The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-01-03

AAuks FoR ClfANGE I'M PRorOCoD
TERMS cONCERNING WITH
DRAwAL or TROOPS.
Mn DoeS not Accept or Reject Plan
sssgeessrd by UuamAsMop-A4
Osuun1ssAoncrs sem Think There is
Ohascc d, Arrivc nc sestlement of
Hpohsems,

american troops from Mexico Is made
BY Gen. Caianxa I'm a message deliv-
ered 90 sscxettlry Lane today by Luis
-cabrera. echaifman OF the Mexican
anembers of the Joint commission.
rhs 16sxicar. first chief replied to the
knistent American demand that tho
Z protocol siGas,i by his spokesmen ut
Atlantic City kel tilted. with an 500
lwou1 docamsnt In which ne failed to
asoosde 20 the demand, but refrained
nrou writing anything that could DO
asenskr0ed as . fiat rspudiation.
The latest alsgsstaons for changes
n the sgrssnent will be considered
~ the three American representatives
--aoersfary lAne. ]. r. Mott and
Jndee George Gray. Secretary Lane
adsi~sd has collsagues of the char
acssr Of the reply and asked them to
spsest him hsl,e As soon as practicable.
Eariy. next week o joint session Of
the AsxicsitSA,merican commission
win he hsld at which the Americans
= viii. give the Aicxicans their answer
and on as nature depends the future
course &C The commissioners, who
havs hssn trfing for four months Go
adjnst aasstisns at issue between the
tvo countries.
2sfther Ar Cabrera nor Secretary
Lane wsrsd discuss the nature of Car
ra1zeA's reph,. Secretary Lane de-
clinsd 10 reveal it's character until IL
hAd bssn sabsnitted to his colleagues.
IL was lsarasd that the Mexican
cpmuuniQnsrs were confident that no
lnDaRerAbls tarrier had been rs>-sod
~ CArrAnza- 1t was asserted that
Ne almost care had been exercised
- keep out OF the reply any express
opne that wolhd In any way offend
- Anerican commission. The chief
&eeketence Of Carranza has been that
~ American ireops should be VITA
X NoArn uncon< itlonaliy. which the.
Aperican oonim issioners would not
eoocdsr. Il lyas tadieatsd tonight
a - Aff41po = 1nqaetqpce on thitt
! ! ! ! | ]
\ - - Riopp2nas1 now. tie
~ ppw ~ scts is that under
Nhlch he Xoultt bs obliged to garri.
nm The tSrrits'rs evacuated by thu
Americans N tlie!r marched out. j..
was pointed out that since the proro-
col was drafted tie increased activi-
ues Of villa and the steady growth
OF his army OF bandits have made II
fimcut for Carrarza to agree to rut
Any considerable part Of his army In
the district occ ipied by Pershing.
when II might be necessary to use
the same force in meeting more ac-
i've moves Of Villa at other points.
J The situation was discussed by Mr..
Cabrera spd Mr.. Lane after the COM
munication had bean delivered. They
talked over In wholly informal way
the objections (.arranza had to the
protocol as IL was drafted, and Mr..
Cabrera pointed out that Mr.. Carran-
"a recognizes the necessity of main
tanning the good will of the United
States.
Those who have lleen in TOUGH with
Cerranxa's Representatives asserted
that In his latest representation OF the
case he expressed a willingness to
raufy the agreement IL a more def
mite date for the troop withdrawal
were specified and q, more lenient
attitude were displayed towards the
question OF increased bandit activity.
Csrranza holds that his govern
ment is doing all IL humanity can to
restore order In the north and that il
VIII continue to do so. but that the
presence Of the AIae rican troops on
Mexican soil is making the task most
dimcult by giving Villa and his lieu
tenants a pretext for urging the dis
affected to join hiIn i'm his fight
against Carranza.
The failure OF Caranza fatty TO re-
pudiate the protocol made 1t appear
today that the Americans would give
his communication due consideration
and that the nexr meeting OF the
Joint commission might be but the
first Of series at which would be
continued the efforts to find a solu-
ton OF the different problems.
An interesting Development i'm the
Mexican situation generally was pre-
sented today in reports to the state
and var departments OF the chang