Works, was struck by a heavy ear wheel while working this morning, sustaining a fracture of the right leg. 0 0 •6 . 0 6 o g 0 5 You Will Find J®] i 1 Your Money's Worth * | Unending ; I ..^litiim "Bringing Up Father" This Is George McManus' Best Comic Creation and the Most Popular in the Country Today a o | Mr. Jiggs Is a Diamond in the Rough I i 5 A And His Adventures Furnish a Prolific Source of Laughs I | This Is Only One of Several Comics Every Afternoon i -•• IN --- j The Harrisburg Telegraph j § o S s A o X o iOtionpcuooooO trncted many. For the benefit of thos who have not clipped a coupon it I printed again to-day. / In Co-operation With tile Cam |>aign For A MORE BEAUTIFUL HARRISBURG now being conducted by the TELEGRAP H, we will agree to accept this COUPON as worth to apply on each Of p-—*... running foot of w i ndow or Porch boxes in excess of two feet. Coupons may be presented at "The Berryhill" on Locust Street at Second or at the Nursery on the Jonestown Road. The Berryhill Nursery Co. Herbert R. Green Again With Harrisburg Concern HERBERT R. GREEN The 20th Century Shoe Company has secured the services of Herbert R. Green, of £<ebanon, as manager of the local store. Mr. Green Is a former Har risburg man. having acquired his lirst experience in (lie shoe business with the Philadelphia shoe Store, located in Market street, a number of years ago. Fbr fifteen years Mr. Green lias been associated with the shoe business and intends to add new ami snappy stvles to the present stock. The local store is one of eight', the organization having di rect from the manufacturer for all stores. For years the i;otli Century Shoe Company has conducted a success ful local busines at 7 North Market Square. APRIL 13, 1016. CARRANZA DEMANDS DEPARTURE OF TROOPS [Continued From First Page.] try could reciprocally cross (lie dlvid- j ing line In pursuit of bandits if un fortunately tlicre should oe repented along 'lie border acts like those com mitted In Columbus." The note adds, however: "From the j beginning the Mexican government judged that by reason of the time which had transpired and for the pur pose of treating a case already pass- 1 ed the said incident could not con tinue as a proposal for the reciprocal passing of troops." Incorrectly Interpreted The fact that the United States had incorrectly interpreted Ihe note of | March 10 was called to the attention; of the Washington government, the statement points out. In a note dated March 17. This note likewise em phasized that the passage of troops would lie permitted "only if un fortunately. from this time forward, there should be repeated eruptions like the one registered at Columbus or of any other kind whatever at any point of the frontier line." • On March 18. the statement con- I tinues, Frank Polk, acting Secretary l :of State, in an interview with the ! Carranza confidential agent deplored not having received the observations of the Mexican government before American troops crossed the border, j declaring that the passage of troops took place in the best of faith and in i the belief that it would not be neces sary to enter into more details of an' agreement which was considered I definite and ended. These declarations made by Mr. j : Polk were later confirmed on March 23 to the Mexican representative by j Secretary Lansing, "who stated also that he was sorry at having Inter-1 preted wrongly the contents of the! i said note in respect to the passage of i troops and that ihey would not ad -1 vance more to the south of the place 1 where they then were." Reference is also made in the note 'to the declaration made t>y President i Wilson on March 26. saying "the ex- ' I pedition was ordered under an agree ment with the de facto government of Mexico for the purpose only of cap i turing the bandit Villa, whose forces have invaded territory of the United States, and on no pretext whatever would we order an invasion of that republic or a violation of its ! sovereignty. lias Fulfilled Object | "That idea," continues the note, "published by his excellency, Presi dent Wilson, was rectified on March ! 31 by a message sent to our confiden | tial agent in Washington, in which he ! was instructed to call your attention jto the idea indicated, since the note j of March 10 referred to the reciprocal ! passage of troops only tn case that incident like those which occurred in Columbus, should be repeated." In concluding the note, which is signed by Candldo Aguilar, secretary for foreign affairs, points out that as the American expedition "has fulfilled Its object insofar as it will be able to do so. as the party headed by Villa has already dispersed; and finally, be cause there are Mexican troops in sufficient numbers pursuing them, and more forces are being sent to ex j terminate the rest of the beaten party, J the first chief of the constitutionalist I army, charged with the executive power of the nation, ccraiders that it ■is already time to treat with the | United Slates Government for the | withdrawal of their forces from our I territory." Admiral Winslow Makes No Mention of Attack on Americans in Dispatches Washington, D. C., April 13.