The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1915-09-23
FAVOR
GENERAL OBREGON
May Be Recognized Instead of
Carranza-ViIIa Plans DeS-
perate Effort to Re-
gain Fortunes.

Washington. Sept. Git became
known here today in spite Of the
prominence everywhere given to the
idea that General Carranza is to be
recognized as provisional president Of
Mexico, the government of the United
States and the Latin American powers
reported in the New York conference
Saturday really prefer to recognize
General Obregon. Carranza's leading
general.
Although nothing will be done for
three weeks, it is stated on high au-
thority that the probabilities are OBJ
RECON, rather than Carranza, will be
recognized. The effort will be made
to get CarranZa to agree to 1t.
Villa will stand for Obregon, it is
asserted on high authority.
1t cannot be said that 1t has been
absolutely decided to recognize Obre-
gon, but the administration prefers
this to the recognition of Carranza. 1t
may prove to be impossible to avoid
the recognition of Carranza with any
regard for the peace Of Mexico.
In that case, If he should be recog-
nized, stringent conditions will be inn
posed. Among other things the prom
ised land reforms would be strictly
required.
Enrique Gonzales Cara, provisional
executive in Mexico City during the
Villa -Zapata occupation Of the capt.
tai, arrived here today as an ennis
sary Of General Villa. Cara will at
tempt to show that Carranza, while
making his campaign against Villa in
the north, has withdrawn large forces
from south and central Mexico and
has lost control in territory he once
held.
Advices from Vera Cruz to the Car
rama agency here today said the
meeting of the Pan-American confer
ence in New York Saturday material
ly increased the value of CarranZa
currency, and his military leaders
were reported much encouraged by the
conferences announcement that the
time for recognition of a government
in Mexico had arrived.
Washington, d. c., Sept. 2O.-Fol-
lowing the action of the Pap Amer
lean conference in New York, giving
the Mexican factional leaders three
weeks in which to prove their claims
to recognition by the various govern
ments of North and South America,
General Villa plans one last desperate
effort to break the growing power Of
CarranZa.
To supplement their argument here
that the CarranZa movement should
not be recognized because OF an alleged
lack of moral capacity. the Villa party
is planning an extensive guerilla war
fare.
Enrique c. Llorente, Washington
representative of General Villa, re-
turned from New York last night and
expressed the confidence that within
three weeks there would be ample
proof of the inability Of Carranza to
control the territory he claims. He
would not state what plans for the
guerilla campaign had been made, but
1t Is understood that General Villa,
using Chihuahua as a base, will send
flying columns into various parts OF
the republic and by a series of SEN
sational dashes endeavor to show the
helplessness of Carranza. There will
also be a renewal of activity by the
Zapata forces TO the south.
The conference will meet again In
three weeks to consider the claims of
the various factions. The conferees
decided that recognition Of the strong
est contender in Mexico is the only
policy to be pursued to hastily end the
Internal strife in the border struggle.
The American government, as well as
the Latin governments. are committed
to this policy.