Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1915-08-12
LANSING DRAFTIN
new PEACE PLEA
Secretary at Work on Pan-Amer-
ican Appeal to the Fight
IT.l. ing Mexicans.
Next, MEETING IN new YORK
ENJOYS Will Hold Third Conference
This Week After President Wilson
Has Seen Text of the Note-Mll-
itary Chiefs Are Considered.

Washington, Aug. 9.-On behalf of
General Carranza a formal brief on
the Mexican situation was filed with
Secretary lansing virtually asking
for political recognition and proposing
that Carranza's Washington agents
meet any OF the other factions in a
peace conference.
Washington, Aug. o. Secretary
Lansing, after consultation with Sec
retary Lane and other administration
leaders in touch with the Mexican sit.
uation, is completing the draft Of the
pan-American appeal to the factions
in Mexico which will be presented to
President Wilson before the third
meeting of the conference is held in
New York.
Meanwhile the six pan-American
diplomats invited to confer with Sec
retary Lansing have submitted reports
to their governments, replies to which
probably will be received before the
meeting in New York, which was
called by the secretary for early this
week. The meeting place was trans
ferred to New York because the diplo.
mats are passing the summer in the
vicinity of the city.
Object of New York Meeting.
Discussion at that meeting will deal
more particularly with the possible
steps to be taken should the appeal
to the Mexicans to end the civil war
themselves fail of its object.
The diplomats left for their sum
mer homes after two-day conference
which resulted in no decision as to the
course to be followed in case the ap
peal to the Mexicans to settle their
differences and restore peace goes un
needed. All the conferees, however
are IL accord vi Jh b 2Gesdiaaseaht, ESiinisonl
general plan and have pledged indi
vidual support, although the diplomats
are not sure that this can be accom-
plished unless the military leader
can be eliminated and all classes il
Mexico recognized
Military Chiefs Considered.
One Of the most important ques
tions which will be considered in ei
forts to solve the Mexican problem
the weight to be given to the claim
of the military chiefs and what cor
cessions can be arranged.
In this connection the dispatch @
Major General Scott, chief of sta
Of the army, to the Mexican border t
confer with General Villa arouse
comment, although officials explaine
that he was to readjust the America
forces in the light of recent develop
ments which have threatened attack
on border towns.
The object of his mission, it is b.
lieyed, is to outline to Villa the nee
of consideration for the other ia
tions. Some of the conferees, 1t
understood. were impressed with I'll
fact that CarranZa's military su
cesses and the territory held by hi
entitle him to greater considerable
than Villa has been inclined to admi
FL Paso, Tex, Aug. 9.-General vii
has deferred his departure for Torreo
to await the arrival of Gen. Hugh
Scott on the border At the san
time the following statement fro
Villa was issued:
Il am absolutely willing to folio
any suggestion offered by Presidel
Wilson and the A. b, c. delegat,
which promises to bring about {
early peace in Mexico"