Evening star., 1915-08-16
FIRST CHIEF EXPECTED
TO SEEK RECOGNITION
Northern Generals Favor a Confer.
ence and Are Making Ready
for Meeting.
GEN. SCOTT BUSY ON BORDER
Gonzales, at Mexico City, Gives Safe
Conduct to Messenger to Ia
pata With q. s. Proposal
for Farley.

Administration officials were
awaiting with keen interest today
replies to the pan-American ap-
peal for the establishment of
peace in Mexico, transmitted to
the Mexican leaders Saturday. At
the State Department it was said
that no replies had been received
yet, although it was said that Gen.
Carranza and Gen. Villa had
acknowledged receipt of the note.
State Department officials are
undecided whether these replies
will be made public, even when
received, before another confer
ence is held with the Latin Ameri-
can diplomats. Telegraphic dis
patches received here from the
Mexican border, however, indi-
Gated that number of the gen.
erals OF Gen. Carranza and Gen.
Villa had already sent replies to
the message.
While no reply has been re-
ceived from Carranza to the pam
American note, the belief 'contin-
ues strong here that the first chief
will continue to insist upon the
recognition of the constitutional
ist government as the de facto
government of Mexico, with the
understanding that elections will
be held as soon as possible.
Carranza's Strength the Topic.
The question uppermost in the minds
of officials here today is the effect
which the pan-American note is to have
on the government established by Gen.
Carranza:
Will the note cause Carranzas sup
porters to fall away from him. or will
it tend to solidify the Carranza gov
ernment and gain it new adherents?
Agents of the Carranza government
in Washington today were emphatic i'm
their statements that the effect would
be to strengthen the hands of Car
rama, and that eventually the United
States and the other American repub-
lies would of necessity have to recog-
nize the constitutional government as
headed by Carranza.
AS supporting this contention. they
referred to some twenty-five kilograms
received here in the last day or two
from Carranza's chief generals and off,
cials, pledging themselves to stand
firmly behind the constitutionalist gov
ernment and Carranza. They insisted
that the Villa forces were rapidly dis
integrating, many of the garrisons
deserting to Carranza.
The State Department received a dis
patch from Torreon, Villa strong
hold. saying that the Villa garrison
at Durango had revolted and that city
had been taken by Carranza forces.
Gen. Scott Is Busy.
Mai. Gen. Hugh L. Scott. chief Of
staff of the United States Army, is still
on the Mexican border, where it is re-
ported he has succeeded in bringing
Gen. Villa to agree to the peace plan
presented by the American republics
1t was learned here today on high au-
thority that Gen. Scott is endeavoring
to arrange meeting with Gen. Obre-
gon, Carranza's leader in the north of
Mexico, for the purpose of bringing
Gen. Obregon into agreement for the
proposed peace conference.
Carranza supporters here declared to-
day when their attention was called
to the proposal to have Gen. Scott confer
with Gen. Obregon that such confer
ence would not bear results other than
the announcement by Obregon that ne
Intended to stand firmly by Gen. Car
rama.
It has been suggested here that Gen.
CarranZa, if he does not refuse abso-
lutely to have anything to do with the
peace plan advocated by the pan Amer
lean republics, may reply by suggest
ing some alternative. Such an alter
native undoubtedly would give certain
to the constitutionalists
party as now organized.
Gen. Carranza's agency here today
made public kilograms from several
generals pledging their support to Gen.
CarranZa. The agency announced the
kilograms were written at a time when
the generals feared "a threat of armed
by the United States in
the internal affairs of Mexico and of
"a rticipation in that movement by
south and Central American powers"
Plans for Conferences.
1t was pointed out here today that
lnder the language OF the pan-Ameri-
IAN note, the Mexicans might invite
,ome of the Latin American conferees
n make the arrangements for the pro-
,osed peace conference and ignore the
United States. At the State Depart
nent it was said that such a course un-
Ioubtedly could be followed, IL the
dexicans SO desired. and would be all
light"
In other quarters, 1t was said, how
.ver, that in the event of the Mexicans
lereeing to the proposed peace con-
erence, they would prefer to call on
he United States rather than the
ATTN American republics for it's good
,ffices, since the United states was
more conyersant with Mexican affairs.
rad greater inteests involved, and also
,ecausA the eoyernmeuta of the Latin