The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-10-27
THE UNITED STATES TO SEND
ACCREDITED AMBASSADOR
CARRANzA Wins OUT
Official Recognition is to be Given
Government of the First Constitu-
tionaIist Leader-Other American
Countries Join the United States in
the Act.

cutiVe OF the repuDnc OF MEXICO Dy
| the governments Of the United States,
Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Guatemala,
Bolivia, Uruguay, Colombia and Mic
aragua.
Diplomatic representatives OF the
six first named Latin-American coun-
tries, selected in the order of their
| rank at Washington, were parties to
the Pan-Amcrican conference on Mex
lean affairs, but the action OF Colom-
bia and Nicaragua indicate that all
other republics of the western heml-
sphere will follow the lead Of their
sister nations, in extending recogni'
ton.
Each Of the governments sent a
letter to Eliseo Arredondo, personal
representative in Washington OF MI
| Carranza. All were couched in the
same form. That of the United
States added formal expression o;
an intention soon to accredit an am
bassador to Mexico.
Henry Prather Fletcher. American
ambassador to Chile, already has
been decided on as the next ambassa.
dor to Mexico. Although Republi'
can in politics, he was elevated from
the rank of minister by President
Wilson, after a long and successful
record in tho diplomatic service.
He was educated for the law ane
practiced in Chambersburg, Pa, fol
many years. He enlisted with the
Rough Riders and later served in. the
PHILIPPINES. He began as secretary te
| the American legation in Cuba il
Il9O2, and has been in the diplo
matte service ever since, in China
| Portugal and Chile.
| Secretary Lansing's letter Of rec
Iognition referred only to the inten
ton to cccredit an ambassador soon
| Its text was as. follows:
October 19, 1915.
"Eiseo Arredondo, Esq, Washing
lton, D. C.-My Dear Mr.. Arredondo
1t is my pleasure to inform you tha
fthe president Of the United States
| takes this opportunity Of extending
recognition to the do facto govern
ment of Mexico, OF which Gen. Venus
tiano Carranza is the chief executive
1.-The. government Of the United
States will be pleased to receive for
| mally in Washington diplomatic
representative Of the de facto gov
ernment as soon as it shall please
Gen. Carranza to designate and ap
point such representative, and, re
ciprocally the government OF th'
United States will accredit to the d.
facto government diplomatic repre-
sentative as soon as the president ha!
had opportunity to designate suci
representative I should appreciate
it if you could find it possible tt
communicate this information to Gen
/ Carranza at your earliest convent
ence.
i every sincerely yours,
Robert Lansing,
Secretary Of State
This document-theg goal Of 'Mexi
can revolutionary elements for nearl!
three years-was delivered withou
ceremony by a state department mes
senger at noon to Mr.. Arredondo a
the Mexican embassy building. Short
" afterwards, in response to a tele
phone invitation from Secretary Ian
sing, Mr.. Arredondo called at thu
state department for a conference.
He was escorted to the ante-roon
where ministers and ambassadors ere
lreceiyed. He spent half an hour witt
the secretary, discussing Mexican al
fairs in general. Mr.. Arredond<
leaves Thursday for Saltillo to de
liver in person to Gen. Carranza tht
letters of recognition.
| Several diplomats called at the
Mexican embassy during the after
noon and many fluctuations came b!
telegram or messenger. MI. ARE
dondo issued statement, in Whlcf
he said:
Recognition of the government o.
Mr.. Carranza is triumph OF Pan
American policy, and without doub
will bring about very soon the re-
establishment Of peace and norma
conditions in Mexico. For this thu
statement said, "Me1ico's sister re
publics deserve felicitation.'
Foreigners, tho statement said
"have, and will continue to have, tht
protection to which they are entitled
by international law and existing
trcdLleS III 2CCOTQaQCG WIKI lnICi Ao
tional amity. Foreign capital will De
welcomed, and very soon decree o.
amnesty which Mr. Carranza is pre-
pairing will be issued. that will per
nit the Mexicans whose presence II
| Mexico will not constitute a vita
menace to the peace and consolida
ton of the government to return
from their exile, which has caused
them to suffer on account OF the
civil war.
Railroad and telegraph communl'
cation is being re-establishec as rap
idly as possible
Mr.. Arredondo also gave out dis
patch from Gen. CarranZa stating
that no Carranza troops had crossed
into Guatemala, as reported, and that
strict orders had been given to avoid
any complications on the Guatema'
Ian border.
Gen. Carranza's career has been a
picturesque one in Mexican politics
He was born ffty-six years ago of a
prominent family. which supported
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