New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-04
CONFERENCE SET
FOR TOMORROW
U.S.Proposes to Organize
Government and Guar
antee Stability.
WILLING TOUSE FORCE
Obstinate Carranza Only Factor
Considered as Bar to Sue
cessful Conclusion.
- -. r-Aun. Rureau-l

rro-~ The Tribune Rureaul
Washington. Aug. 3.-Secretary OF
c.,,e Lansing will lay before the South
American diplomats who will confer
with him on Thursday a comprehensive
-,o, for the creation Of a provisional
c,ysr,rcr. in Mexico City TO carry out
eu the reforms that General Carranza
and General Villa have been fighting
for
Should this plan meet with the ap- I
nroysl Of the South Americans, It will ,
bo nut into effect at once, and will be .
followed by the restoration Of diplo- .
matte relations with Mexico by this .
government. The South American .
countries represented at the confer
ence will then recognize the new gov
erument
President Wilson in his statement OF
June . warned Carrarza and Villa that /
unless they pu, speedy end 10 tnelr
differences the United States would ne
compelled 20 lend its active moral sup
mort TO some man or group OF men VINO .
could bring order out Of chaos. II IS
along these latter lines that Secretary
Ianeinr's plan for provisional gov
eminent in Mexico is framed.
Nav Recognize Carranza.
As outlined here, the question of the
selection OF five men by the conferrees
~ mt the provisional government IN
force will be discussed. These men IN /
turn are TO select a provisional Presl- /
dent j. +, understood that he viii be :
some one who is agreeable TO the Con /
sti.u'oralsts.
There was some talk tonight that /
tho conferrees might 90 so far as TO .
approve a plan by which OarranzS .
would be recognized as provisional T
Pres cent. This. u was explained /
would be done only II no other way
were ross bic TO put an end to.t0e war /
fare o Mexico.
The provisional Pres dent thus Sc
lec-ed. however would hold Office only
until p constitutional election open 20 .
all Mexican citizens. There are several .
other details of the plan. such as the
declaration Of amnesty 20 a- foreigners .
guilty Of political offence -----S me .
strife in MeNico.
Carranza's Obstinacy Recalled.
Considerable doubt was expressed
max frf..fIt 0N eIlaH+ ff'|.s..s ~
any plar which would mean his ellmi-
nation. II was pointed out that at the .
peace conference AZ Niagara Falls a
wear ago he stcadfastly refused 10 send I
a delcgatc 10 meet the mGiators. Even .
after tho American delegates had IN +,
sisted ON the naming Of some one for .
provisional Pre- dent who was accept .
able 20 Carranza he refused 20 take /
part I'm the conference.
With this in mind 10 was predicted /
tonight that the conferees would have /
70 decide either % recognize CarranZa .
as provisional President pending con /
Sttutioual election, or, in the event or I
naming fve Nexicans 70 undertake the /
task Of organizing a provisional gov /
eminent, TO use force to back up the !
commission.
Secretary Lansing expects that the /
conference on Thursday will clarity the /
situation. he said that the invitation .
20 the South American diplomats had I
been extended about June 30, just four I
weeks after President Wilson's state /
ment, but that no announcement had T.
been made until the conferees had re-
ccived authority from their govern /
ments 10 act
Intervention a Question.
fAf N| Iff lIANrNIOI6 NilNI " lAi NbiAf J.
up AZ the conference. will be the ad- /
visibility Of sending relief expedition /
Of troops of the South American cOun- /
tries. % act In conjunction with troops .
from this country, TO keep the railroad /
between Vera Cruz and Mexico CITY I
open so that foodstuffs may be trans
ported and starvation prevented. II
was explained that this would not nee 3
essarily be an act Of war. The land .
ing Of international troops in China I,
during the Boxer rebellion was cited. /
his would be raorted to, however, ]
only should peace plans fail
thursdays conference will, it is be-
lieved, 20 q long way toward bringing
about the recognition Of Pan-American- |
Ism by this government. For long /
time the South Americans have been (
ehatng under the big brother" rule Of
this country and have seized every op- /
portunity 20 urge their demands that
they should have voice IN common
with this country on all affairs affect /
ing countries on this hemisphere.
They have asserted that questions OF
this kind were equally vital TO them. |
The representatives. of Argentina, Bra /
zll and Chill have been particularly in I
slstent on this point. II is understood /
that the request Of the United States 4
10 attend Thursdays conference is
recognized by them as leading the way
10 the adoption Of a Pan-American |
concert. The State Department is be |
heved to be not unfriendly to this, but /
It is not believed that it is yet ready to
consent 70 any such plan.
Gonzales Enters Mexico City.
Reports from Vera Cruz tonight an
nounced the formal entrance of Gen |
eral Gonzales into Mexico City. A di- !
rect report filed at a station a few
miles outside Mexico City told Of the
arrival Of food supplies with the Con
zales forces
The American Red Cross announced
that IL would attempt TO send TO Mex
leo City ia New Orleans and Vera Cruz
$4,000 worth Of groceries asked for by
Americans. c. J. O'Connor, Red Cross
agent in the Mexican capital, said the
Americans had deposited that amount
IN cash at a Mexico City bank and were
IN great need of the supplies.