Bisbee daily review., 1917-01-03
American Commission Admit Carranza Refused to Sign Protocol and Prepare to End Parleys.
 AMBASSADOR MAY BE
 SENT TO CARRANZA In the Meantime U. s. Army Chiefs Urge Withdrawal ss Military Move, and Wilson May Order It.
(By Review Leased wire)


 WASHINGTON, Jan. 2-When the . American members of the Mexican American joint commission had fin ished consideration today of General CarranZa's reply failing to comply with their remand that the protocol providing for withdrawal of American troops from Mexico, be ratified. there were indications that efforts to enter into an agreement with the de factO government through the commission would be abandoned. For the first time an official admission was made that Carranza had refused to sign the protocol The commissioners said they expected to draft their response to Carranza tomorrow.
 Fletcher Goes to Post
 The failure of the commission to give to Mexican-American relations a brighter aspect was offset some what oy official intimaIions that Hen. ry P. Fletcher. confirmed es ambassa- dor to Mexico. almost year ago. was about to start for his post where Am erican interests are now represented by clerk
 May Come Out Yet
 The report that General Pershing's expedition soon would be withdrawn regardless of Carranza's attitude also gained fresh impetus and it was said the administration had this measure
 
 Secretary Baker said no plans for immediate withdrawal of the troops had been considered.
 Army Wants Withdrawal
 It is known. however. that army of- ficers are pressing strongly for their recall. contending that in their pres ent position they cannot do effective work toward protecting the border; that they are in bad strategic posi- ton and should be brought out and distributed along the border. with plans perfected for sending them across the line at some more desira- ble point if the occasion should arise in the future.
 ArTcuOnuO, 0oooDyc.
 Eliseo Arredondo, Mexican ambas- sador-designate. announced during the day that he had been summoned to Mexico City to confer with General the two nations. This was construed in some quarters as indicating a de by Carranza to withdraw his diplomatic representative. Mir. Arredondo stated. however. that he expected to return within a few weeks to resume his duties and the fact that the United States was con sending it's ambassador to Mexico lent weight to the theory that if Mir. Arredondo was not continued in his position here another envoy would be sent.
 Deneeri's Fat Jobl
 Ramon P. Denegri. former consul general of the Carranza government in San Francisco. will act as charge of the Mexican embassy temporarily.
 Text of Protocol
 The text of the protocol signed at Atlantic City. was made public by the American commissioners today for the first time.
 Following is the text:
 Protocol of agreement ad referen- dunn. withdrawal of American troops from Mexican territory and protec- lion of the American Mexican interna- tional boundary.
 Signed ct Atlantic City. N. J., Nov ember 24. 1916.
 Memorandum of an agreement signed this twenty-fourth day of Nov ember. one thousand nine hundred and sixteen. by Franklin K Lane. George Gray, and John R. Mott, spe- cial commissioners of the President If the United States of America, and Luis Cabrera. Ygnacio Bonillas. and J. Pani. special commission ers of the Citizen First Chief of the