MARAUDING BANDITS
PUNITIVE EXPEDITION TO BE
SENT BY U.S.A. By Telegraph—Press Association—Oopyright (Reo. March 14, 0.45 a.m.) Washington, March 13. Cabinet lias approved President Wilson's determination ■to take active against' the Mexican .bandits. The President has announced liis determination to eliminate Villa; The War Department is preparing to dispatch a punitive expedition in a few days. General Fuiiston is directing the border operations. Twelve hundred of President Carranza's troops are approaching the border, it is understood, witli the intention of assisting the American troops in wiping out Villa and. his bandits. Carranza has requested permission to be allowed to send Mexican troops into the United States if the need arises for the pursuit cof the bandits.
President Wilson declares his action is entirely to aid Carranza, and has not thought of aggression. He claims tlie right' to ipursue marauding bandits across an international line established by international law.
Strong naval forces iJiave been • sent to Mexican waters in readiness should American lives and property be endangered. , 1
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2719, 14 March 1916, Page 5
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167MARAUDING BANDITS Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2719, 14 March 1916, Page 5
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