The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-10
Offers to Send Strong De- tachment After Villa If Americans Will Keep Their Army On Their Own Side of Border.
Conferees Fail to Reach An Agreement and Hold An other Session Today Five Companies Sent to Ell Paso From Fort Bliss

x Fl Paso, May, 1O-Gen. A1val.o Obre- gOn, Mexican Minister of War is am tderstood to have made what was de- scribed as a counter proposal in the dit campaign, held last evening at | Gen Scott's car in 5FEI tPaso-
 Obregon is said to have offered to i throw Mexican troops in great num- ] bers northward and patrol the entire American border for protection against bandit raids. it being under stood the American government would l similarly patrol its own side of the linternationa1 line The presum ptio1 1 is the United States would then agree to withdraw it's troops from Mexico This proposal was not accepted and the conference adjourned after a 1 three and half hours discussion The conferes agreeda to hold another session today
 Gen. Obregon said there was no truth in reports that he had demand ed the withdrawal of American troops.
 t'IfI I spent my time denying all the added, T would have ne time left for anything eIse.''s
 sOn learning of the new American troop dispositions to be made along the border. Juan Anador, Mexican Secretary of FoEeign Affairs, said.
 s'That=is exactly. whatkwe want. If tsae bOrder there would have been no trduz1le, as the bandits would have bee usaafraid to cross over.s' AS Tahe withdrawal of A. FJ. McQuat- teEs. president of the Alvarado Min inEN SE Milling Go. from yesterdays s confesEence was one Of the inter testing deweh 1pments of the day MT Me cmattAers arranged the second confer- e1aes a t which Gen. Scott and Gen. Ohregdn drew tip their tentative aeFeeme nt, and had beeuk present at each sA 5sequent meeting until yes tefrays
 AbohtR noon spb-secretafy Amador called oriS Gen Scott in his car and informed h i'm that the Mexican con ferees obja'cted to the presence of Nf McQuaAs sers at another confer- eree He ass .erteds that Mir McQuat- ters had been former supporter of Hnerta and Ia fer of Villa, that be- cause of his mknings interests in Mex. ico he held inte1veIRtfoni tehdencdes,I and that he hadf not preserved secrecy regarding prooeedings at | previous eomferences-
 The discussion between Gen. Scott and Secretary A mador appeared ex- citing as, viewed through the car win dews. Anador shook his finger ex- cited1ys in Gen. Scots face, and Gen. Scott rep1iedf by waving a paper he held at the Sub-Secretary. When the Mexican official left it was with the impressBon that his objection had been .overru1ed.
 Later in the day aAndreas Garcia, Mexican consul in EatPaso wired Mex 4can Am bassadoF Arredondo at wash fngton to protest to Secretary of War Bkker against MT. McQuatters taking part in thse negotiations. Neverthe- less when Ssen. QbregDn and Secretary Afhador appeared at Gen Scott's car about 5 o'dIock, MT. McQuatters was on hand.
 Only a feav minutes passed before Efr McQuatts:rs came out of the car, leaving the sconfererice to proceed without him. k He explained that ob- tections to his Hresence again had been made by the Mexican conferees. and