Arizona republican., 1916-04-29
General Obregon Evidently Clothed With Plenary Power to Enter into Any Arrangement That May Be Agreed Upon
EARLY WITHDRAWEL
 WILL NOT BE PRESSED
1t is Expected That the Business of the Confer ence to Be Held at Juarez Will Be Concluded by Monday
[RepubIican A. p. Leased Wirel

Republican A. p. Leased Wirel FL PASO, Tex, April 28.-On the | eve Of the Obregon- Scott Funston conference tomorrow over the disposi- 1 tion of United States troops in Mex ico the feeling grew in Fl Paso to- night that tentative American occu- | patton of part of Chihuahua, pending | the eradication of Villa bands by the | l de faCto government, would certainly | result from the negotiations. The | American representatives came to Fl | ! Paso this evening tight mouthed re- carding their plans of action and their 1 instructions from the Washington government. All opinions regarding the outcome of the deliberations was 1 based. therefore. on the attitude of the Carranza officials arriving with | General Obregon. From an authoritative source it was | learned that the Mexican minister of , war had signalized his intention to meet General Scott and General Fun stan half way" in the coming nego- tiations. l If was pointed out ir other quar- ters that this might mean that Gen
 eTal Obregon would give his consent
 to the further presence of General I Pershing's columns on Mexican soil. I provided the chase of the ViIlistas | was relnquished to the Carranzistas.
 and provided withdrawal was ar
 ranged to follow the receipt of as- 1 surances from the de facto govern- ment that the bandit groups had been wiped out. IL was asserted by Mex ican officials that with the large com
 ma ands at his disposal, General Obre- gOn could vanquish the already scat
 tered bandits in q short time, no.
 more than q very few months They argued that on the completion of this
 task, the Americans could conclude , that :heir mission in Mexico was sue
 cessfully ended and could retire north } ward.
 The opinion was general that if the
 United States insisted on a contin- uance of the new troop dispositions , recently ordered by General Funston, : and now being carried into effect, the minister of war could not well
 refuse to grant the proposal. as to do
 30 would be to endanger the relations
 between the American and Mexican
 governments.
 Another circumstance influencing | speculation regarding the outcome pl
 the conference was the confidence of
 the Mexican officials that it would reach a speedy conclusion
 We do not expect any difficulties
 in reaching an agreement" said ono |. of them. The whole business shoull
 be concluded in time for us to return ,eI on Monday"
 ,rI This belief that General ObregoI l. would be able to give the conference
 unexpected expedition caused a repor n to spread that the minister of wa ,,l had been given full power to reach ,- decision in behalf of his government J. Gossip regarding the coming meet IS ing was interrupted this afternoon b, is reports from the American expedi ve tion's front that large forces oi Car 1e ranZa troops were being moved int 1e the Guerrero district On top of thi e came information from Columbus. tn Ill American base station, that a larg
 force of United States infantry In le been moved south along the America ,nI line of communication and that a 1i5 important detachment of cavalry ha ad been moved westward to Gibson ed Line ranch in order that it migl ad cross into Mexico tomorrow mornin;
 Speculation regarding the meanin in. of these movements proved futl is Neither the Mexican nor America he military authorities would discu. cd them, except to say that they repro ,le scented the ordinary precautionary stet x- of forces under arms. The entrant
 of additional Carranza forces into u np Guerrero district was partly explaine ha as designed to prevent any combina
 ton of Villistas and other factor ,s against the American troops.
 n Fl Paso and JuareZ saw more Q, nm citement today than they have ha
 since General Scott came to the ho ec der in August. 1915. to hold his no ar famous conference with Villa on {, nd international bridge. General Obr ,ed gons special train arrived from Ch ,rt huahua City not long after eig l0ol o'clock this morning having on boa Inc also Governor 1gnacio Enriquez
 the state of Chihuahua Shortly a on forwards, the special train of Ge Ina eral Jacinto Trevno of Torreon, m ,s itary commander of the northeast di
 t'ict of Mexico. rolled in. Accompan N ing General Trevino was Gene, Ib- D. ''ii.os, fresiuehte Jose ,g- Luz Herrera of Parral and a numl is, of other celebrities.
 General Gayra commander eft ,rk Juarez garrison and Andres Garc inc Mexican consul in Fl Paso, met oe special trains. General Gavira V nc accompanied by his staff and by
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