The Sentinel=record., 1916-12-19

PhiIads'Iala, r=e. 10.-Gencral Carranza's representatives oa inc IMeNican-Ameriean joint commission
 made to the American members ,o-
 day. the admission that the protocol igned three weeks ago had not beea -atIfied They supplemented that al- mission, however, with a declaration of the attitude of the Carranza gov e-nment and assured the Americans
 that the de ay in ratification did not ls.-uity the rejection Of the agreement Iica they had signed after almost three months of consideration. The exact character Of che communication |ucm tAe NcNicane was not made G9a- Ic brt ll was evident al the close ut
 the conference that both Americans and AeNIoans regarded as pro6ab. a
 the official sanction of the protocol
 and tle resumption ot the sessions.
 a which 9J 5eeu planned q cuss questions at issue between the
 governments cr the United sattes and Mex co.,
 Two sessions were held and 'dtc to- d3y when the commission adjourned il was announced that another mee.
 in- would lc held tomorrow. Unless a break in the conference, now ez-
 pc ted, Cccrrs it was said touiaut tlat the sessions might be coqtinusJ unti near the end of the week. when an adiourumuJ would be taken uutl after New Years day
 It was indicated that Carranza had withheld ratification when the pro- Jccol was submitted 10 hlm by Alberto ,. Janb the commits .mer, who aar r.ed the document from Atlantic City t9 Quereta,o, not so much because he found the terms of the agreemen- as
 impossible as because he felt that tl declaration of the Ju'ted States gov enmeuss attitude made by Secretary of Interior Lane ,as chairman of the commission, made it inconsistent tos
 i'm to accept il without in turn detil- ing the position Of his government Secretary Lane had placed before the Mexican commissioners suplemen- tal statement in which he had clearly indicated that the Ame icau govern menl was determined to witness an Improvement ol conditions in Mexico and that the American troops wouJ be sent acr-ss the border in pursuit
 of bandits and that no restrictions would be tolerated
 Although not included in the p-3- toc7a Carranza interpreted this state ment as vitaIly connected with the aercement and has protested against the pUsuralce of such a policy by the United States To the conditions named iu the psatocol for the with
 drawal of American troops now in Chi huahua under General Pershing it ls uder tood he made no serious objee-
 ton. The terms for their withdrawal are that they saa.l be taken out with
 in 40 days after ratification of the pro
 tocol, if in that time bandits have noe
 altered conditions in that part of the country so materially that the peace
 of the border would be meraced, and that Carranza would garrison the ter.
 ritory as the Americans are with. drawn
 Carran2a signed no statement to
 the commission, but authorized Mr..
 Pani 10 draft and submit the state
 meut as a counter declaration of poli-
 cy. It was learned that the Mexican
 commissioners were empowered to
 use their judgement in phrasiug the
 document and that they were urged
 by Carrau1a not to cause a break with
 the Americans if it could he avoided
 Tonight the attitude of the Ameri-
 cans appeared to be that the message
 would be considered carefully and it
 was indicated that they preceiyed in it no insuperable bar to further de
 bate
 Mir. Pani appeared today as the
 dominant member of the Mexican commission. although Luis Herrera retained officially the chairmanship