Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-08-06
AGREE ON PROGRAM
FOR SETTLEMENT Of
MEXICAN TROUBLES
Plans Agreed On 10 Be Sent
To Both Carranza
and Villa
GOVERNMENTS WILL
RECOGNIZE CARRANZA
This Unless Some Agreement
May Be Reached By the
Warning Leaders
BY @. p. Stewart.


Omitted Press staff correspondent,)
Washington, Aug GA definite
program having been agreed upon, 10.
days meeting between Secretary of
State Lansing and the Central and
South American ENJOYS promised to
conclude the consideration of plans
for the restoration Of peace in Mex
icO
Everything today bore out the belief
that the Pan.American conferees have
definitely made up thenir minds as to
the steps that should be taken. Sec
retary Lansing intimated there might
not be another conreronce. General
Scott, chief of staff Of the army, and
Its most successful mediator, Is SEIZED.
uled for n conference with Lansing dur.
ing which every angle Of the Mexican
situation will be gone over with the ut
most care.
Villa on Last Legs
II was limited in official circles to-
day that General villa is 40 nearly on
his plOst legs" that II ought to be
easy to force him into an agreement
with General CarrnnSa as an alterna-
tive to ignominous defeat.
According TO the best information
the program which has been agreed
upon contcmpatcs one certain step as
its first plan for peace with second
possible step, including the rccogni.
tion Of General CarranSa az provisional
president, should the first fail.
The first, it is assumed, viii be the
forwarding Of proposition for a peace
conference between villa and CHranza.
II is presumed that General Scott
will be chosen Ms the special envoy to
suggest this to the rival factional lead.
ers If the theory that General Villa
is 80 nearly exhausted that he can be
forced into such conference, is correct,
then the two factions win be asked to
agree upon provisional president
whom the United States and the Pan.
American governments could recognize.
He would act as head of the govern
ment until regular election is called,
possibly within 30 days and certainly
within go days The Mexican people
would be left absolutely free to choose
their own permanent president,
Must Suit Carranza.
The provisional president selected in
the peace conference between Carranza
and Villa must be satisfactory to the
first chief" and he is at present the
most powerful factor. lie must not
be impossible from Villa u standpoint,
according TO the view taken by the
confcrceB, but 1t IN pointed out that
villa should consider himself fortunate
TO be consulted ut all and consequent
ly cannot be unrcasonably critical ns
to Cnrran2n y selection.
Consideration Of u cientifico for pro-
yisionnl president IL out Of the Ques.
tiOn, it is felt by those dealing with
the problem, A member Of the Mndero
cabinet is deemed the most suitable pos.
sibility, ns lluertn = assumption OF pow
or was never recognized and the naming
Of such man as former Minister uf
Justice Tnglo would merely be restoring
the government to the faction in control
before Madcro was assassinatcd, Tagle
IN the only surviving member Of the
Mndero cabinet who did not resign. He
IN therefore the logical successor but
General Currunza objects TO him
Lascurian Suggested
As an alternative Pedro l.ascuriun /,
prominently mentioned, II is believed
Carranzn would ncccdc TO this arrange
ment Of negotiating with villa ant
sclecting provisional president will
the understanding that he is TO hay,
the prcd0minating voice.
II General villa should refuse TO on
ter conference with Curranza unde
the first step in The peace plan tbcl
the second would be taken up rhi
; consists Of recognizing Carranza him
self, AZ provisional president and furu
ishing All necessary support to crus
villa and establish the "first chief
, IN undisputed control The uptc
States win have the approval and ca
/ operation Of the Pan.Amcrican govern
1 ments In working out either step OF th
, plan upon which the confcrees hay
\ agreed.