Arizona republican., 1915-07-29
Though Carranza Will Not Agree to Proposed Con ference, He is Said to Have d Plan of His Own
MILITARY MOVES
 MOSTLY MASKED
Inquiry ny Washington Of ficials Made at All I'm portant Points i'll the Re public Develops Only Deep Silence
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 WASHHINGTON, July S-Encour- aging reports reached officials of the Washington administration recently il was learned tonight of peace pros poets in Mexico although no indi- cation has come that Carranza will Yield to another request by the Uni ted States that he join in peace ne gotiations with Villa and other MeXi- can leaders. Intimations conveyed 10 administration officials howeve- are that there are conditions accept able to Carranza under which joint peace deliberations of all faction. may be arranged.
 From Villa. Zapata, Maytorena and many more leaders. including men who have been prominent in MeNi- can civil and military affairs, wa made known from an authoritative source tonight. have come indica tions that another effort by the Uni ted States to institute peace con ference will not be fruitless.
 Thes, reports. It is said. resulted rom an informal canvass of the situation that has been quietly in progress for several weeks. Emissar- ies of CarrInza are expected t2 reach Washington within few days. It is expected that they will have some plan to suggest to the admin istTation- The Washington govern ment also expects valuable informa tion regarding actual conditions in Mexico from Consul General shank Iin who will arrive from Mexico City and Vera Cruz within a few days.
 The next step to be taken by the United States. il is believed will be announced soon after the presidents return from Cornish. The presiden- informed newspaper men at the sum- Hner capital that the Mexican prob lem was receiving his earnest at tention.
 The situation in Mexico is not clearly known tonight. state de partment officials have been trying for days without success to get ac- curate information regarding the whereabouts of the various armies. Mexico City remains completely cut off from communication. There are no official advices regarding the whereabouts of Gonzalez's arm which moved out of Mexico city to head off Villas flying column.
 Efforts to locate Villas southern expeditionarv force also failed Fur ther northward in the vicinity of Torreon. san Luis Potosi and Mon terey, the same conditions prevail Repeated attempts to get information from all these centers prover fruit less. Villa has been reported al Torre1n on a conference with his mi litary advisers but no official ad- vices confirming this can be Ob- tained
 Reports were also circulated that Vi'a is concentrating his forces at Torreon to meet an attack by a Car Tanza army under Obregon and Hil to be reinforced by Trevino. who is said 10 be forcing his way westward from Monterey. Saltillo is also iso- lated and an attempt to get word from Guanajuato brought no results
 Advices from General Funston that Gales has been ordered not to at tack Nogales because of the neutrali- zation agreement regarding the bor- der cities was received as indicating that Carranza desHes not to offend the United States at this juncturc Another indication that the general is eager to compose the Mexican em- broglio was the action of Secretary Lansing in asking the Arizona au- thorities to grant a respite to five Mexicans under sentence of death a Florence This request was made in response to an appeal from Villa