The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-06-17
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poNDENCE WITH CARRANZA.
Waited week FOR REPLY

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to Rebel Chief, HIS Reply Object
ing to Mediation Without His Be
ing Represented, and Answer.
I The correspondence made public
Thursday between the Argentine,
Brazil and Chile mediators and the
Mexican Constitutionalists is compos-
ed of only three letters. The first,
dated Washington, May 8 is the tele-
gram in which the mediators with
ldrew their invitation for Carranza to
lsend a representative to the media
ftion because he refused to declare an
armistice. It's text was published at
the time.
The second communication, dated
May 2S, was signed by Rafael Zuba-
ran, special representative in Wash
Iington of Gen. Carranza. This letter
said Carranza considered that the
conflict in Mexico should not be the
Isubject of negotiations at the media
ton conferences in the absence Of
Representatives Of the first chief Of
the Constitutionalist army.
| The mediators replied to this note
on June 2, commenting on the fore
going portion Of Mr.. Zubaran's note
by asking ii they were authorized to
interpret the suggestion as an express
sion on the part of Gen. Carranza Of
an adhesion to the terms set forth in
the telegraphic communication Of
May 8. These terms were a declara-'
ton of an armistice and readiness
to discuss all questions internal and
international. This letter concludes
as follows:
eff this were so we would take the
liberty of suggesting through you to
the first chief of the Constitutionalist
army that he hasten the appointment
of his representatives to the confer
ence in which we are now engaged"
To this answer nothing has been re-
ceived and the mediators have fire.
uuently said that they considered it
beneath their dignity to wait any
longer for Gen. Carranza to define
his attitude, having given him more
than a week.
The first Of the three communica-
tons that comprise the correspon-
dence is the telegram sent by the
mediators on May to Gen. Carranza,
then at Chihuahua, withdrawing their
invitation to the Constitutionalist
chief to send delegates because Of his
refusal to declare an armistice. 1t
follows:
eve have received your courteous
itelegraphic message Of yesterday in
which you inform US that you deem
it inadvisable for the Constitutional
| ist cause to suspend hostilities
against Gen. Huerta because such sus-
pension would benefit the latter only
and in which you state that the in
lternationaI conflict between Mexico
and the United States, for the solu-
ton of which you accepted our good
Offices, is Independent of the inter-
nal strife IN that country.
1--WE consider this unexpected dec
laratior incompatible with the pur-
pose which prompted our tender of
good Offices. We believe as matter
of fact that all difficulties which have
contributed to bring about the pres
ent situation Of Mexico directly or
indirectly affect the solution of the
conflict pending between Mexico and
the United States and consequently
we understand that they must be
made the subject matter of consider
alton in the settlement negotiations
| for the full success Of which we have
deemed the suspension of hostilities
to be indispensable.
''If you should not so understand,
we would be compelled to withdraw
as inofficious our invitation to appoint
representatives of the constitution
alist party to attend the negotiations.
We greet you with all our considera-
ton"
No reply to this telegram was
made by Gen. Carranza, but on May
LIS he protested through Rafel Zub-
aran, his Washington representative,
against the Mexican conflict being
made the subject of negotiations in
the absence of Representatives of the
onstitutionalist.,, This letter to the
mediators at Niagara Falls, follows:
THE undersigned, the special rep
iresentative of the first chief of the
constitutionalist government of Mex
leo, Venustiano Carranza, following
express instructions, has the honor
to communicate to your eXcellency,
the Ambassador of Brazil, and your
excellencies, the ministers of Chile
land Argentina, the following:
"Prompted by noble desire to
solve, in an amicable and peaceful
manner, the conflict pending between
the United States and the Mexican
nation your eXcellencies addressed
| the government of the United States,
Gen. .Huerta and the first chief of the
Constitutionalist army, rendering
your good Offices and inviting each
of the interested parties to appoint
lrepdesentatives for the purpose OF
discussing the details of the negota-
ltions.
The chief of the constitutionalist
government, greatiy apreciating the
good wishes and sympathy Of the SIS
ter republics of the American con-
tinent, accepted the tender in prin-
lciple, and, owing to the complicated
character of the situation in Mexico,
lhe deemed it necessary to request
your excellencies to define the scope
lof the proposed mediation to the end
that he may appoint duly authorized
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