The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-13
lCARRANzA,S POINT OF VIEW.
HIS Confidential Representative Dis
cusses the Situation.

To THE EDrroR OF THE St,N-Str.
am grateful to you for tho publication
In The Sun of my letter dated Au
u $ T. THE Sun is impartial In Civ
ing the friends Of Mr.. Carranza, FRS
chief of the Constitutionalist Army q
Mexico an opportunity to lay befor,
the American public the views of theil
party, which has succeeded in estab
Ishing a strong and orderly govern
ment In Mexico.
For more than two years the Govern.
menu OF the United States has beer
dealing with First Chief Carranza
through different representatives, whom
ne mas received In "A friendly way. Ths
ciaims OF these representatives i'm be.
nair or the American Government ha W
always received perfect attention from
tne Constitutionallst Government, and
MT Carranza, as far as the eventual.
ties OF a state of war have permitted
y. mas endeavored TO comply with Mex.
ZOOS international obligations.
Lately, on account OF alarming infor-
nation coming from Mexico city. nine
times out OF ten from enemies of MIR
C~arranna, the American Govcrnmen,
nas been urging the First chief of the
Constitutionalist Army, through It's rep.
re~sentatives. OF the necessity of AFFORD
ihs guarantees to foreigners In Mexico
10 Keep railway communication open
oetween Vera Cruz and the city of
Mexico. and to facilitate the work of
distributing food by the American Red
Cross.
All these requests have been needed
ana strong measures have been adopted
10 alleviate the situation. Gen. Pablo
GONZALES. Immediately after capturing
tho city of Mexico, issued a military
decree furnishing with capital penalty
any attempt against property or the
lives or natives and foreigners resid-
ing In the city of Mexico. Railway
communication between Vera Cruz and
Mexico has been kept open. and the
american Red Cross has now all kinds
OF facilities to proceed in its humans
tarian work Of relieving the sufferings
OF an exceedingly small part OF the
population who are In distress.
on the other hand. the American Gov
eminent has steadily refused to receive
any Mexican representative of the Con-
s~titutionalist Government. The requests
or the Carranza Government are never
heeded. n whenever the First Chief
has had the upper hand. and been on
the verge OF restoring peace and order
IN Mexico, some new plan has been de-
vised In the United States aiming to
debilitate the authority OF the Constitu-
tonalist Government, instead OF help
ing II In its hard task to r~eestablish
peace and constitutional government.
Other nations have followed the steps
or the United States. placing Mr.. Car
rama in an embarrassing and unfair
position when he has had to recognize
the foreign Governments having repre-
sentatives In Mexico. 10 listen to the
demands of such Governments and to
fulfl international obligations, notwith-
standing the fact that he has been de-
MED the right to appoint representa-
tives TO foreign Governments. to sub
nit the reQuests of his Government and
to be recognized as the head OF the
only Government which has the control
OF nine-tenths OF the Mexican republic
and Is restoring peace and order in
Mexico.
From the twcnty-seven States Of the
Mexican republic tho Government Of
Senior Carranza has the absolute control
OF the whole south Of Mexico, that IL
to say, Of the States of Yucatan, CHA
pas. Campeche. Tabasco. Guerrero and
Oaxaca- In the centre and In the
north Of Mexico the Government Of the
First Chief controls the States OF Vera
Cruz. Puebla, Hidalgo. Tlaxcala. Mexico.
Guanatuato. Jalisco. Colima, San Luis
Fotosi. Zacatecas. T~amaulipas. Nuevo
Leon. Sinaloa. Ag~uascalientes. Quere-
taro, Michoacan and the Federal Dis
trlct. besides the territories of Topic and
Quintana Roo. In all these states
peace has been restored and military
Governors appointed by Senior Carranxa
pending the elections of constitutional
Governors as soon az conditions make
IL possible TO hold the same.
villa has control only OF the whole
State OF Chihuahua. part Of Coahuila,
Durango n Sonora. from which terri
tory he will have to move in less than
one month because OF the pressure OF
the armies of Generals Obregon and
Jacinto Trevino.
Zapata controls only the small State
OF Morelos. the smallest In the republic.
Senior Carranza has a well organized
army ~ about one hundred and thirty
i've thousand men. well equipped and
disciplined, while villa has only about
e,gh. thousand men left and Znpata six
thousand, all Of them poorly armed
and equipped.
Now, when Is the First Chief of
the Constitut!onalist Army entitled TO
recognition by the United States? The
Impression is given by articles and re-
ports published in the press. which go
20 far as to quote utterances from the
Secretary of State. that a new plan
Is supported by him. aiming to nothing
less thar the elimination of First Chief
Carranza n the designation of n
man known by no one. nor by what
authority he Is to be appointed, to take
his place. OF course such plan cannot
carried into practice without the
armed support OF the United States
Army. which means a disastrous war
between two friendly nations and the
tearing to pieces Of the sovereignty Of
This Is the reply to the friendly con-
that First chief C%arranza
and his followers. through two years OF
n fearful struggle for liberty and con
government, have rendered TO
the people and Government Of the
States, HrRIBERTo BARRON.