Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-08-07
Communication From Dom
inant Faction Leader
q Is Received
UNITED STATES TAKE
STEPS TO RESTORE ORDER
Religious Issue Is Paramount
Owing to Position of
General Carranza
By @. P. Stewart.
UNITED Press staff cOrrespondcnt.)
Washington, Aug. 7.-Geperol Chr

UNITED Press staff cOrrcspondcnt.)
Washington, Aug 7-General Car.
ranza is willing to treat with General
Villa for peace.
1t was announced at the state DEPART
nhent today that Secretary Lansing had
been notified of the First chief 50
Willingness to open peace negotiations
with Villa through Judge C. A. Douglas.
his Washington representative.
Lansing said he had not laid Carran.
"a S proposition before the Pan.Amer
lean conterees yesterday, but it was re.
garded as significant that Major Gen.
eral Hugh scott was ordered to the
Mexican border Immediately after it
was received, 1t is generally believed
that Scott s mission IS to confer with
General Villa to whom he will suggest
the advisability of negotiating with
Carranza. Carranza's offer to treat
j. in line with the first step of the
plan for restoring peace in Mexico
agreed upon by Secretary Lansing and
the South and Central American en-.
Voys. The success of this first move
consequently now depends upon Villa.
General Cartanza $ communication
said:
ANY citizen Of Mexico who, in good
faith, has "A suggestion to make for the
country S welfare, |, or others concerned
in the government wlll gladly hear and
confer with.
There has been no time when Gen.
er0l Villa or commanders under him
| could not have obtained u conference
with General Obrcgon or our other com
manders in military way. We are
ready to confer with any Mexican ele
ment for the welfare of our common
country, but we must not yield or throw
to the winds the victory which now
enables US to realize the aims of the
revolution"
Trying to Restore Order.
Without waiting for the Endorsement
Of the Pan-American diplomats the adj
ministration is now actively engaged N
efforts to restore order in Mexico. The
immediate work is purely pacificatory
so it is felt the cOnlcrees will moi
object The approval Of tho diplomats
must be secured before definite policy
is adopted, but hope is entertained that
favorable impression will bc pro
duced on them if they can be shown
tangible progress in the scheme OF
President Wilson and Secretary Lans
ing. This plan is tOr an agreement
sufficiently in the interest of General
Carranza to permit its acceptance by
the "first chief" and with enough
consideration for General villa TO On.
able the latter to acquicscc and at the
same time "savc his face" II is be-
lieved villa will accept such plan
! inusmuch az the Indications are he viii
be ignominiously beaten otherwise. The
arrangement Of this understanding /,
the essence Of General Scott 's busines,
though IL is not doubted that he j,
charged incidentally with keeping peace
along the border as last night = officia
announcement said
The conference between Secretary
Lansing and the Central and South Am
erican ENJOYS did no, end in quar-
rel yesterday, as was rumorcd, following
adjournment with the Announcement
that the next meeting would be held IN
New York con account Of the heat!
But It is known 90 have failed to lead
to the expected final agreement.
Religion the Main Issue,
Religion is understood to have beer
the main issue. One faction was dis
posed to accept Carranza's views as tC
the division Of the state and church
while another clcmouV opposed him, oi
any provisional president he might
choose. because they believed his policy
too strongly anti.clcricol
With General Carranla willing 10 tall
peace and General Scott en- route (,