The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-09
CARRANZA'S LAIN
A View That He Controls the Situa.
tiOn in Mexico.

To THE EDITOR OF THE sUN-Sir: villa
now occupies the same amount OF terri
tory that Orozco formerly held against
Madero and finally lost. Every day
shows that villa Is losing ground, and 1t
will he only a question of time when he
%retires across the Rio Grande to enjoy
the fruits of his gambling joints. ex-
port of other peoples products, &c.
This peace conference move comes
now in "A very opportune moment to
save Villas face, and OF course he IS
willing to agree to anything IL neces-
sary. However, he still makes a blum
Of wanting to dominate the situation
by handing General Scott a list OF
persons he considers undesirables, which
means any one who is not a Villista.
Now that the Administration In
Washington is to take a hand In the
national affairs in Mexico by support
ing a provisional President selected
and subject to approval at Washington,
the question naturally arises How Will
the Administration go about II In order
to give it's selection a semblance OF
fairness, especially II Carranza refuses
to take part in the proposed peace con-
ference as outlined by the United
States and A b CT
What would constitute the right to
pt CDISlifIth ~ ltattl VI ~
ton. as any one with n circle OF friends
could call himself one? What number
of delegates to the peace conference
should each leader have Zone would
suppose that the proportion should be
according to each leaders Importance
How should the cientiicos, Huertis-
tas. Feliclstas, Gamboistas &c. be
rated, as all of these factions are e%-
patriated?
At the peace conference several can
dldates would be proposed and the sue
cessful one most likely be nominated
by the majority of votes OF the dele
gates. Should C%arranza not be repre-
scented at this conference, II seems TO
me that the object would not be OBJ
tained and the meeting superfuous. as
the Villa-Zapata faction would dominate
the proceedings. The convention held at
Aguascalientes elected Gutierrez as pro-
visional President of Mexico. He did
not resign, but at the convention held In
the city of Mexico by villa and Ia
pata, Gonzales Cara was substituted
for Gutierrez, and Cara was after
ward replaced by Chazaro. SO II seems
that Mexico is already amply supplied
with Presidents selected by the Villa
Zapata faction, which would control the
peace conference.
Now II Carranza should agree to he
represented, he naturally would insist
that Mexico should be represented by
each state In the union, and this we
must consider fair. Then there would
he no question about his victory, II the
majority should he allowed to rule.
Mexico's Constitution Is framed on
the same basis as the United States.
Each State Is a sovereign part OF the
Union. with It's own laws and represen-
tation at the national Congress in Mex
leo city. in the Federal district. and In
the same way as here. by Senators and
congressman CarranZa's party rules
al present the following States: Yucca
tan. Campeche. Tabasco, Chiapas, Vera
Cruz. Oaxaca, Pueblo. Tlaxcala. Mex
leo Federal District, Hidalgo. Michoa-
ran. Jalisco. Queretaro. Guanajuato.
Aguascalientes, San Luis Potosi. Colima,
Zacatecss. T~amaulipas. Slnalca and the
Territories OF Quintana Roo and Topic,
a total OF twenty-five.
Zapata controls the state OF Morelos
villa the States Of Coahuila. Chihuahua,
Sonora and the Territory OF Lower Cal
i%fornia, a total OF only four. The bal
ance. Guerrero. Nuevo Leon. Durango.
or three states, are still divided between
| the different factions.
Knowing this Carranza naturally re-
sents anything that would question
what he and his party already consider
settled. So IL Carranza Is ignored ! am
afraid the question would be far from
settled and the new provisional Presi-
dent would hardly be popular. II would
take more than an embargo on arms Ia
keep him IN his position.
I am not especially FOR Carranza
any other decent man would he equally
acceptable as long as he could pacify
the country.
As I have said before, would It no;
be the easiest solution 10 help the
strongest man. winning him over TO GER
tain conditions by recognizing him, and
make short work OF the minority? Any
shortcomings and lack OF diplomacy and
courtesy could easily be remedied later
I In any case II will be interesting ia
SEQ how successful the Administrative
will he in handling the situation.
NEW YORK, September s. G. \. NJ.