Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1915-08-13

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Washington. Aug. 12.-President ,
Wilson on hisS return from Carnish,
". H, today, was given a compre-
hensive paccount of the Mexican 1situa-
ton by Secretary Lansing.
The secretary told the president that
| official reports indicated that the sit
uation in the vicinity of Brownsville
was of a local character and that quiet,
prevailed at Vera Cruz, where there
had been some anti-foreign demon-
| stratIons- He outlined IN, detail the
discussion of peace plans Jats the New
| York conference yesterday OF the
American diplomats.
| Situation Not Alarming.
Neither the president nor Secretary
Lansing was inclined to view the sit
/ uatiOn as requiring amy further pre-
cautionary measures than have been
Mexican waters ard more federal
| troops to the Texas border. They de-.
1 voted most OF their time to/a discus-'
| sion of the Inter-Americanl plan on
which they are basing their hopes for
the early restorationSof peace in Mex.
| leo.
/ The appeal to ALI factions has not
/ yet been sent. although signed by Sec
| retary Lansing and the ambassadors
| South American governments particle
pating in the conference. A list of
/ chiefs, generals and governors isL/be-
ing complied and as soon as the, ,1oca-
| tions of all are determined tha/appeaI
will be telegraphedI simultaneously to.
| everyspart Of Mexico.
carranza Hotdins, Out. -
On the eve of this action came the
announcement from the Villa agency
here tonight that GeE1eral Carranza
had fatty refused to ENTER into any
peace conference and would not treat
with his opponents Enrique c. Llo-
rente, Washington. representative Of
General Villa. gave out letters which
had passed between him and Elfseo
Arredondo, the Carranza representa-
tive here. Mr. Llorente began the cor
respondence Oni observing in the press
that Charles A.: Douglas counsel fot
General Carranza. had filed a brief
with the state department calling at
tention to the presence in Washing
ton OF Luis Cabrera and EIiseo Are
dondo as Carranza Representatives and
saying that either Eor both of them
1 am assured, will sbe glad to confer
with any element oSrthe Mexican peo-
pie with a view to Iurthering the COM
fare of the nation"
carranza wiz Not Recognize Villa.
Mr.. Ilore;fte promptly teIegraphed
General Eina and was instructed to
| pegln discussion Of peace teams. Mr.
ArrendoTroo replied that he would re-
fer the. matter to General Carranza-
whose response today came in the
form of instructions to Arrendcdo not
to enter into negotiations with the VII
Ia Agents After stating that he would
accept only the unconditional surren-
der OF his opponents, the Carranza
message set forth that there could be
no negotiations with the Villa forces
because their troops on July IL last
attacked a military convoy train, kill
ing many innocent people. Mr.. Llo-
. 1ente declared tonight that Mr.. Doug
flas' statement was made several weeks
after, this incident was alleged to have
occdrred.
: Villa Willing to Sign Armistice.
incidentally Secretary Lansing re-
| vealed today that General Villa had
recently informed the state department
that he was willing to sign an armis-
| tice- for three months or a longer Pc
rod during which peace conference
might be held Mr.. Llorente confirmed
this information and added that Gen
| eral Felipe Angeles was now in con-
ference with General Villa at Chi
lhuahua relative to details of such an
: armistice. He pointed to this meet
ing as an evidence of harmony in the
Villa ranks
Villa and Zapata Willing.
Indications are that the Villa and
) Zapata elements are preparing to re-
: ceive favorably the appeal Of the
United States and the Latin-Ameri-
; can governments They already are
planning a peace conference.
Officials Of the American govern
; ment hoped that many generals re-
. ported to be partisans OF CarranZa ul-
timately will give their adherence to
a peace conference To Offset this
impression, the Carranza agency here
today gave out a list of generals in
, cluding Obregon and Gonzales, who
| were reported to have telegraphed
expressions OF loyalty to Carranza-
! No Invasion of Mexico.
The appeal signed by the American
diplomats in New York yesterday is
addressed to all the leaders, generals
and governors in Mexico and will be
made publicsin a day or two. General
Carranza's displeasure over the efforts
| of the Latin-American countries in
conjunction with the United States
does not alter the feeling Of optimism
among officials and diplomats who de-
clare unwarranted the inference that
any attempt is to be made to invade
Mexico's sovereignty.
| The reply of the minister for for
eign affairs of Argentina to General
Carranza, issued by the. Carranza
agency here, in which it was stated
that the Latin-American countries
specifically understood at the outset
| of their conference that there was to
be no impairment OF Mexico's sover-
eighty, represents the views OF the
United States government whose pres
ent effort, IL was officially stated to-
day, is to obtain peace without resort
to measures Of force or interference in
the internal affairs of Mexico.
! The United States and the LATIN