Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-09-13
President Takes Hand in
Work Of Conference to
Settle Border Problem.
ONLY MEXICANS
CAN AID MEXICO
Mr.. Wilson Tells Commissioners That
Regeneration of Mexico Must Come
from Within, and Assures Them
OF Sympathy with Ideals.

New London. Conn, Sept. l2.--Pres-
idcnt Wilson lent his personal touch
today to aid tie efforts of the Ameri-
can Mexican joint commission, seek
ing permanent foundation of SYM
pathy and understanding upon which
may rest the future relations Of the
United States and Mexico.
Putting aside for the hour his own
cares and his vigilance at the bed
side of his sister, Mrs Anne f. Howe,
who is dying here. Mr.. Wilson ex-
changed calls with General Carran-
Za's representatives 1t was the first
time that the executive has dealt per-
sonally with representatives Of the
de facto government of Mexico and
the significance of this fact was not
lost upon the Mexican commits sioners.
For the first time represer: atives of
General CarranZa received directly
from the man in whose hands. PEE
haps, lies the fate of their country,
his statement Of sympathy with the
aims of the revolution in Mexico.
The regeneration of Mexico must
come from within, Mr.. Wilson said,
and, in answering for his colleagues
and himself, Luis Cabrera, Mexican
minister of finance and chairman of
the Mexican commission, asserted
that his country was struggling to-
ward the light Of freedom and demo-
cratic government.
The meeting was arranged when
the president arrived yesterday, sum-
moned here by the illness of his sis
ter. A message of sympathy from
Mr.. Cabrera and his associates was
carried to Mr.. Wilson by Secretary
Lane, chairman of the American COM
mission. The message contained the
hope also that the Mexican represen-
tatives might pay their respects to
the president in person before their
return home. The executive signified
his wish to meet the Mexican dele
gates at once aboard the naval yacht
Mayflower
Returns Visit Promptly.
The visitors were received with full
naval honors, except that a salute
was not fired. A brief exchange Of
greetings took place in the presidents
salon, Secretary Lane introducing the
Mexican commissioners. Within Is
minutes after the Mexican delegates
had returned to the hotel where the
conferences are being held. the pres
ident returned the visit. At the pier
he was met by Secretary Lane, Judge
Gray and John r. Moot, the Ameri-
can commissioners. and escorted to
the sun parlor, where the Mexicans
awaited him.
For half an hour, the president and
the six commissioners chatted in
formally. The president said he was
more familiar than his hearers per-
haps realized with the fundamental
principles for free government in
Mexico. He assured them of his
sympathy with those aims, adding
that right-thinking people all over
the world must sympathize with such
aspirations.
Mr.. Cabrera. in reply, referred to
the United States as the leader of
the movement for free government,
and as the tutor to whom Mexico
must look in striving for the type
Of government it's people sought.
Much has been done, he said, but
much more must be accomplished
before the aims of the people could
be achieved.
Review Carranza's Fight.
In the morning hours, before the
executives visit, the joint commits
sion considered reports submitted by
the Mexican members as to the po-
litical events which brought about
the de facto government. In effect,
the story is that Of Carranza's battle
with Villa and Zapata, for it begins
at the Aguas Calientes conference Of
military leaders in 1914, the failure of
which to provide a satisfactory form
of civil government, was followed by
the new civil war.
The commission will resume its
deliberations tomorrow, and probably
will continue it's review of Mexican