Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-19
Similar Action by Other Nations in
Favor of De Facto Govern
ment Expected.
ENGLAND PROBABLY THE FIRST
State Department Considering the
Appointment of an Ambassador to
Mexico-Henry z. Fletcher
Possible Choice.

facto government of Mexico,
with Venustiano Carranza as its
chief executive, was accomplished
today by the delivery to Eliseo
Arredondo, who has been Carran-
za's confidential agent here, of a
letter from Secretary Lansing, i'll
behalf of the United States. Sim
liar letters are being received
from other pan-American gov
ernments by Mr.. Arredondo, in
accordance with a decision of a
formal character reached yester-
day by the pan-American peace
conferees.
Although no final decision has been
reached as to the appointment of an
ambassador from the United States to
Mexico City. the most likely choice, it
was said today. is Henry p. Fletcher, at
present United States ambassador to
Chile.
cation from the State Department by
messenger at the Mexican embassy and
later was invited to the State Depart
ment by Secretary Lansing for a gen
eral conference on Mexican affairs. as
tomorrow he will start for Saltillo to
meet Cen CarranLa.. l-r-7
Action by Other Nations Expected.
Recognition by other nations than
those represented in the pan-American
conference is expected to follow soon,
now that the United States has made
known it's policy. Great Britain prob
ably will be. one of the first. The Brit
ish charge d'affaires at Mexico City. T.
B. Hohler. now is in New York and is
expected here tomorrow. He Will COM
municate to the British foreign Office
the action of the United States and
Englands recognition is expected
through him, the British embassy here
taking no part in Mexican affairs.
Secretary Lansing's Letter.
Secretary Lansing's letter to Mr. Ar
redondo in substance says that the
Secretary takes pleasure in informing
Mr.. Arredondo that the government of
the United States recognizes the de
facto government of Mexico of which
Gen. Carranza is the chief executive:
that the United States government is
prepared to receive a diplomatic rep
resentative of the de facto government
as soon as it is possible for the de facto
government to send one to Washing
ton. and asks that Mr.. Arredondo COM
municate this information to Gen. Car
rama.
The letters of the diplomatic repre-
sentatives of the pan-American govern
ments to Mr. Arredonda are In similar
tone.
With the letter of recognition dis
patched to Mr.. Arredondo. the State
Department is considering a number
of details, upon which determination
will be reached later. The question of
embargo against shipment of arms into
Mexico is under consideration. The
proba BILE procedure. it was intimated
today would be complete embargo
on arms, and then exceptions, it is eX-
pected, will be made. the effect of
which would be to bar shipments to
enemies of Gen. Carranza
Probable Renewal of Red Cross Work
The American Red Cross work may
be renewed at any time. but that is
still unsettled. particularly as to
where the work would be resumed in
Mexico Foreign claims against Mex
leo for property damage and loss of
life will come up later.
mentioned as probable Mexican am
bassador. has had long experience in
Latin American countries, and, although
a republican in politics, he was promot-
ed from minister to amba ssador by
President Wilson. His training in
diplomacy and his knowledge of Ian
guages are understood to have COM
mended him to officials here for the
choice.
He was in the United States recently
and acted as the representative of the
State and Treasury departments in
formally receiving the delegates to the
pan-American financial conference.
Conferees Adjourn.
The pan-American conference on
Mexican affairs adjourned yesterday,
after deciding upon the form in which
recognition should be conferred on
Carranza, with satisfaction in the COM
pletion of its work. Whether the con-
ference will ever be called together
again remains an open question. Five
meetings in all have been held the
first two being devoted to framing an
appeal to the contending Mexican fac
tionS to reach an agreement on their
internal affairs. In view of tho fail
are of important elements to agree the
conference decided that recognition
should be accorded to the strongest
faction, which, it was agreed. is that
headed by Carranza.
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