—Dis- I patches received early to-day at the | Navy Department from Admiral Wins low. commanding the Pacific fleet, made no mention of a reported bandit i raid upon Americans near Gua.vamas. Admiral Winslow reported the ar j rival of the cruiser Denver at La Paz, 'Mexico, en route to San Diego. lie ; did not mention ordering the Denver to i Guayamas to investigate the alleged j attack upon the Americans, and no or i ders have been sent from the Navy De U. S. WILL NOT HEED REQUEST TO WITHDRAW [Contiiincd From First I"age.] lions. Moreover, it was said military prudence would necessitate holdin.c the advance columns close to support ing forces until the attitude of the Mexican troops about them was defi nitely known. War Department Prepared It was also increasingly evident to day that the War Department has en deavored to provide against possibili ties although strictest secrecy has been ol.served. It is understood that in every movement of troops beyond the border and along the International line, the possibility of an attempt in cut off the expedition has been con sidered and the War Department l« prepared lo back up the forces should need arise. Some officials privately expressed the view that General t'arranza might have felt compelled to propose withdrawal of troops in deference \<W public sentiment In Mexico. It was pointed out that his note proposed only opening of negotiations to that end. In official quarters i* was stated that Iha American troops will not be with drawn, at this *imc at least, and that while the question is being discussed with General t'arranza the pursuit of the Villa bandits will be rushed with renewed vigor. Secretary Baker, of the War Depart ment, said he was unable lo comment upon General Curranza's note because it raised questions of administrative i policy entirely within the jurisdiction of the President and the State Depart ; inent. Contend Object Accomplished Although General Carranza raised ■ side issues, administration officials at ! their first view of the communication i regarded the principal contention as j being that the object of the punitivo 1 expedition has been accomplished so ' far as it can be. and that the Villa 1 oands have been dispersed. War Department officials take Iho I view that they have no evidence that , the Villa bands have been dispersed I because they never had definite in i formation ol their number and that I the very nature of the situation gives i no evidence that the raiders have been exterminated. Some State Department officials con fessed that General Oarranza's note i was not a surprise. Counselor Hoik continued the slate ; inent in the note that when he asked I for use of the Mexican railways tho | reply was "satisfactory," but was coupled with an expression of surprise i thai the United States had not aWuitcd I tinal approval of the pending protocol j before sending troops across tho j border. First Formal Protest ) It was declared, officially, however, I that no formal protest against I lie i entry of General Pershing's columns I had been previously made by General i Carranza. When the advance troops I crossed at Columbus, it was officially stated, a Carranza general met them at the border and made no protest I cither personally or on behalf of his ! government. Stale Departmenl officials took lli« view that General Carranza\s note was j not a demand for immediate witli- I drawnl of tho forces, but an invitation | to begin negotiations to limit their ' stay. Counselor Polk conferred with j Major-General Scott, chief of staff, and {announced that the negotiations would j be handled exclusively by Secretary ! Lansing. Tlie dispatch of Ihe punitive expe dition before negotiation of the pro tocol was characterized by State De partment officials as "perfectly justi fied" by the correspondence between Secretary and the Carranza government. partment to that effect. .ulmiral Winslow stated thai the 1 supply ship Glacier was bringing a | number of Americans from Mazatlan. The last report front Admiral Wins* I low was dated yesterday at 10 a. m. i and reported Guayamas and vicinity I quiet. The cruiser Chattanooga, tlu>i)*', navy officials believe, is able lo copo with any anti-American incident with ; out assistance from the Denver. A considerable Carranza garrison is also understood to be at Guayamas. Navy dispatches reported quiet at Vera Cruz, Tampico and Progreso.
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