New Britain herald., 1916-02-18

| as the department has given this | subject for a period of several years,
 that l believe it to be incompaile, | with the public interest to transmit
 to the senate at the present lime tho ! voluminous correspondence, called for in the resolution, between the | department of states and the repre- sentatives of the United States in 1 Mexico, or that between this depart ment and representatives of the do | facto government of Mexico of which 1 General V. Carranza is the chief eX- l ecutive. Concise Statement. .>.
 'In response, however, to the in- | quiries made in the resolution, 1 | have had prepared the following con- else statement. together with copies of certain pertinent documents which are hereto appended:-
 1.-The government at present ex- isting in Mexico is a de facto gov ernment established by military power, which has definitely commit ted itself to the holding of popular l elections upon the restoration of peace.
 "2-This de facto government of Mexico of which General V. Carranza is the chief executive, was recognized , by the government of the United States on October 19, 1915, and a copy ! Of the letter to MT. E. ArredondO, the representative of the de facto govern ment at this capital, informing him of such recognition is hereto appended. The said de facto government has since been recognized by substantially all the countries of Latin-Am erica; also by Great Britain France, Italy, Russia, Japan, Austria Hungary, Ger many and Spain and several other countries have recently announced their intention of extending recogni- tion. The said de facto government is at present maintained at Queretaro, near Mexico City.
 Not Constitutional Government.
 Tt cannot be said that the de facto government of Mexico is a constitu- tional government. The de facto gov ernment, like the majority of revolu- tionary governments, is of military character, but as already stated, that government has committed itself tc the holding of elections, and it is con- fidently expected that the present gov- ernment will, within reasonable time, be merged in or succeeded by a government organized under the constitution and laws of Mexico.
 "3-After July, 1914, the revolu- tionary party became divided into fac tions, thereby delaying the pacifica- 1 tion of the country; meanwhile this l government took no action, hoping l that these factions would, by reunion, l be able to restore order. As this de- sirable resolution had been achieved up to June 2, 1915, the presidents Sfofr @Io 1otn a O warning to the leaders of the factions was telegraphed to the American con sular officers in Mexico for circula- tion. copy of this statement is ap- pended hereto.
 American Conference
 Several weeks after the statement was issued, as the factional differ ences seemed to be no nearer to a settlement, this government sounded\ the six ranking diplomatic representa- tives of Latin-America as to whether they would confer and advise with this government in regard to formu- latng some practicable plan, if pos sible, for the solution of the Mexican problem. Under instructions from their respective governments, these representatives signified their desire
 
 and the first conference with the rep resentatives was held on August 5 last.
 ''As a result of that conference, the ambassadors of Argentine, Brazil and Chile, the ministers of Bolivia, Uru- quay and Guatemala and the secre- tary of state of the United States, act l ing severally. signed an appeal to the civil and military leaders of the revo- lutionary factions in Mexico, suggest ing that the latter hold a conference to discuss a peaceful settlement of their differences, and offered to act as intermediates to arrange the time, place and other details of such con- ference. Identical communication in this sense were under date of August 3 and 14 last, sent by telegraph to all generals, governors and other leaders known to be exercising civil Or mili- tary authority in Mexico. A copy of this communication Is appended.
 Attempts Failed
 The attempt to bring the factions together for conference failed Substantially all the commanders, and others in authority who were associ- ated with General Villa replied direct 1y and independently in varied lan- guage, accepting the suggestion for a conference. On the other hand, all the commanders and others in author ity who were affiliated with General Carranza replied briefly to the effect that the appeal had been referred to General CarranZa, whose superior au- thority they acknowledged and who would make such reply as he deemed proper. The inference to be drawn was plain. On the one hand there seemed to be no central organization among the Villista forces, while on | the other hand, submission to a cen l tral authority was evidenced in the re- l plies of the CarranZistas