Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-23
DEBT ISSUE RAISED
AGAINST CARRANzA
Any Plan for National Settle
ment by Him Will Be
Repudiated.
MEXICAN OPPONENTS SAY
1T WILL LACK VALIDITY
Formal Declaration That Constitu
ton of Country Delegates to
Congress That Right.

| Any arrangement made by Gen. Car
rama for the settlement of Mexican
national debts. in case he is recognized
| by the American republics, as 1t is said
he may be, will lack validity, according
to statement made today to the State
Department and the pan-American peace
conferees by Enrique c. Llorente, Gen.
Villas confidential representative at
Washington.
ANY arrangement of that character will
be repudiated by the other Mexican fac
tions. it is said. Mr.. Llorente filed with
the State Department formal declaration
that the constitution of Mexico provides
for Acknowledgements of national debts
exclusively by the Mexican congress-
which is not in existence now. has not
been for some time, and may not be for
some time.
| Carranza, it is stated, has no author
ity to make any declarations on the
subject to any foreign government. and
under the law anything he does In re-
| spect to the debts will be illegal.
Seeking Release of Americans.
| Consular Agent Carothers at El Paso
reported today he was making every
effort for the release of Fuller and
McCabe. two Americans kidnapped by
Mexicans from the Santo Domingo
ranch.
Reports from Chihuahua said the re-
| tirement northward of the Villa army
was being carried out in good order.
A few Americans remain in Chihuahua
and no foreign residents other than
Americans have left the city since the
| withdrawal Of the main Villa force.
| The message made no mention of i'm
pending attack by Carranza troops.
obregon Reafirms Loyalty.
Gen. Carranza's confidential agent at
Washington last night issued a state
| ment containing copy of telegram
from Gen. Obregon. one of the principal
| military ch:eftains in the Carranza fac
tion, in which Obregon reaffirms his
loyalty to Carranza. and declares there
is no truth in the report that he has
appointed any representatives to treat
on Mexican subjects. He says:
"The answer which gave to the note
of the pan-American conference Is the
best proof of my loyalty and subordi-
nation to the first chief of the consti-
tutionalist army charged with the ex-
ecutive power. Mr.. Venustiano Carran-
the nation is completely pacfded
through the re-establishment Of cpnsti-
tutionalist government"
Cara Sees Anarchy.
Rouue Gonzales Cara, at one time
president of the convention govern
ment of Mexico, has arrived in Wash
ington. to forward the peace conven-
tion plan proposed by the pan-Ameri-
can diplomats, which the Villa and Ia
pata factions have accepted. He has
made public a statement which has
| brought sharply to the attention of
u, off ia1 "a
Mexican pacification plan which in
wolves the recognition of Carranza by
the American governments and whlch
does not include Villas supporters as
possible factors in the situation will
mean nothing but anarchy in Mexico.
Recognition of Carranza, Cara de-
clares, woued result in a situation that
would be terrible in its consequences.
and he urges that the convention be
held to establish a provisional govern.
ment regardless of Carranza's refusal
to participate. He says that Carranza.
next to Huerta, is the most hated man
| in Mexico. and predicts that, II recog-
nized, he would prove his incapacity in
a month.
Situation Called Deadlock.
Cara describes the military situation
as a deadlock between the opposing fac
tions, and denies Carranza's claim to con-
troll the greater part of Mexican territory.
Carranza's delay in removing to Mexico
City, Garza asserts. is due to fear that
such a step would be followed by occupa-
ton of Vera Cruz by his enemies. Mr..
Cara said:
IF, unfortunately, the meetings to
which we were invited are not carried out,
the war in Mexico will assume such pro-
portions that in short time the high
officials of the American government and
the representatives of the Latin American
governments will be astonished by the re-
suits of their work, if, as we believe, they
are acting sincerely"