New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-16
GARDEN SAYS HE
DIDN'T SAY IT
And CarranZa Has and
Hasn't Quit - The
News from Mexico.

Washington, Oct 15.-Sir Lionel Car
den, until recently British Minister to
Mexico and now Minister to Brazil, has
repudiated the alleged interview IN
which he was reported to have crltl-
cised President Wilson's Mexican poll
cy, ard it was announced to-day py
Acting Secretary of State Lansing thaC
the incident was closed.
Ambassador Page advised the De
partment of State that he had as
cussed the incident with Sir EDWARD
Grey. Minister of Foreign Affairs, and
that the latter informed him that SIT
Lionel admitted talking to New YORK
newspaper men, but insisted that ne
had not criticised President Wilson.
The admission was made by the For
eign Office that Sir Lionel violated reg
ulations by discussing conditions IN
Mexico with the newspaper men.
While there is no confirmation OF the
renort that General CarranZa has re
signed as executive head of the MeXl-
can government, administration OIL
Gals believe that he has given positive
assurances that he will retire, If he has
not already actually rendered ms res
DISPATCHES received by the Depart
ment of State to-day indicated that
Villa absolutely controlled the peace
convention at Aguas Calientes, when
has been adjourned to October ~. W
dcials interpret the messages to mean
that Carranza has yielded to the de-
mands of Villa and will offer no fur
Their resistance
AT the time when New York bankers
asked the State Department for IT'S
views with regard to a possible loan 10
France they stated that, while they did
not doubt their legal right TO negotiate
a loan, they wished to do nothing TO
embarrass the governments neutrall w.
The State Departments answer that the
government would look with disaP-
proyal on the loaning of money to bel
iigerents was explained to-day by Act
ing Secretary Lansing as due to the
governments desire to keep all the
available gold in the United States Tor
the protection OF domestic hnance ana
to prevent misinterpretatlon by foreign
peoples Of the real spirit or American
neutrality.
The right of bankers to negotiate for
eign loans to belligerents has been up
held in American legal decisions, and
during the RussO-Japanese war loan
for Japan was foated in the United
States.
Aguas Calientes, Mexico, Oct. Is
The peace conference which adjourned
here to-day will be reconvened IN Mex
leo City on October 20. This is re-
garded as a Carranza victory and is
intended to overcome Villas efforts to
control the conference. Villa men, 1t is
claimed. will not attend the sessions
held in the capital.
Mexico City, Oct. 15.-The Mexican
Foreign Minister, Ysidro Fabela, to-day
denied that General Carranza had re-
signed the supreme power of the Con-
stitutionalists in favor Of Antonio
Villareal, Governor of the State Of
NuevO Leon.
Minister Fabela said that General
Carranza considered that the action Of
the Mexico City convention. in reject
ing his resignation settled the ques-
ton. but if the convention at Aguas
Galleries voted to reconsider Carranza
would bow to the will of the majority.
Reports from Aguas Calientes are
that the question of the Presidential
succession was settled at secret ses-
sion to-day.