The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-01-05
Washington Hears That Failure
Of Efforts Of Peace Commits
sions To Secure Settlement Of
Dispute Practically Admitted
BAKER DENIES DEPARTMENT
PLANS WITHDRAWING TROOPS
No Decision Has Been Reached
BY the Administration Regard
ing the Action Taken With
~ Soldiers South Of the Border

. Associetea ftess ~ fooeth WiroiobO
WASHINGTON, January s.
w The efforts of the interna-
tional peace commission, having
tailed to settle the questions pend
ng between this country and Next
20, it is likely that all further at
tempts to reach a settlement by
that means will be abandoned by
this government Immediately. Such
at least is the current belief here,
This belief led yesterday to the re-
port that the war department has
received instruction from the Pre-
sident to order the withdrawal Of
the forces under the command Of
General Pershing, but this was de-
MED in a statement issued last night
by Secretary Baker, in which he as
serted that there are no plans as yet
for the withdrawal, offthe Arneri-
cans from their posts south Of the
border line. = I'M u
While he has not fatty refused to
sign the protocol which the United
States sent to him for his approval
the attitude of General Carranzs
has been such that the administra-
ton has now lost all hope that the
de facto government will reach ar
agreement that would prove salts,
factory to this country, and thu
plan has been abandoned, it is un
r derstood. r5~> ~.J~s.. =. -. +
The text of the protocol, refused
by the first chief of the Constitu
tionalists in Mexico was made pub
lie here last night, it containin,
nothing new in the way of demands
and providing chiefly for the SAT
guarding of the border from bandi
raids. 49,. ' ...
Situation Grave
e. The situation was admittedly grav
last night. Indeed there were not
few officials who asserted that tn
situation has not been more seriou
since the Villa raid on Columbus las
year.
The mystery surrounding the sudde
announcement that Doctor Arredond,
de facto agent in this city intend
aN al al 4
the menace of the whole.
ArredondO, who has been servin
without formal recognition of his sti
tus but with all of the activities Of hi
post, said goodbye yesterday to Seer
tary of State Lansing and made
known that he would depart last nigh
for Mexico City.
Reason Not Clear
Remon Denegri, Mexican consul 6
San Francisco, has been put in charp
of the embassy. The reason for th
action is not at all clear, particular
in view Of the fact that Arredondo r.
Gently denied a report that he ha
) been withdrawn.
In this connection it is remembers
here that when Carranza sent his a
HNhl w IHt VI
through the American, Mexican joil
commission, for modification of II
\ proposed protocol, it was rumored tn
1 Garranza would withdraw Arredon'
az n mark of displeasure at the actic
of the American commissioners in d
manding a final decision on the pr
tocol. -, -. "
ITO Confer With Chief .....
Arredondo has said that If he d
parted from Washington it would be
confer with Carranza. u.. t~"~ .
Some possible light was shed I
Arredondo' 5 trip later in the day VIII,
he announced that Carranza had I
duested a conference with him on Il
relations with the United States al
that he expects to return in thr
weeks.
Henry p. Fletcher is being sent
United States agent to Mexico City.