Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-07
Confers With John R. SiIIiman,
State Departments Repre-
sentative at Vera Cruz
AMBASSADOR NAON ALSO
is PRESENT AT MEETING
Third Pan-American Conference on
Subject of the Republic to Be
Held Saturday.

| on the Mexican situation with John R.
Silliman, the State Departments spe-
| cial representative at Vera Cruz, and
with Ambassador Naon of Argentina.
preliminary to the third pan-American
| conference here Saturday. Later the
Secretary said he had no announcement
| to make and that Saturdays meeting
| would take place as planned and it
| would then be decided whether further
meetings were necessary.
Mr.. Silliman went to the White
House from the State Department and
arranged to see the President later in
the week. He is here at his own sug-
Vera Cruz.
Conditions at Vera Cruz, Mr.. SILL
man said. were much better than sup
posed in the United States. for the
city. swelled to twice its ordinary
population by the presence of the Car
rama government, was improving and
able to import necessities.
Believes Carranza Sincere.
The Carranza movement was unified,
he said, and he believed Gen. Carranza
sincere in his promises of carrying out
the plan of Guadalupe. Reports from
Mexico City. he admitted, were con-
ficting. but 1t was believed, he said,
that conditions were improving.
Carranza's great superiority in num-
oers, Mr. Silliman thought would
make it possible for him to subdue
Zapata raiders: and the fact that only
small part of the Vera Cruz-Mexico
City railway lay exposed to the raids
m "a
assure regular service soon,
MI. Silliman said that he was under
orders to remain at the disposition of
the secretary of State for the present.
and would confer with him frequently.
He expects to return to Vera Cruz.
where he left Mrs. Silliman.
Passengers Killed in Train Wreck.
All the passengers were killed in a
train wreck on the Mexican railway be-
tween Vera Cruz and Mexico City, &C.
cordinS to one message to the State
Department today. Another dispatch
estimated fifty persons were killed and
sixty injured. There were no foreign
ers injured so far as known. The &C
cident occurred on steep grade near
Maltrata Tuesday.
Relief Work Is Discontinued.
Relief work in Mexico has been dis
continued by the American Red Cross,
and agents in the field there ordered
home. The action was taken at the
instance Of Gen. 'Carranza, who in
formed Red Cross officials through the
State Department that outside aid no
longer is needed.
repairs to railroads and release Of
rolling stock from millinery use, Car
ranza said, had SO increased facilities
Tor 1000 transportation that the short
age in Mexico City and other important
cities had been alleviated.
Inc departments advices from its own
agents in Mexico recently have indicated
general improvement in transporta tion
facilities and resulting relief of the food
situation. The line from Vera Cruz to
Mexico City, however, still is reported in
these advices to be uncertain Food trains
are being sent into the capitol accom-
panied by strong military guard to repel
attacks by rowing bands.
The principal Red Cross agent now
ordered home is Charles j. O'Connor.
who has been directing relief work in
Mexico City and vicinity for several
month";. Mr.. oconnor.. reports on
CONNECTED with those given out by the
Carranza authorities. c. j. Weller. at
Monciova with supplies, including two
carloads OF beans, has been directed to
Border Conditions Improve.
Reports to the State Department from
the border say railroad communication
south from Eagle Pass has been re-
established and that Torreon and
Aguascalientes, scenes Of recent fight
ing. are quiet.
Carranza's assurances that border
at pa tod t,xy ~,
any OF his troops found guilty of par
ticipatins would be punished, have reached
the State Department and have created
a favorable impression
DR.. Wellington Koo, newly appointed
Chinese minister to Mexico, now in WASH
ington. will not proceed to his station
until conditions are more stable there
He called on Secretary Lansing yester-
DAY with DIR. Kaf Flu Shah, the Chinese
minister here. Afterward it was said DR..
koo had decided to remain in this coun-
try probably until a government was
recognized in Mexico.