The sun., 1916-12-28
WASHINGTON LOSES
FAITH IN CARRANZA
Success. Of villa in Northern
Mexico Big Setback to Ad-
ministration Plan.
BANDIT HAS 5000 MEN
Luis Cabrera to Confer With
Secretary Lane To-day on
Vital Topic.

wAsHiNoroN, Dec. 27.-An hope Of
seeing Mexico pacined under First Chief
csrranza has virtually been abandoned
BY the United States. The refusal Of
carranxa to sign the protocol drawn
10 by the Joint commission N Philadel-
mia has faded into comparative insig.
nlacance In view Of reports Of q H.
,urb,ng nature which have reached the
state Department from northern Mex
sco. C~arranza's control there has prac-
tically collapsed. villa and his sup
porters are understood to have 5000
men under arms. with the do facto gov
eminent unable to put an effective CO.
hesive force in the field against them.
Luis Cabrera, chairman Of the Mexi-
can Commissioners, a an engagement
10 see Secretary Lane, chairman OF the
American Commissioners. tomorrow.
Secretary Rojas of the Mexican Com
mission, came to washington this af-
ternoon and arranged the conferences
for tomorrow. Secretary Lane said to-
night that he had not been advised
whether Mr.. Cabrera would bring any
message from Carranpa or not. There
,s a belief here that he will be the
bearer OF an important message that
will vitality affect the work Of the Joint
commission.
Lat word 20 CaPransa.
.... ...
the iact .hat wy rI.Hon W.-,
$1,000 10 nave serveu "o.'.o VI jug ~.
can commissioner tnat Iur.ner pA.Ieys
over the matter OF s'snihe .ne pIo.0co'
would not be tolerated n nxed = t'me
refuse to do SO and end the matter. ID
"s ~. - ,ha rsnras.n,ativs ~ the
,eu ~" un..onar. ~ arranv. n
aeS..n
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me ahnounee"'e"' '"s' e'"u.o"o !"
northern Mexico were pao was maae
voluntarily by the STATE department this
morning. II at once focussed attention
on the accumulative reports Of Villas
growing activity and translated into Of
hcial language the views entertained In
Administration circles that the Mexican
First Chiefs power was seriously threat
ened ~ not actually zone.
IN IN a I.t. hour M ~,ord haA Gonna
from Carran.a co~ncern,nr ne rotocoI.
" m. light NJ rsnort, from m. northern
nrovincss I, q. believed here hat Ca.
go. r.s,,..I ~ s,.~ a.. 90 ~ ,i,,,.
non.a,r.ncs yi,h w. Tn control ~
nor,hsrn Msx,co nm ..r.em.r, WITH ca
49,. 10 nro,ac, ,ha $3.50 would not \.
.a.,s In q, =. ,.,d
rs. .,.n. a..
.u.,,,,,,.s ts no..harm 49, ~. - ."'
s,.,. go. - -ivs ,ha nsn..r.r, 800
= ys.se ~. - h"ns..
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oLaS 20 ,nn,roS ~
sa,n,rs ~ "'' @'''' '"'
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II was stated officially that this Gov
eminent suspects villa Of getting all the
arms he needs across the border. though
by what the State Department Ia
at a loss to ascertain. Tn most plausi-
bic theory Is that villistas get much OF
their war material from the seditious
Carranzistas who forsake the banner OF
the de facto Government whenever villa
gets near. The fact that Carransa's
army Ia honeyeombed with men ready to
desert to Villa at the first opportunity
has long been known. Tn Mexican Q
PLANTATION has been that II tho United
States would extend financial support to
Carranza he could pay his men more
liberallv and therehy he mora certain OF