The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1915-02-16
CARRANzA GIVES
NOTICE TO WORLD
Mexican Chief to Force
Recognition
ALL COMMUNICATIONS ITO PASS
THROUGH HIS HANDS
ut Washington Worried.
Anxious as to the Treatment of For
,eigners.

/ NdSHlnStCl NpUeTdl teuuSlilltt
Caranza as first chief of the Con
Istitutionalist army, notified the
world Sunday that all communications
to his government from outside
sources must pass through him. Car
ranza's decree reached Washington
through Rafael Zubaren Capmany, his
minister of the interior, who tele-
graphed it to Eliseo Arredondo, Car
ranza's local representative. The or
der apparently will make it impos-
sible for diplomatic representatives of
foreign governments to deal with the
Carranza government except by going
to Vera Cruz, which they have been
unwilling to do, lest such action be
construed as formal recognition. Al
ready most of the diplomats at Mexico
City have asked their governments for
permission to leave when the situation
/ becomes intolerable and some of them
have been advised to use their own dis
erection.
The order may also affect the &C
tivfty of American consular represen-
tatives, who heretofore have dealt with
| the de facto government, whatever it
happened to be.
"The first chief of the Constitution
alist army has been appraised of fire.
quent cases wherein persons Of di-
virse nationalities styling themselves
confidential or consular agents Of for
eign governments without really be-
ing SO, and other persons styling
themselves representatives Of foreign
colonies or large foreign interests es-
tablished in Mexico, pretend to make
Representative address cOmmunica-
tons, address communications and
treat directly about matters of an in
ternatiOnal character with different
leaders of the Constitutionalist army.
This action even in cases where it
Is taken by persons actually apcred-
| tied, tends to disrupt the unity which
should prevail in the Constituticnalist
| government and to belittle the author
ity of the first chief of the aforesaid
army, provoking disorder and lack of
cohesion in governmental decisions
with much DANCE rto our cause.
THE detection of General Francisco
Villa and other leaders of the north
ern division involved a painful expert
ence which we must bear in mind to
avoid in the future the lack of po-
| litical discipline of experienced lead
ers. 4-s-sssas
| Military leaders before whom such
representations may be made must
confine themselves to informing the
| representatives of the foreigners that
they should take such matters up di-
rectly with the first chief of the Con-
! stitutionalist army"
| Military chiefs are warned to re-
| ject "all promises of political assist
| ance emanating from foreigners.
| While high officials were reticent
as to the future course of the United
States government, it is evident that
the treatment of foreigners Of Mexico
the food famine in Mexico City and the
| plight of the diplomatic corps there
| have given the administration much
| concern.
Although eight censors are on duty
at Vera Cruz to prevent dispatches
unfavorable to the Carranza cause
from being sent abroad, it has been
learned authoritatively that for some
time barely courteous relations have
been mainland between sCarranza
and the consuls of Spain and Great
Britain at Vera Cruz. The consuls
wait for hours in his reception ROOM
only to be told to call again. Both the
Spanish and British consuls Incurred
the displeasure of Carranza because of
their persistence in calling to his at
tention what they considered unjust
aggressions on foreign property.
The American consul at Vera Cruz,
w. H. Canada, has time and again
made representations to Carranza on
the treatment of Spaniards. Recently
he was instructed to say that the de-
partment of state had learned of the
shooting of seven Spaniards at Apizaco
and of another at a nearby town, and
pointed out that unless this method of
reprisals was stopped; the world at
large would be shocked, that a con-
tlnuation of this policy of executing
Spaniards would be re1arded with
keen displeasure by the United States
and would place personal responsible
ity on Carranza.-Statesman