Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-08-06
All Political and Military Lead
erS to Be Addressed, but
Note Is Intended for First
nIf
Cll'eI
PEACEFUL MEANS TO
BE EXHAUSTED FIRST
Must Lay Down ArmSand Sub
NIT to Conference Of All
Factions. No Unnecessary
Delay VIII Be Tolerated.

10y NoRNtua JOURNAL srtctAL lHAorn wlsri
Washington. Aus Armed fac-
tions in Mexico are tu he given ono
more opportunity tu say whether they
are ready to make am honest effort
among themselves 90 compose thcir
differences. a message expressing
the concerted demand of North and
south America that there shan bel
peace ana restoration OF constitution
al government, sent to all the McNcou
political and military leaders pruha-
bly will be dispatched within few
days us one OF Che first results VI a.
conference at the state department to-
day i'm which the six ranking dplo-
mats of the pan-Amerienn legation
corps participated with Secretary
Lansing AT the invitation OF President
Wilson
Directed pointcdly nt CarrnnYa.
While the appeal win be made 20
all the Mexican leaders il viii he in
tended especially for General Carran
"a and his followers who are opposed
Ito another peace convention
1t was learned that President VIII
son has been I'm correspondence with
the executives of the Latn-Americnn
nations who have urged that the
United states take the lead In q
strong position toward Mexico and In
Ian informal way have pledged their
support to % pan-American concert of
action
Todays conference was given over
lamost entirely to hearing "a report of
conditions by Paul Fuller, of New
4 York, who spent several months M
/ Mexico MS President Wilson's personal
/ representative. IL was understood
! that general work was laid for further
faction when The conference viii be
/ resumed which viii constitute the
first of a succession of moves to end
| three years of revolution and chaos
70 Exhaust Peaceful Means
No action was agreed upon today
and IL was understood that armed In
tervcntion was not mentioned. Plain
ly il was the Intention Of the conior-
ence To exhaust peaceful means to-
bring the Mexican factions together
following closely what has been the
administrator policy from the first
land To- make il clear TO the world that
there is no object other than the
preservation of the sovereignty of
Mexico,
At the conclusion, the l.atln-Amer-
lean diplomats informally stated they
had accepted the invitation with the
stipulation that the conference had
81 be confidential until program had
been perfected Secretary Lansing,
speaking for all present said
"1'hc informal conference will be
resumed tomorrow afternoon For the
diplomats who were present / will say
that they came into the conference
with the distinct understanding chat il
was to be- held absolutely confidential
and secret
Those In Conference.
Meeting with Secretary Lansing
were Ambassadors NaoH OF Argen
tina DE Gama Of Brazil ana Suarez
of chile. and Ministers Mende2 of
Guatemala, Cnlderon of Bolivia, ana
De Pena Of Uruguay. The amhussa-
dors were invited because they were
the mcdiators who attempted to set-
tie Mexican affairs with delegates
from that country at the Niagara con
ference last summer The minister's
are the three ranking members of the
Latin-Americnn legation corps
Before a program is adopted those
who attended today's conference viii
submit il to their governments and
before II is put into effect all the
PAN American nations viii be asked
for their approval None 0f the MeXi-
cau factions was represented nt to-
d8Ns conference.
Cnrranha Ambitious.
Before entering the meeting each
Of The Latin-American diplomats was
notified ON behalf of General cerran-
IN that il would be futile 10 suggest
restoring the constitutional line of
r. Nf., ..,sg D tl4 tr4u "a
member of the Madero ca binet iorI
provisional president. which has beenI
suggested by some Of the other fac
uOus. notably General villa Herher-
TO Baron, a special emissary from
General Carranza, presented 10 each
of the diplomats Carranzn's letter of
some weeks ago 10 President Wilson
setting forth his claim to the prcsi-
dency.
Must Lay Down Arms.
one point upon which there seem
ed To be unanimous agreement was
that there shall be no prolonged dip
lomatic exchanges with Carranza, as
there WAS during the NIAGARA confer
enpc. The message which VIII go tot
him viii bc delivered by American
Consul siliman at Vera cruz. who,
under definite instructions from
Washington. viii insist upon an AN
ewer within q stipulated time Cen
efal Carranza win bc asked TO lnyl
down mis- arms and join his adversar-
les in establishing "a government
which the United states viii recog |
nize. The leading powers of the world |
now awaiting the American govern |
monts action, are prepared 10 follow.
Alternative Now Clear.
The alternative in the event that
Carranza declines TO yield IS not en- |
tircly clear So far as villa Zapata
and other Mexican leaders are con-
cerned there is said to be definite
understanding among officials OF the
administration that they are ready tol
participate I'm the peace conference
There has been no denial OF the |