Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-16
CARRANZA AIDE
LOYAL TO CHIEF
IN FIRST REPLY
General Ricaut Tells Wash
ington Peace Must Come
Through His Leader
MAY REFUSE PROPOSAL
villa Note Accepting Peace
Conference Proposal Ex-
pected by Lansing

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WASHINGTON Aug 16.-Generai Car
,snzs,s military leaders will stand with
him in whatever attitude he assumes to-
ward the peace conference appeal Of the
Ytnited States and Latin-America, ac-
cordlng to statement by the Carranzista
ssancy st El Paso, Tex, forwarded here
today
This statement and the reply of Gem
,ral Alfredo Rlcaut, Carranza leader at
ss,evo Laredo, to the Pan-American ap-
neai. give additional ground for the be-
ilsf that the first chief has resolved
- refuse to join any peace conference
,bst does not offer him supreme advan-
taTe over all his opponents in Mexico.
cARRANzIsTA HOPE HIGHER.
carranzista optimism appears to be
r,o,,ntinR higher daily. 1t was still fur
.her Increased today by reports that the
vnla garrison at Chihuahua was on the
verge of mutiny. That there was some
,r,,fh in the reports was indicated by the
fact that General Villa was hurriedly
s,mmoned to Chihuhua yesterday
,grbe troops in Durango have revolted
and the city has fallen" said a meager
dspatch to the state Department from
he American Consul at Durango today
II was taken to mean that the Villista
troops which have held the city have
revolied and that the Carranzistas have
captured the city.
Carranza was the first to arise in
protest against the murder of Francisco
Madero. the martyred president" said
the Ricaut message, "the first man to
dominate the usurper Huerta, and there
fore negotiations must be conducted
through CarTanza direct"
VILLA RETURNS LOAN
A forced loan of 100000, levied by
General villa against the James Britting-
ham Company of mez-Palacio, has
been lifted, according to information re-
ceiyed here today. Abandonment of the
plan to collect the loan followed a con-
ference between villa and Major General
Hugh l.. Scott
Consul silliman reported from Vera
Cruz that he was suffering from fever,
due to the tropical weather, but did not
consider his illness serious.
sllliman said the Bishop of Vera Cruz,
imprisoned for some time by the Car
fanzistas had been released.
The Texas border situation today over
shadowed the efforts of the United States
to force a peace conference in Mexico
Despite effusive denials by Carranza and
his generals, all information reaching the
War Department shows that the major
ty of the ralding bands now on Texas
soil are CaTanza soldiers. General Funs-
ton has told the War Department that |
some of the prisoners taken have declared |
that Carranza's border generals knew of |
and sanctioned the raids.
Much significance is attached by officials |
OF the Wilson Administration to a speech |
delivered In Mexico City Saturday by |
General Pablo Gonzales the Carranza |
commander, in which Gonzales declared
that Mexico would go to war lin case of
armed or political intervention by any
foregn Power"
The speech would seem to foreshadow
4 rejection by Carranza of the invitation |
extended by the Pan-American confer |
ence, led by the United States, that he |
ard the other chieftains enter into a |
peace convention with a view to the early |
establishment of constitutional govern |
ment in Mexico. officials are convinced |
that If Carranza agrees to talk peace |
with the other factional leaders in Mex
leo he will impose conditions impossible |
ofiacceptance.
LABOR WITH CARRANZA.
carranza's advisers are trying to per-
aiade him to reply to the Pan-American
note with a counter proposal that he
will enter the convention IL representa-
ton In It Is based upon the extent of
civil and military control exercised by
Inc various tactlOnS Whether CarranZa
viii follow this course or fatty decline
70 acquiesce In the arrangement outlined
BY the Pan-Amerlcan note is not definitely
known by any one in authority here. OFF,
eials generally have believed from the day
the purposes of the Pan-American con-
ference became known that Carranza
would fight rather than talk peace with
Vllla, Zapata and the other opposing
leaders.
VILLA READY TO CONFER.
Just about the time that the Carranza
agency made public the speech by Gem
eFal Gonzales defying the United States
and Latin America. news came that In
aay or so Villa will forward a note sig
nlfying his acceptance OF the invitation to
open negotiations looking to a Mexican
conference to bring about peace.
The action OF the Carranza agency in
making public the Gonzales speech ex-
ated comment in official circles.
oRREGoN STANDS BY CARRANzA.
copy OF telegram forwarded to Vera
sfpz by General obregon. Carranza's COM
iaander-in-chief IN the field, also was
naae public tonight. obregon pledges
saesianee to the Constitutionalist cause
I'm dignity that presents a striking
s'auast to the speech OF Gonzales.
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