Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-07-16
WILL NOT RECOGNIZE
FRANCISCO CARBAJAL
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agree, as Provisional President until
elections.
Will Be Temperate

VIII BE Temperate
White House officials were confident
to-day that the constitutionalists would
be temperate in their acts when they
enter Mexico City. They believe there
is no danger of wholesale killing or
| looting
Senor Riano. the Spanish ambassa-
DOR called upon Secretary Bryan to-
day to make representations for the
safety of Spanish citizens in Mexico
CITY. He was unable to say whether
| the Spanish embassy would continue
to represent Mexico in the United
States under Provisional President
Carbajal.
May Extend Recognition
The United States to-day instruct
ed John r. Silliman, American con-
sui at Saltillo, to inform General Car
rama, that if he arrives at a peaceful
agreement with the Carbajal govern
ment for the transfer of power at Mex
leo City, recognition will be extended
to the resultant administration.
Should Carranza refuse to. complete
the settlement of the internal con-
fiict by diplomatic means and insist
on forcible entry into Mexico City,
recognition will be deferred until there
according to present plans, will not
be withdrawn from Vera Cruz until a
government is recognized.
This determination was reached by
President Wilson and Secretary Bryan
after the viewpoint of the South Amer
lean mediators was laid before them.
Recognition Was Promised
Under the terms of a protocol
signed at Niagara Falls, the United
States, Argentine, Brazil and Chile
went on record promising recognition
n n ont b,y
agreement between the two Mexican
factions. To vitalize that protocol the
Washington government and the me-
diators now are bending their efforts
The first move toward effecting a
transfer of government to the con-
stitutionalists already has been taken
by Provisional President CarbajaI. The
three peace commissioners-on their
way to confer with Carranza or his
division mmander-General Obre-
gon, are thoroughly constitutionalist
in their political beliefs and were con-
spicuous members of the Maderista
party. They are also close personal
friends of Carbajal. He has sent them
to confer with the constituionalist
chief because he believes they can OBJ
tain satisfactory terms for the transi-
ton of the government
Merely Wants Guarantees
Minister Suarez, of Chile, said it
was his belief that Carbajal merely
wanted guarantees that the lives and
property of the people in federal ter
ritory would be conserved through a
general amnesty proclamation. When
that was arranged he believed tran
sition would be promptly effected.
Rafael Zubaran and Luis Cabrera
two of General Carranza's representa-
tives here said they were unaware
what would be the next move in the
situation but thought the sending of
the Carbajal commission to confer
with Carranza would have tangible re-
suits.
Fear Villas Attitude
The only cloud on the horizon of
peace in Mexico was the uncertainty
about the attitude of General Villa.
Information from reliable sources was
that he is concentrating his forces in
Chihuahua and northern Mexico so as
to make vigorous demands on Car
rama. 1t was said that when the con-
ference of Geenrals is called at Mex
leo City after General Carranza enters
there, Villa adherents may attempt
to substitute another first chief for
Carranza. Constitutionalists with Car
rama sympathies make no secret of
the fact that they are apprehensive
of Villas attitude.
For that reason they are working
hard to obtain recognition for Car
ranza's government so that the en-
barge on arms may be sharply en-
forced along the border and any coun-
ter revolution nipped in the incipient
stage.