Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1915-08-19
JOINT APPEAL TO
MEXICAN LEADERS
Plea for Peace Sent to Chiefs by
Lansing.
APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT
Requests Carranza and Others to Ar
range for Convention to Elect Pro
visionai President - First
Chief" May Reject Plan.

Washington, Aug. I6.-The appeal
Of the United States and six Latin
American republics to Carranza and
other Mexican leaders to settle their
dlnerences and agree on a provisional
president was started on its way last
night.
The task Of telegraphing the appeal
is big one, fnasmuch as 1t has to be
sent 10 Carranza, Villa, Zapata. the
governors of the states Of Mexico, the
principal military leaders in the field
ana leading citizens Of the republic.
Inc text Of the appeal will not be
given out for publication until all
copies have been sent. When this will
be state department officials would
not venture to guess.
The appeal was prepared by Sec
Rotary Of State Lansing and the diplo-
matte representatives Of Argentina,
Brazil, Chile, Bolivia, Uruguay and
Guatemala and approved by President
Wilson. It sets forth that conditions
IN Mexico, having continued several
years without prospect of early abate-
ment' warrant the United States and
sister republics in making an urgent
appeal that the various factions lay
down their arms and endeaVor by
other means to restore peace. It is
understood it proposes specifically:
J. That the factions appoint repre-
sentatiyes to hold conferences and ar
range for holding a convention.
provisional president and pledge him
the support of the factions and eIe-
ments represented.
). That this provisional president
viii be recognized by the United
States and the Latin-American repub-
lies which cO-operated in the prepare
ton of the appeal
The state department has reason to
believe Villa, zapata and many of the
governors Of states, military command
ers and prominent citizens will agree
to the plan proposed. Present indi-
cations, however, are that Carranza
will reject 1t.
The Mexican border situation con-
tinued to absorb attention in official
quarters and was the subject of a con-
ference between President Wilson and
Assistant Secretary Breckenridge of
the war department.
Later Mr.. Breckenridge reiterated
the statement that no more troops
would be ordered to the border unless
General Funston should request them.
Persistent reports that armed Next
cans are crossing the border endeavor-
ing to stir up trouble are regarded as
significant, however, and a strict pa
troll is being kept
Brownsville, Tex, Aug. 16.-Search
for a band of about thirty Mexicans,
some of them known to be direct from
Mexico, proceeds in the mesquite
brush about fifty miles north of
Brownsville Meanwhile 1900 United
States cavalrymen and 1000 infan-
tTymen on patrol duty between
Brownsville and Laredo, Tex, rangers
and peace officers used a swift and eff
fective type of border justice which
rapidly ran down fugitive Mexicans of
bad records who are accused of impli-
cation in raids of the last two weeks.
Although the number of Mexicans
killed in the raids is given officially as
between fifteen and twenty, it is
known that more have been killed.
Several Mexicans have been shot while
resisting arrest or trying to escape.