Bisbee daily review., 1916-05-12
Shifting of Conference to Di- plomats Already Seems to Have Taken Place. Carran- "a Minister Pleads.
WASHINGTON AWAITS
 REPORT FROM SCOTT
All Overtures Toward Remov-
 ing Troops Is Expected to Get Blunt Refusal, as Will
 son Often Has Asserted.
(By Review Leased Wire.)

WASHINGTON. May 11.-While no official report from General Scott had arrived tonight that his conference
 with General Obreson, the Carranza
 war minister had failed to bring about any agreement as to the border situa- ! tion, il was clear that administration
 officials after reading the news dis patches. did not regard the failure as
 producing a critical situation in the relations between the United States and Mexican de facto government. ! General Scott was expected to pre- ! pare full report for President Will son which should reach Washington 1 in time for consideration at the cab
 inet meeting toniorrow.
 l Both state department officials anu
 Eliseo Arredondo, the Mexican am
 bassador-designate. have been prepor-
 ed to resume the task of discussing ' the border situation al the Joint
 where the diplomatic questions were suspended when the military confer
 ence was arranged. The ambassador
 called at the state department today
 to talk over general situation with Secretary Lansing. He is understood F General Carranza in urging early withdrawal of the American troops from Mexico.
 MT. Arredondo previously has said that the failure of General Scott and 1 Obregon to reach an understanding in Io way affected the diplomatic situa-
 tion. He has sought to continue the discussion while that conference was in progress but Secretary Lansing de | clined to take up the matters Sug-
 gested in the CarranZa note of April
 12 until the Fl Paso conferees had ended their deliberations. Administra l tion officials have not been fully ad- vised as to the discussions in Fl Paso
 and unquestionably will need complete
 reports from Generals Scott and Funston in order to know how to
 deal with the suggestion that a de- finite date be set for withdrawal. Wilson Stands Pat.
 So far President Wilson has shown
 no indication of altering his original
 policy in regard to troop movements.
 They were ordered to capture of dis ! perse the bandits who have harrassed
 American towns along the border. The
 fact that unofficial reports came to-
 night of a new raid is Considered
 proof positive that General Pershing's
 task has not been completed and
 there is every reason to believe his
 force will remain in Mexico until Villa is either captured by American
 troops or by Carranzistas
 When the military conference was
 arranged the state department had taken no steps toward preparing an answer to Carranza's note suggesting the withdrawal of American troops.
 It will be a month ton.crrow since that came. Officials seemed inclined not
 to make any haste in taking uD the
 question, although it was officially stated that the Washington govern
 ment was willing to discuss the mat ter as the notes suggested.
 MT. ArredonGS has not succeeded in engaing Secretary Lansing in any formal discussio nof the matter It seemed likely tonight that these
 diplomatic conversations again sug- eested in the formal statement If the
 Fl Paso conferees would not begin for several days. A study of General Scott's reports undoubtedly will pro- ceed them.
 More Troops Maybe
 l nthe meantime the steps taken to give greater protection to the border ! towns will be carried out and is 1eces-
 sary additional guardsmen and pro
 visional regiments of trast dr'ille-y
 will he ordered to the line.
 Carranza at Fault.
 The stumbling block at Fl PasO ar
 pears to have been the determina- | tion Of General Carranza 10 have an
 early date set upon which American
 troops would be withdrawn from Nev-
 ico. Tn every communication ar nrh- lished utteranre of the first chief he
 has dwelt on the necessity cf getting the troops off Mexican soil if un-
 ",rtunate incidents snch as that at
 Parral are to be avoided
 Raids Must Stop.
 The only reply to General Obregen's arguments that General Scott has been authorized to make. f', far as known, that tho troops would be
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