The Idaho Republican., 1915-10-15
WILL RECOGNIZE
CARRANZA FACTION
Victory for Old WhiskeradOes and
the South American Diplomats
Villa to Continue Fighting.

| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS or the
party led by General Carranza az the
de facto government in Mexico was
unanimously agreed upon Saturday
by the Pan-American conference as
the step to be recommended to their
respective governments. Secretary
Lansing, on behalf of the United
States government, expressed it's in
tention to recognize General Carran-
"a, and the ambassadors of Brazil
Chile, Argentina, and the ministers OF
Bolivia, Uruguay and Guatemala,
transmitted Saturday night the de-
cision of the Washington government,
hs we'll as their opinions on agree
ment with it, Mr.. Lansing obtained
the approval of President Wilson to
the plan and before the conference
began all the other ministers in the
Latin-American corps also had given
their adherence to it.
7 The action of the conference was
regarded generally as the most i'm
portant diplomatic step in the Mexi-
can situation since the United States
decided to withhold recognition from
the Huerta government more than
two years ago. 1t means that the
Carranza government will receive the
moral support of the United States
and that an embargo on shipments of
arms to opposing factions will be laid
as soon as recognition actually is ex-
tended, which will probably be within
a fortnight.
The conference was in session for
three hours.
Officials believe many elements in
Mexico will align themselves with
Carranza, and that the latter will
himself adopt a liberal attitude to-
ward his opponents, permitting of a
reconciliation of the various branches
of the original Constitutionalist
party, of which he was one of the
founders.
Secretary Lansing made it clear
that while the United States could
mot condition recognition upon the
giving of amnesty or the settlement
of other questions of a strictly in
ternal nature, satisfactory assurances
on these and other subjects have
been received from the CarranZa gov
ernment. These guarantees are as
follows:
/. 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
bf 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 politics
will be permitted to return and will
he protected, provided they do not
participate in politics and obey the
Mexican laws governing the church
and state.
4. A decree of amnesty is in prep
aration which will enable all elements
of political affiliations
heretofore, to return to Mexico with
the exception of those guilty of COM
yplicity in the plot to kill Madero and
Suarez. or who are charged with civil
crimes.
A few political leads who hitherto
have opposed the Carranza govern
ment will not be permitted to return
until the government is firmly estab-
'lished, and then only If they will
pledge allegiance to it.
The form in which recognition Is
to be extended has not been decided.
Secretary Lansing said an ambassa-
dor might be sent to the Carranza
capital or an ambassador named by
Carranza received here, or that there
might be an exchange Of notes.
George Carothers, American con-
sular agent, telegraphed the state de-
partment the substance of long in
terview he had had with General Viii
la at Juarez, in which the latter ex-
planned in line with utterances to the
press Saturday night that he intended
to continue fighting Carranza. No
mention was made of withdrawing
protection to foreigners as reported
in press dispatches, but officials rea-
lie that the legal responsibility for
protection to foreigners rests always
with the recognized government for
all parts of the country, whether in
rebellion or not. Americans for this
reason were recently advised to with
draw from northern Mexico, but many
of them failed ID heed the state
advice.-Exchange.