South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-07-03
TWO PLANS ARE
PROPOSED TO END
WAR IN MEXICO
United States May Increase
Pressure on Carranza to
Compel Him to Negotiate
With Villa or Ignore Him.

WASHINGTON, July g. Officials
Of the state department admitted Fri
day that the conditions In Mexico are
regarded by the department as in
tolerable" and il is for the president
now TO decide what action shall be
taken.
1t was said that the president is
deeply interested in Developments and
all the news received by the depart
ment rs rushed TO him at Cornish,
N II.
OmciaIs believe the solution of the
problem must come either by inter
vention or the successful application
/ OF a plan which the president is sup
posed to have 81 mind, but which he
has not yet revealed. This plan is
understood to contemplate one of two
| things:
Either TO increase pressure on Car
rama TO compel him to negotiate with
Villa or to ignore Carranza and bring
! together a convention of all the re-
naming leaders TO choose a candidate
| for president
Sec'y of State Lansing FRIDAY indi-
Gated that the matter is entirely in the
hands of Pres't Wilson.
Forbearancc Strained.
From other sources it was learned
that the forbearance of this govern
ment has been strained to the break
| ing point by Carranza or his agents
| by preventing communication by the
state department with its representa-
tive in Mexico City. The effect of this
! is visited on all other foreigners in
the capital, as we'll as Americans 1t
means they are practically besieged.
\ big factor in the case is Great
Britain. State department officials
know she has expressed the opinion
that communication between Vera
Cruz and Mexico City must always be
kept open.
One hope is that the Mexican lead
ers who are assembling in Washing
ton may induce q compromise be-
tween the Villistas, Zapatistas and
Carranzistas by which there may be
conference Of the leaders and a sub
mission to the presidents plan of pac-
ifcation. The department is expect
ing to hear the ultimatum of Carran-
"a from Charles A. Douglas, Carran-
Za's legal representative at Washing
ton. who is probably now at Vera
Cruz. Gen. Felipe Angeles is here en-
deavoring to bring about an accom-
mediation between the leaders, and
Gen. Villas foreign minister. Mr..
Lombardo, is on the way here.
Meets Carranza Chiefs.
Gen. Robes is here endeavoring to
bring Gems. Obregon, Benjamin Hill
and other Carranza chiefs over TO the
pacification line of the president
1t is stated by the officials that
every effort viii be made by this gov
eminent to prevent the Huerta rev.
olution from getting out Of the
United States into Mexico.
The government of Chihuahua has
asked the state department to consid-
er the extradition of Huerta. 1t is
stated by the department that if this
eXtradition were granted IL would be
tantamount to a recognition of the
power making the request.
The two lines open TO the govern
ment other than granting eXtradition
are TO depOrt Huerta TO Spain or
elsewhere or TO keep his case in the
federal courts continuously and thus
hold him indefinitely in the hands of
the federal marshals.
Regarding the Huerta incident, the
Carranza agency here Friday night
gave out the following:
Are Huerta Supporters.
"A dispatch to the confidential
agency of the cOnStitutionalist govern
ment i'm Washington. dated San An
tonic, Tex, states that the pursuit Of
the investigation of the Huerta-OrOz-
co plot by the United States authori-
ties has developed the fact that the
hackers and associates of Gen. Felix
Diaz. the Felicistas so-called, are in
timately implicated in the move
ment which the arrest of Huerta nip
ped in the bud.
1T is said that shortly sensational
developments tending to prove the
complete alliance of all the forces Of
reaction in the United States may be
expected. Regardless of denials OF
completely with the Huerta group, in
sistently put forward by the followers
of Diaz and others of the Cientifico
party. participation in the scheme of
ccunter-revOlution has been general
and we'll nigh universal
The state department received dis
patches from Vera Cruz from persons
whe recently have left Mexico City
who say that the lOoting OF stores in
the capital was done principally by
crowds of women and that actual
starvation among the poorer classes
| has not begun. These refugees say
that when they left Mexico City, l.
500 Villistas had already left the city
/ for the north.
Another dispatch from Vera Cruz
states that the CarranZistas under
Gen. Heriderto Jana lost 45O men
while attacking the Nillista forces at
NaOlinco.
Dispatches to the department from
Eagle Pass say that trains are now
operating between Piedras Negras
and TOrreOn and Saltillo.
Admiral Howard reported TO the
navy department Friday that all Is
now quiet in the Yaqui valley where
the Indians had threatened TO eXter-
inmate the whole American colony.
/ ICTC CIV MEM Mu0