Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-18
Carranza's Course.


his friends here, and within a few days
Gen. Carranza is expected to send a
courteous reply. giving his reasons why
the constitutionalist government should
be recognized.
1t is known that some of the Latin
American conferees have already been
appraised of Gen. CarranZa's probable
course His confidential agent. Mr.. Ar
redondo. conferred in Philadelphia with
Eduardo Suarez, Chilean ambassador
to the United States, yesterday, 1t was
learned. Details of this meeting were
not made public, but it is understood
that Mr.. Arredondo gave to the Chill
can amba ssador information regarding
the strength of the CarranZa govern
ment in Mexico at present.
Gen. obregon's Position.
Gen. Obregon, one of Carranzas chief
lieutenants, in an interview at Tam
pico said that he would not give coun-
tenance to a conference in which Gen.
CarranZa was not represented.
Il did my best said Gen. Oregon.
TO prevent the war. I pleaded with
Gen. Villa and risked my life to induce
him not to cause a split. He would
have war. however; SO now. as far as
[ am concerned. it will go to a finish.
Villa should be definitely defeated.
Any suggestion that l shall engage
in the conference will be rejected. If
there is any suggestion OF a confer
ence it must be made by Gen. Car
rama, and it is he who must answer"
The battleships New Hampshire and
Louisiana are expected to reach Vera
Cruz today, it was said at the Navy
Department, though they may have
been delayed by the gulf storm.
Gen. Pablo Gonzales. commander Of
the CarranZa forces in Mexico City.
has decided to issue a decree warning
all foreigners who attempt to protect
Mexican properties under foreign hags
that they will be liable to expulsion
from the country under article 80 of
the Mexican constitution, as "pernic-
iouS foreigners.
The decree also will warn MeXicans
that the use of foreign flags by them
will be punished by imprisonment of
not less than six months.
Gen. Funston's Report.
A dispatch forwarded by Maj. Gen.
Funston to the War Department to-
day gives the details of the fighting
between Mexican bandits and United
States troops at Progreso, on the Next
can border. Monday night. The dis
patch discloses the fact that the Next
cans did not cross the Rio Grande
river, as reported in former dispatches.
but that they fired from the Mexican
side of the river upon an outpost of
fourteen men under command of Lieut..
r. Q. Henry. 18th Cavalry.
The number of MeXicans engaged in
the attack was given at about as. The
enga cement lasted half an hour, the
cavalrymen continuing to fire as long
as fire came from the other side Of the
river. Lieut.. Henry and f. B. Jackson.
private in Troop c. were wounded and
Corp. John whitman, Troop c, was
killed. Lieut.. Henry and Jackson have
been taken to Mercedes and are report
ed to be improving in condition.
The Villa agency here issued state
ment today denying that twenty-five
persons had been executed in Chihua-
hua Foreign Minister Lombardo tese
graphed the agency that the report
originated on the border.
Gen. Raoul Madero, at the head of
1900 Villa troops, has reached the
suburbs of Monterey. the statement
says, and has begun the investment of
the city after defeating a Carranza
force