The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1915-10-13
TAKES new ACTION
PAN=AMERICAN CONFERENCE TO
RECOGNIZE CARRANzA
VILLA WILL fight ON

and China Join in Deciding to
Grant Favor to Constitutionalist
Chief-Action Expected to be
Taken Soon.
| Recognition of the Carranza gov
ernment as the de facto government
Of Mexico was unanimously decided
upon Saturday by the Pan-American
conference. Secretary Lansing is
sued this statement:
| The conference, after careful con-
sideration of the facts, has found
that the Carranza party is the only
party in Mexico which possesses the
essentials for recognition as the de
facto government, and they have so
reported to their. respective govern
! ments."
Secretary Lansing said the United
| States would await responses from
the other American republics repre-
| sented in the conference before TAX
ing formal action toward recognition.
He said the conference contemplated
no interference in Mexico's internal
affairs, and that the question of an
| embargo on arms and ammunition had
not been discussed.
The action. of the conference was
| regarded generally as the most dip
| lomatic step in the Mexican situation
since the United States decided to
| withhold recognition from the Huer-
ia government. 1t seems that the
Carranza government will receive the
, moral support Of the United States
and that an embargo will be placed
on arms destined for opposing fac
tions as soon as recognition actually
is extended, which probably will be
within q fortnight.
The fact that the United States
already has decided to recognize the
Carranza government is thought
likely to have an important moral
effect in Mexico. Officials believe
many elements will now align them
selves with Carranza and that the
latter himself will adopt q. liberal at
titude toward his opponents.
Official advices have been received
in Washington that Argentina, Brazil
and Chile are in accord with the de-
cision Of the United States to grant
recognition to the party led by Gen.
Carranza as the de facto government
in Mexico.
It became known Sunday that
some of the South American govern
ments long before Saturdays con-
ference at which it decided to recog-
nize the Carranza government had
authorized their diplomatic repre-
sentatives to favor the recognition Of
Gen. Carranza in the Pan-American
deliberations.
President Wilson has not received
from Secretary Lansing report OF
the proceedings of the final confer
ence but several days ago he indi-
Gated to the secretary his acquies-
cece in tn eplan proposed.
Extension Of recognition is expect
ed within a week. This will result
in an immediate embargo on arms
against factions opposed to the Car
rama government, step which will
weaken materially the resources of
the Villa element. Miguel Diaz Lor1-
bardo gave out statement in be-
half Of the Villa faction declaring
that while it was a source of salts
faction that the United States had
shown it's sympathy with the Mexican
Constitutionalis revolution against
Huerta by recognizing revolution
ary faction, nevertheless it was in
tended to demonstrate by further
military operations that the Carranza
party's supremacy was temporary.
George Carothers, American con-
sular agent. telegraphed the state de-
partment the substance Of long in
terview he had had with Gen. Villa at
Juarez in which Villa explained that
he intended to continue fighting Car
rama. No mention was made of
withdrawing protection to foreigners
as reported in press dispatches, but
officials realize that the legal re-
sponsibility for protection of foreign
ers rests always with the recognized
government for all parts Of the coun-
try in rebellion or not.
Secretary Lansing made it clear
that, while the United States could
not condition recognition upon the
giving of amnesty or the settlement
of other questions of strictly inter
nal nature, satisfactory assurances
on these and other subjects have
been received from the Carranza gov
ernment. These guarantees are as
follows:
l. Foreigners will be protected in
their lives and property.
2. The Carranza government as
sumes full responsibility for claims
growing out of the revolution, and
will adjust them equitably by means
of international commissions.
3. No one will suffer in his life
and property on account Of religious
beliefs; all priests and nuns who
have not taken part in Mexican poll
tics will be permitted to return, and
! will be protected, provided they do
not participate in politics and obey
the Mexican laws concerning the sep
aration of church and state.
4. A decree of amnesty is in prep
aration, which will enable all ele-
ments, irrespective of political affil-
| iations heretofore, to return to MeXl-
| co with the exception of those guilty
Of completely in the plot to kill Ma
dero and SaureZ, or who are charged
with civil crimes. A few political
| leaders, who hitherto have opposed
the Sarranza government, will not be
permitted to return until the gov
! ernment is firmly established and
then only if they will pledge allie
| glance to it.
The war is just beginning. said
Gen. Francisco Villa upon receiving
the news Of the recognition of the
Carranza faction. Villa was ready to
leave for Casa Grandes, where he is
said to have twenty thousand men.
when the news reached him.
Satisfaction rather than resent
ment was generally expressed by the
chiefs of the northern leader. Col.