The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-19
Pan-American Conference on Mexican Affairs De- cides on Form of Recogni- tiOn to Be Extended Car ranza and Adjourns
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
 TO BE DELIVERED TO
 ELEZEO ARREDONDO
Action Means Embargo on Shipment of Arms to Other Mexican Factions. Debate as to Form of Recognition

Recognition
 Washington. October Is.--DipIomat C | relations between the United states and
 Mexico will he renewed tomorrow aft
 CT lapse of two years and eight i months by the formal recognition of
 Venustiano Carranxa as chief execu-
 tive of the de facto government of | Mexico.
 Secretary Lansing and the anbnssa-
 dors from Brazil. Chile and Argentina | nnd the ministers from BoIiyin, Uru-
 guay and Guatemala. constituting inc
 i'"n-American conference on Mexican
 affairs. met today and decided on the
 form in which their respective govcrn- | ments would present recognition and
 fixed tomorrow ns the time for the act.
 Each government will address .to Cen eral Carranza note of recognition to
 he delivered Co Elezeo Arredondo personal representative of General Carranza here Arredondo will leave Wednesday or
 Thursday to convey in person the letters of recognition from the several govern ments.
 | With the decision on the form of the recognition the Pan-Amerean conference on Mexican affairs adjourned. Five meetings had been held. Tho first two were devoted to framing an appeal to the contendlng Mexican factions to reach an agreement on their internal affairs When the factions failed to agree the confer | ence decided that recognition should be
 accorded to the strongest.
 Since recognition was agreed upon a
 week ago official reports show that a change for the better has taken place in Mexico and that conditions are fast Lbecoming normal. Thousands of Villa Troops have taken advantage of Car ranza's offer of amnesty and laid down
 their arms.
 l Discussion as to Titles 1 The decision to refer to General Car ranza as 'the chief executive Of me de- facto government of Mexico" was reached after some discussion as to titles AL | though provisional president is a gen eric term applied to the executive of d republic, fear was expressed in some quar- ters that since it had not been used by l General Carranza himself, the use by fcreign governments might create the impression in Mexico that he was being chosen to a new office by foreign gov ernments The words "chief executive' were used also to avoid any impression that a con stitutional government was being recoe- nlzed, for while there Is no difference l in the benefits of recognition of a defacto cttt tfttt taf 1 crder in Mexico will not be proclaimed until constituent assembly is called | some weeks hence. This assembly will designate formally General Carranza as 1 provisional president" president ad interim and arrange for the constitu- tioDal elections of president and vice. president.
 Tomorrow's action will mean the i'm mediate proclamation of an embargo on arms to other factions All Carranza | consular representatives will be recog- nized. American consns in Mexico who have not possessed exeouaturs will appiy for them now and 1t is understood inci- dentaly that the American consular serv- ice in Mexico generally will be reor- ganized
 European governments will be notified by Secretary Lansing of the Washington governments action in extending fecogni- ton, and although no suggestion will be made to them, it is understood most of them will follow the lead of the United States.
 An American ambassador to Mexico has not vet been selected but it is said enc of the diplomatic representatives of the United States already in one of the Latin-American countries probably will be chosen
 Three Years of Turmoil
 Extension of recognition to a gov ernment in Mexico followed nearly three years of unprecedented relations between the two countries. In Febru- ary 1913, Francisco Madero. the legal ly elected President, was overthrown and General Huerta assumed the ex- ecutive power. The United States, as well as Argentina, Brazil and Chile, refused to recognize Huerta. unoffi- cial relations were maintained by the Washington government for several months, first through Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson and later through Nelson 'Shaughnessy. charge d'af- faires. The charge finally was with drawn in April, 1914. after an uiti- matum had been sent to Huerta which resulted In the occupation of Vera Cruz by the United States navy. The American embassy was in charge of the Brazilian minister until few months ago and at present American interests in Mexico City are being handled by C. F. Parker. originally a clerk in the embassy.
 General Carranza's career has been a picturesque one in Mexico politics. He was born 56 years ago of a prom inent family which supported Benito Juarez in the three years war and against the French invasion. He stud- jed for professional career at Sal tillo, his home, and Mexico City, but was forced to abandon 1t because or poor eyesight. Later he took to farm ing. He entered politics early and ai- ways had been an advocate of local self-government. He was the first mu- nicipal president of Cuatro Cienegas a deputy to the state legislature of Goa huila and afterward a member of the Mexican senate from the same state
 Carranza opposed the Diaz regtme politically in Coahula and. ran for vice E president on the ticket with Gen. Ber- nardo Reyes against Diaz. He stipport- t cd Francisco Madero in his unsucces- Y ful campaign in the election of lV1o
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