South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-08-13
No More Troops or WarShipS
Are to Be Sent Unless Anti
Foreign Crisis Should
Develop.
CARRANZA MAY YET
SECURE RECOGNITION
Strong Appeals Being Made
to induce "FirSt Chief" to
Listen to Proposals of
Joint Conference.
Bv John Edwin Nevln.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13.-Gen. car
rama may yet secure recognition as
provisional president OF Mexico IL
all hinges on whether h present stub
born attitude can be modlhed Dy MS
friends in Latin-Amerlca.
Pressure now is being brought 10
have accepted the appeal for peace
conference. prepared by the united
States and Latin-America, In the
friendly spirit I'm which II Is framed.
And. despite the tone OF defiance now
manifested i'm the Carranza company,
Pres't Wilson is understood to be
hopeful that an agreement Will De
reached.
I.atin-American diplomats in Mex
leo City. who are convinced that Car
rama dominates the situation, are the
mediums in an unofficial program OF
persuasion. II was learned here to-
dav that they have been asked by their
colleagues in this country TO explain
10 Carranza that the quickest way for
him 10 secure recognition is to agree
To "a peace conference along the lines
TO be suggested I'm the united appeal.
Could OutvOte All.
Tnasmuch as he dominates the sit
uatlon controls majority of the mill
itary chiefs and state governors, he
could outvOte all of the opposing fac
tious IL ne would agree TO enter a
general peace conference. This viii be
made plain 10 him and he VIII also be
told that If he does so. then he VIII
receive the whole-hearted support of
all the powers and can run the country
TO suit himself putting his planned
government into action along the lines
that will suit the majority.
If Carranza will not agree to this
ARRANGEMENT then a plea will be made
10 his generals TO abandon him and
act Independently. Gonzales at Mexico
city, and ObregOn, back in command
OF the chief field army operating to-
ward TorreOn. will be the two men
whose influence will be most sought.
The latter, at least, might be per-
suaded 70 aid peace if Villa agrees to
utterly eliminate himself and the
state department has been told by
Gen. scott that ne can be influenced
20 do so in the interest of a general
peace
Refusal Of Carranza to back up the
proposal of Charles A. Douglas, Car
rama attorney here, that his agents
here talk peace with 1he Nillista rep
rcsentatives. is not considered very
serious. 1t has simply emphasized
what Sec'y Lansing said at the time.
that the offer was an invitation TO
Villa and Zapata 10 sue for peace,
until 10 also shows that Douglas acted
on HIS own responsibility instead of
on orders from CarranZa IN MINIS his
brief with the state department
Can Handle Villa
Villas offer of an armistice. which
his agency here repudiates. is also ac-
cepted as more for effect in the United
States than anywhere else. Ever since
Villa was defeated for the initial
lighting at Leon. he has been in a re-
ceptive mood and has made various
ovcrtures toward ObregOn. which
have been promptly rejected Villa can
DE handled in the interest of peace and
so can Zapata. Carranza. alone, is
the stumbling block that this govern
ment is trying 10 devise means of
dealing with.
Sec'y Daniels officially announced
today that there would be no further
,varship movements in connection
with the Mexican situation until the
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