The chronicle=news., 1914-09-24

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President Wilson will continue to
pursue watchful waiting policy and
allow the McXicans to work out theii
own destiny, providing the rights o!
foreigners is not transgressed.
| After talk with President Wilson
Secretary Daniels said that the trou.
BILE between Carranza and Villa
would not change the plans for the
fleet in Mexican waters. He added
that it has been the intention to
keep the ships at Vera Cruz until af.
ter the withdrawal of the troops,
and that this course will be followed,
Official advices today gave details
of the break between Carranza and
Villa, but indicated that a physical
clash between the two forces would
not be immediate. The official dis
patches revealed the following:
| Governor Maytorena of Sonora
has left Nogales for Cananea with
5000 men and red cross train.
The constitutionalist forces under
General Benjamin Hill and Juan Ca
bral are east of Cananea, but are ex.
pected to fall back and not give bat
tie because of the superiority in
numbers of the forces OF Maytorena
who is friendly with villa.
Five thousand men under General
Filipe Angeles have been dispatched
II by General Villa to Sonora. but the
situation there is so unsettled that
the exact alignment of the various
factions is not known. Prospects OF
peace in Sonora, however. appear to
have vanished.
General Obregon. tho Carranza
commander who has been held prac-
tically as hostage by Villa. is due
In Ell Paso late today or tomorrow.
where he will confer with George C.
Carrothers, American consular agent
at the border.
All delegates en- route from north
ern Mexico to the convention at
Mexico City have returned to Chihua-
hua in view of Villas announcement
that his forces will not be represent
ed. Details of the argument between
Obregon and Villa. which caused the
formers arrest, are as yet lacking,
but II Is known they differed over
the best method Of settling the local
struggle in Sonora. Villa deprived
Obregon of his side arms, but did not
restrict his liberty in chihuahua.
When Obregon started for Mexico
City he was detained at Torreon
Originally Obregon and Villa had
worked in harmony, the former sign
ing Villas demands which were to
be placed before the national con-
vention. Official Washington does
not expect the American troops to
depart from Vera Cruz until the con-
troversy has been adjusted, although
it was officially stated at the White
House that the president had not al
tered his intention of Withdrawing
the forces. 1t was pointed out, how
ever, that no date has been fixed for
the evacuation. The matter would
be held in abeyence indefinitely with
cut further announcement from the
White House or state department.
Advices from Vera Cruz told of a PAN
icy feeling among residents there.
Conditions in Mexico City similarly
were described as critical. Many
confiscations of property have occur
red. against which the Brazilian min
ister, in his letter to the United
States, has made vigorous protests.
All agents Of the Washington gov
crnment report crisis throughout
Mexico, but amid the seriousness OF
the situation there is hope expressed
in official quarters that a compro-
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bloodshed avoided.
Paul Fuller, personal representa-
tive of President Wilson in Mexico,
conferred today with Robert Lansing,
acting secretary of state. and then
returned to New York. ITe declines
to discuss the situation, but it is
known that his interview with Car
rama was far less satisfactory than
his conference with Villa. The lat
ter has shown throughout a disposi-
tion to be extremely friendly to the
United States, while CarranZa had
been hardly diplomatic towards the
American government of ideas of how
peace should be restored in Mexico.
and it's warnings as to treatment of
foreigners and their property
Whether that disparity would influ-
encc the future trend of the Ameri-
can policy was not disclosed, as in
official quarters 1t was. stated that
so far as possible the president would
endeavor to remain neutral as be-
tween the two factions.
John r. Silliman, American con-
sular representative and the Brazil
ian minister, conferred at length
with Carranza today and were shown
the message from Villa disavowing
Carranzas authority as first chief.
At the constitutionalist agency
here there were intimations that
Carranza might send peace COM
mission to confer with Villa. Moth
ing short of a postponement of the
national election and a system Of
representation satisfactory to Villa.