Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-08-08
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WASHINGTON PRESSURE

Washington. Aus 1.-Two develop
mcnts today brought ,ho Mexican st- /
uatiu into q position ry-lrdcd hy
American officials as enyouuEng.
General OarruEa u brDl fiod m
hi~ behalf with Secretary l1uspe
ufucucaON ASKING tOr reVuguUou re-
coded from his refusal t1 JOHN his ad
Yersarlcs i'm peaCv conference aud
Virtually proposed such a mcctns
Gcucral villa was Jt once notified oN
the Washington agents and am early
response is expected
Tho position OF the United States
WAS officially stated Us follows
THAT neither Currun1a nor amy oth-|
rr military faction Boa Mexico ls ln
control af the country or cam he CON
siderod as triumphant in the republic.
That the real purpose off the rcNos
luton was accomplished "a year oeo
when Hucrta Was oNerthroWn and
chat the strife which hus continued
lnfp has hcpn over f8ptluull differ
onees and has net been iu reality a
revolution.
THAT IL considers General villa
while financially weakened. still is uu
active element m Mexican affairs
who must be reckuned with ln mn ad-
Uustmcnt
That the so-colled cleuuGcos do not
enter into the problem NOW because
il is considered that the overthrow ut
Imcra disposed of that element
That the great portion of McNico is
not nt peace AS General Carranza
claims because fighting continues lu
many sections from rchduntepec 10
the Rio Grandc. and from Ner1 cruz
| te Ma29tlan
That the first problem to he solved
| i'm restoration of peace is GO tmd for
provisional president man who rep-
respnts the cause of the original rev-
omtiuu against HuertA hut who does
/ mot necessarily represent any of the
/ factions now at war.
/ Secretary Lansing left for New
/ York tonight ON "a mission In connec-
/ tiou with the McNcan situation the
Iuatrrc of which was not disclosed it
Ills understood, however that he Will
be met hy Secretary McAdoo of the
| treasury, who is now at his summer
|homc at North Haven Maine MI
J Lansing viii return Monday
During the Pan American confer
ence here there was considerable dis
cussion Of the question of financing
Iany goVcrnment which might he set
mp in Mexico 1t VS. known that this
subject was put over Tor future con-
lsidoration when the conierees recon-
veuo i'm New York next week.
! Undoubtedly American finWciers
will have to be consulted. Secretary
| Lansing s. mission Il was inferred,
might have to do with this phase Of
the problem
An exhaustive report on the con
ference including Transcript of the
\ discussion has been forwarded TO the
president lt contains tentative
draft of the address to be forwarded
to- the Mexican leaders, which als'
llas been sent ga Latin American GOV
orumcnts represented in the meeting
General villa, 10 is believed, viii
he quick Ia seize the opportunity pre-
eented By Carranza's change of altl.
tude to bring about conference ol
the factions In this connection II
IS expected that General Scott chiel
of STAFF of the army on route To- the
/ Mexican border may be of service
He is To talk with General villa ANA
muy persuade him of the necessity
for giving to Carrau2o that measure
of consideration I'm adjustment of
/ Mexican affairs which his military
achievements merit.
Active tension of the Mexican pro-
blem has been reflected by increased
activity In the Wnr department Plans
long ago made for military occupa-
tion of McAico have been recently ad-
iusted Attention lately has been
given to the accumulation OF supplies
aud tentative ARRANGEMENTS for land
and water transportation of troops