The Sentinel=record., 1914-07-17
INDICATES HE WILL TURN GOV. EMINENT OVER TO REBELS IF
 AMNESTY IS GRANTED.
WILL OPEN NEGOTIATIONS
Hopeful That Agreement Will Be Reached and Will Dscour- age Any Revolutionary Ambitions General Villa May Be Nursing.

# Washington, D, C., July 16.-l'ran- 8scisco Carbajal, successor to General #lIuerta as provisional president of #Mexico, today advised the United &EStates government informally that he
 ntended to retire in favor of Gen. #eral CarranZa. the constitutionalist #rhief Mir. Carbajal wishes only that 4a general amnesty be proclaimed and
 Protection given to the property Of #those who opposed the constitution Malists
 # This statement, together with the Announcement from Monterey that #Carranza was willing to enter nego- &tiations with Carbaial relative to the #transfer of authority at Mexico City #was regarded here tonight as assur #jng the restoration Of peace in #Mexico.
 M The views of Mir. Carbajal were ex- Splaiued in detail to Secretary Bryan Ntoday by Jose Castellot, former mem #ber Of the Mexican senate. who had leceiyed personal telegram through 1.-the Mexican embassy. It was the *first communication between the *American government and the Carba &jal administration. The message mel #dentally revealed that Generals Hu- Eerta and Blanquet, now en route to Puerto lN exico, are planning to gerto Europe The communication, ad &dressed to MT. Castellot, a personal * friend of the new president, was dated last night and was as follows T have just taken the oath of ot 2fice as president of the republic. Generals Huerta and Blanquet de sparted tonight for Europe desire 10 make it known with emphasis that Emy omy purpose is to facilitate a so lution of the grave problems which weigh upon our country. 1 have moi the slightest ambition for myself and merely wish to terminate the internal conflict of our country. Please give me your impressions of the situation in Washington. (Signed
 ''FRANCISCO CARBAJAL." This message, Mir. Castellot ex plained, meant that Mr. Carbaial had taken office only as a means of bridg- ing the gap from the Huerta regime
 to the constitutionalists
 Secretary Bryan told Mir, Carbajal 1 that while recognition would not be accorded Carbajal, the United States |
 was amicably disposed toward him
 and would applaud his patriotic ef-
 forts to bring peace.
 Secretary Bryan was highly opti- |
 mistlc in the belief that peace at last |
 vas in sight in Mexico and he told |
 his friends he believed the policy of |
 'watchlul waiting had been a sue
 cess.
 In order to assure transfer of au-
 thority without further bloodshed or
 disturbance, however, the American | government began today to use it's
 good offices with General Carranza.
 Joh1 R. Silliman. personal repre- l
 sentative of President Wilson at Sal 1
 ullo, was instructed to urge upon 6eneral Carranza the belief of the
 United States that further fighting
 was useless on account of the willing hess of the Carbajal government to surrender it's authority. Carranza also was urged to give guarantees for the lives and property of those who mad supported Huerta Mir. Sikiman connselled likewise against the exc. cution of prisoners or any other atrocities which which the spirit of revenge might arouse in a conquer ing army.
 The United States likewise made
 ts position clear with respect to recognition. Under the terms of a | protocol signed at Niagara Falls, rec oEhltlon will be extended to the gov erhment resulting from an agreement | peI"een the two Mexican factions. ShouId Carranza consummate an asreement with the commission of 'hree constitutionalist sympathizers sent from Mexico City by MT. CaIba- lai to discuss peace with him, the terms of the Niagara Falls protocol Wlli have been fulfilled.
 An agreement between all factions would be regarded by the United n'ates as an expression of the will of 'he Mexican people.
 Il Oarranza pushes his way by