The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-22
OREGON RESENTS
INTERFERENCE BY
Alb G CONFERENCE
Saws Members Are Ignorant Of
Carranza's Power i'm
Mexico.
GEN. FUNSTON WIRES
OF BORDER MENACE

w,sHtSGroN. Aug. 21.-Further evi.
dsnce that First Chief Carranza is more
likely to fight than to assent to the
proposal made by the Pan-American
conference that he join in a peace ron
,en,ion with his enemies In Mexico Is
contained II a despatch received here
,o.day. carrying the text of Gen. Obre.
,on's response to the note sent a week
ago to-day by the seven ~signatory re-
rublics.
Gen. Obregon Is CarranZa's COM
r,nder in chief In the field. To him is
given credit for the collapse of the u
OF the convention government and the
defeats inflicted on the army OF Gen.
villa. Obregon stands next to the First
chief in the Constitutionalist Govern
ment, and his declaration OF loyalty IL
expected by Carranzistas to have a
poverful moral effect south of the
border.
Taken in connection with Gen. Obre-
von's naughty reply some Significance
~ HIlhiltu " dhNlN0S Wv q wv
war Department from Gen. Funston.
commander in chief Of the American
forces on the border. Gen. Funston in
formed the War Department that 5000
Carranzistas are encamped south OF
Lochiel, a small town In Arizona. They
are part Of the army commanded by
zen. Gales. In this neighborhood yes
terday a force Of Mexicans fired across
AZ American soldiers. Whether the fire
was returned is not stated.
Lectures the C~onferees.
In his response to the Pan-American
invitation ten. Obregon reads the
United States and the six other Amerl-
can republics concerned n lecture as to
their obligations to a sister Government
lie says the communication denotes
clearly that the honorable gentlemen
who have signed 1t were absolutely In
ignorance of the solidarity of our move
ment and OF the perfect control which
The First Chief exercises over the whole
Constitutionalist army
The text of Gen. Obregon's response.
which was addressed to the American
Consul at San Luis Potosi, follows:
DEAR SIR: l acknowledge the re--
&c pt of your courteous note in which
you have been pleased to include the
one sent to you to Washington by
their Excellencies the Secretary Of
State of the United States of Amer
lea. the Ambassadors Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary of Argentina. Bra
Gil and Chile. and the ENJOYS Extraor-
binary and Ministers Plenipotentiary
of Bolivia, Uruguay n Guatemala,
rendering their good offices toward
the paCification of Mexico.
You may answer in my name to the
above mentioned gentlemen that l am
transmitting their note to citizen
V,uustiano C~arranza, First Chief of the
Cou~Slitutionalist army and depository
OF the executive power OF Mexico, the
only person in this republic invested
with the power to represent the ma
ton since the date of the assassina-
ton In the city OF Mexico of Fran
cisco /. Madero and Jose NJ. Pine
SIarez, President and Fice-President
Of the republic of Mexico. all of us
MeNiCans having reposcd in him u
confidence when we were forced TO rise
In arms to free the country from one
Of the most i"gnominious t~yrannies.
and We are disposed to support him
until the country is completely paci-
ned and a strictly democratic govern
ment Is established.
w
Honoring your wishes to now the
Impression made on me by the afore-
said note and my personal opinion on
the same. II affords me- pleasure to
say to you outright that judging from
IN" terms in which 1t is written and
from the fact that II was sent seDa-
rately to each of the military leaders in
command Of troops. to the governors
OF the states n to the First thief of
the ronstitutionalist army. denotes
clearly hat the honorable gentle
men who have signed II were abso-
lutely in ignorance of the solidarity OF
our movement and of the perfect con-
troll which the First Chief exercises
over the whole Constituencies army.
which at the present date numbers
over 10000 men, controlling nine
teuths of the republic. wherein natives
and foreigners enjoy all the guarah-
tees afforded by our laws.
My opinion is that II our sister re-
publics are. as | believe them to be,
animated by lofty principles OF mo-
ulity and fraternity and sincerely de-
sire for our beloved Mexico "A future
of peace and prosperity and are ready
to lend their aid to accomplish IT,
they could do so by the mere act OF
not allowing themselves to be mis-
guided by false information or I'M
srrupulous influences, and allow the
CoustttutiOnalist administration TO end
It's work Of paCification and to estab-
l-h a really democratic government.
which will put an end to the series or
murders and treasons which have
been occurring in our country. due 10
the perVerSe influences which nave
m"ddlrd with u liberal democratic
party, causing embarrassing arrange
nonts to he made in the past with the
enemies OF the people.
In this case the Mexican people
would look upon the brother couh-
tres with profound gratitude and
sympathy because Of the respect
shown TO Mexico's institutions ana
Fights ALVARo OBREGoN.
gen. Castro's Reply.
Con. Ccstreo Castro, commander OF
DIVISION at Tampico. also TRANSMITTED
answer TO the Pan-American appear
errly to Gen. Carranza. He SAID:
uur internal disturbances being
ur.,tically ended through the extern
,... Of control by the CONSTITUTIONAL
. ,rny. representing as 1t does legal
II. and order. and on the eve OF the
tr.,rg into effe,t the reforms which
ttNc necessitatcd our activities In the
f,.i of war during five bloody years.
.., y~anuuished now pretend and try
4, IMPRESS their pretenslons through
, iurcign country that our intentions
a.r not for the best interests OF Mex
.... md inCapable of restoring order
.,uscIvcs they are striving to ar
rc.r our formidable advances, to fore
tr,1 ntIr trIlmDh and postpone the