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A. B. c. MEDIATION
IN j. S.-MEX|CAN
AFFAIRS POSSIBLE
Chilean Press Reports Step
Is Being Considered in
Jenkins Case.
STATE Department
FIRM IN ITS DEMANDS
Denial of Fighting in Mexico City
Eases Tenseness of Re-
lationships.

By the Associated Press.
SANTIAGO. Chile, November 20
The Nacion today says it has learned
from well informed diplomatic circles
that there is possibility of mediation
by the governments in the A. B. c.
group (Argentina, Brazil and Chile),
with the object of composing the diff
culties that have arisen between the
United States and Mexico over the
case of Consul Jenkins.
Denial from Mexico City of the re-
ported fighting there between follow
ers of President Carranza and Gen.
Alvaro Obregon, presidential candi-
date, served to ease the tenseness of
the relations between Mexico and the
United States today, but the State De-
partment has not altered it's deter
minatiOn to enforce the demand for
the prompt release of American Con-
sular Agent jenkins. imprisoned on
the charge of conniving with his ban
dit captorS.
Another Murder Reported.
On top of the already delicate Mexi-
can situation was the report of the
murder of another American, w. NJ.
wallace, oil man, who was shot down
by CarranZista soldier. This, COM
binef. with the Jenkins case, was eX-
pected to spur the State Department
TO strong diplomatic action against
the Carranza government, which has
Deen warned repeatedly against mis-
treatment of American citizens
Mexico probably will be called upon
Tor a showdown once and for all if
the repeated killing and molestation
of American citizens continue and
the American consular agent remains
confined in prison on what American
officiais believe are trumped-up
charges. The State Department has
indicated plainly. that argumentative
diplomacy will not divert the govern
ment from it's course of dealing with
serious international question.
U. s. Demands action"
Secretary Lansing, in conference
with Mexican Ambassador Bonillas
yesterday, but the issue fatty before
him and explained pointedly that the
American government has demanded
action, and not words. in the Jenkins
affair. He is said to have further ex-
pfained that unless the Mexican gov
eminent acceded promptly to this
countrys demands the relations be-
tween the two nations necessarily
would be seriously affected.
The State Departments formal re-
ply to the Carranza message may be
delayed several days, pending the
accumulation of verified facts dealing
with the Jenkins case and other af-
fronts. When the reply is framed it
is expected to contain more than a
mere request, and the government
Will be prepared to support it's de-
mands to the limit.
Reports Of Fighting Denied.
MEXICO CITY, November 20 (by
the Associated Press).-There is no
foundation for the rumor in circula-
ton in the United States that there
has been fighting in Mexico City be-
tween the factions of President Car
rama and Gen. Alvaro Oregon.
Comment OF Mexican Press,
MEXICO CITY, November 20 (by
the Associated PreSs.-That Ameri-
can diplomacy has acted hastily
and without complete knowledge of
the facts is the consensus of the edi-
torial opinion of the newspapers in
Mexico City today in dealing with the
situation existing between the United
States and Mexico as q result of the
arrest of William o. Jenkins, the
american consular agent at Puebla.
The Mexican governments reply to
the demand of the United States for
the release of Mr.. Jenkins is char
acterized as prudent and energetic
expression of public sentiment.
The Excelsior affects to see in the
American note something akin to Aus
fria's demand on Serbia, and laws
great stress on the part it expects the
Mexican question to play in the next
United States presidential campaign.