Norwich bulletin., 1916-09-09
INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION
 IS MAKING PROGRESS
Formal Request for Withdrawal Of General Pershing's Forces Antici- pated.

At the resumption Friday at Eastern Point of the conferences of the A1exi- can-American joint. commission seek ing a permanent settlement of the in ternational difficulties it was regarded as probable that before deliberations were concluded the Mexican delegates would make a, formal request for the withdrawal of General Pershing's puni- tive expedition from Mexican territory. Papers bearing directly upon this phase of the situation were studied Thursday by the American comm.s- sioners.
 Ideas relative to the maintenance of order along the border were exchanged Friday. With Franklin K. Lane, head ing the American delegation, presiding, the representatives of the two govern ments engaged in discussion which it was expected would result in progress looking toward a better understanding of the objects in view.
 It is stated that Luis Cabrera, min ister of finance in the Carranza cabi- net and chairman of the Mexican sec tiOn of the commission, received secret instructions before he left Mexico City for the mediation conference to invite the United States to establish what to all practical purposes would be finan- cial prOtectorate over Mexico.
 Information to this effect comes from one of the highest sources. The terms upon which it will be proposed to es- tablish this kind of a proteotorate were not contained in Senor Cabrera's s instructions. The general scheme will have to be worked out by the joint commission and will be without effect until approved by tHe United States and First Chief Carrauza.
 The Mexican de facto government wants a loan of $250,000.00 American gold instead of $1CJ, ,000, GOO as some newspapers have stated. The princi- pal source of Mexican revenue which will be offered as a pledge for the re- payment of the :loan will be the duties collected on oil exportation.
 It is said that Carran axis willing to agree to any terms which are accept able to his minister of finance, who is in reality the brains mad the guiding spirit of the de facto government and who is said to have been the author or to have inspired the notes from the first chief to President Wilson in April when the crisis in the relations be- tween the United States and Mexico became so acute and when the de facto government impugned, at least Indirectly, the good faith of the United States.
 It was announced Friday that the Mexican commissioners plan to spend the week end in New York, leaving New London tonight. The reason given for this trip, 1t was explained, was that the women members of the Mexican party wished to do some shopping in the city.
 The following statement covering the mornings proceedings was issued:
 ''This mornings session was devoted othe consideration of plans respect ing the mutual protection of the bor- der. It was explained by the members of the Mexican commission that it was their desire that some plan be devised which would avoid all possible justi- fcation for the recurrence of such in cidents as that of the border To this end the American commissioners sought to know what plan of so-opera- ton on the part of the United States, if any, would most help Mexico in the putting down of bandits along the border.
 "Consideration was given to plans already taken under advisement by General Scott and General Obregon and to the plan of forming a line Of troops along each side of the border which would supplement each other and a distinct agreement as to CO., operation'