Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-08-12

when LhPy were concerned. This
is said to account for lack Of con-
firmatiOH Of a report that eight
other Mexican bandits were KILL
ed in HidalgO county since Fri
day.
Washington ID. c.. Aug, 12.-Presi-
dent Wilson and Secretary Lansing
conferred a length today on the Mexi-
can situation Details of yesterdays
conference In New York Of the Latin
American diplomats were given to the
president by the secretary Of state.
just before Mr. Lansing went to the
White house he announced that the ap-
peal to the factions and leaders In
Mexico viii not be sent today, as ar
raugemeuts for its transmission by
telegraph and mail to remote parts of
Mexico are not complete. The COM
munication has been finished and
signed and il has been approved by the
president. State department officials
were preparing today the list of gov
/ ernors and generals to whom the ap-
+ peal is to be sent in the hope5hat the
t petition will haEa. %5sfaspr@asks ssasse4s exa-
public opinion in Mexico.
/ With the return Of the president It
was again reiterated that the inter
! American peace plan does not con-
template in any way the use of force,
or the impairment of Mexicos SOW
erelgnty or interference in her domes-
! tic AFFAIRS. The purpose of the appeal
is to influence the MeXicans themselves
+ to hold q peace convention.
Secretary Lansing 8 conference with
the president lasted an hour He said
auerward that the situation was un-
changed and the appeal to the Mex
leans would be sent as soon as ar
raugemeuts for its transmission had
been made.
MIR Lansing said be had no an
nouucemeut to make as 10 any Of the
other foreign problems confronting
the government.
Secretary Lansing declined to COM
menr on General Carranza' 8 letter Of
protest against the Pan-American
peace plan. He said no reply had been
made The letter, however, has not
disturbed officials for they are con
vtnced that General Carranza does not
control the Individual opinion Of many
Of the generals and leaders who are
reported to be under his command.
The feeling is that when the Pan
American conferees' appeal is read it
viii be evident that Carranza has been
misinformed as TO the purposes Of the
peace plan and there is a confident
hope that some of his hitherto close
supporters will give their adherence
to the idea of a peace conference.
No 0uTages Contemplated.
General Carranza issued from Vera
Cruz today, through his Washington
agents, a denial that any outrages
either were committed or contemplate
ed AGAINST foreigners within his juris-
diction His message said:
You may deny through the press
that foreigners Of any nationality are
In danger in Mexico, for the constitu-
tionalist government offers and will
give every sort of guarantee to the
citizens Of other uationalities exactly
as TO Mexicans themselves, for tho
protection Of their lives and prop
erty.
lSigned) "CARRANZA."
OLtAS4 minister AC4ud CdD4cu tHaL
the demonstration in Vera Cruz had
been merely manifestations of allegi-
ance to Carranza.
The people protested" said Minis
ter Acuna. when they heard OF the
conference being held in the United
States in an endeavor to decide on
matters exclusively tn the province of
Mexican sovereignty, but the people
have not manifested any hostility to
citizens Of any nationality"
a complete report on conditions in
Vera Cruz was called for by Secretary
Daniels today, although no new anti
foreign demonstrations have been re-
ported.
The battleships Louisiana and New
Hampshire. enroute to southern wa
ters. probably will stop at Guantanamo
for orders. it was said today. meeting
there the battleship Connecticut from
Haiti for southern duty.
There have been nc special orders
to the Atlantic feet except those given
the Louisiana, New Hampshire and
Connecticut" Secretary Daniels said
today. The battleships now in the
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