Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-14
APPEAL OF ALLIES
TO MEXICAN CHIEFS
BEGINS TO GO OUT
Plea Of Pan-American Powers Dis
patched in English to Various
Legations in Republics
Capital.
OFF TO THE LEADERS TODAY
Feeling Grows that Carranza's Min
ions May Agree to the
Peace Plan.
VILLA WON'T STAND IN WAY

WASHINGTON, Aug 13.-Tht
Pan-American appeal to all elements
in Mexico to cease fighting and joir
In a movement to restore oonstitu
tional government began to go for.
ward from the State department to
night. First the document was dis
patched in English to Mexico City
directed to the various Latin-Amer.
lean legations, whose attaches will
translate 1t into Spanish and deliver
it to the military leaders in that vi.
cinity. .cinity.
Tomorrow the appeal in original span
Ssh will be forwarded directly to Gen.
erals villa and Carranza. governors OF
etates and many other chiefs in different
parts OF the country. The text viii be
made public here within few days.
Carranza Aides May Yield.
With the appeal dispatched, the United
States government will institute a
friendly and persistent effort 70 induce
Mexican leaders who thus far have shown
a disposition to oppose the movement to
sacrifice their personal views In the
common Mexican interest. 1t is expected
that General Carranza will maintain the
defiance he had indicated in recent COM
munications to his agency here, but it is
regarded as probable that many of his
generals and other adherents can be in
duced TO join in a peace convention. q
1t is believed here that II a few Car
ranza generals participate in conven-
ton of the factions it will not be long
before organized opposition to a new gov
ernment could be effectively checked.
In this connection. IL has been reported
that General Hugh l.. scott. chief of
staff of the army. who is remaining at
the border at the request OF the state
department. is expected to perform i'm
portant missionary work. General Scott
knows many of the Mexican military
leaders personally. and It is believed he
may exert a powerful influence.
villa Won't ne in Way.
Absolutely no resistance TO the plan IL
e<peeted fresD any source other thar
from General Carranza, and in some
quarters here the feeling is growing that
even Carranza himself may respond ia.
vorably to the appeal after he has stud
led its friendly tone carefully General
Nliid anu MS iidue IL W
day in a statement, issued by Dlaz Lonl-
bardo. foreign minister at Chihuahua
City. that they are ready to eliminate
themselves for the common welfare. pro-
vided there is no recognition of the old
Cientifico group and that a constitutional
government is restored.
Romulo S. Naon. the Argentina ambas-
sador. hurried to Washington today to
confer with Secretary Lansing concern
ing reports circulated that there has been
difference OF opinion between the state
department and the Argentine govern.
ment regarding the Mexican peace pro-
posals. These reports said denial had
been made here of a statement issued by
the Argentine minister OF foreign affairs,
that The Pan-American conference was
based on the assurance that any thought
of armed Intervention would be elimi-
mated from the plans. After his confer
ence with the ambassador today Secre-
y tary Lansing declared that there had
been no misunderstanding and that he
had assured the ambassador there was
no warrant for published statements
which had aroused him.