The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-05-12
OPTIMISTIC :.
ABOUT MEXICO.
Americans Expect hBetter
Treatment from Oregon
81. and Gonzales ~,
~ - 80 ~s..xtNs
BOTH PRACTICAL
BUSINESS MEN
Expected They Will Soon Agree On
AID Interim President and Ask Rec
ignition from United States - De-
mands BY This Country.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

By DAVID LAWRENCE \
Copyright by The Reformer) a
WASHINGTON, May l2-Mexico may c
seem overhung with clouds of trouble but !:
there's silver, lining beneath. Before manyl !
days the situation will have clarified. G
There wills be an ad interim, president {
named by agreement between Generals
Pabalo Gonzales and 0bregon the two
new chiefs in the new revolution, and
the program Of the United States gov /
eminent upon which recognition will be
conditioned will be revealed. Two fac-
tors are necessary to solve Mexico's prob
| lens adJnStment of external relations,
particularly with the United States, and
satisfaction. OF internal demands for al
! democratic government, free from the ty-I
d lunnicait and dictatorial abuses Of the Carl
rama regime
II Agreement with the United States will
not be difficult Nor will the requests
OF the United States government be Sc
frere, Pacitcation of Mexico's various fac
tons depends upon the patriotism of Cen
eral Gonzales and Gen. Oregon Bothl
have arrived in Mexico city. Don PaboI
as the former is atfectionately called, isl
| a good business man. He has shown once
| before how to establish order in the Mex
| lean capital He won the confidence and
admiration of foreigners generally, when
he entered Mexico city, after Hucrta fled.
| He deliberately went counter to Carran-
as spurious neutrality programme dur
ing the war with Germany and came out
fatty against the Central powers. This
happened, too, Just after the United
States entered the war He was the only
(pro-ally Mexican OF prominence and gov
! eminent circles.
II General Obregon, also has a whole
some respect for the United States, lie
| has travelled extensively and was impressed
with our war operations and PREPARATIONS
as the war department exhibited them to
him He is business man. He has mad
II la big fortune selling "Garbanzas, on
1 chick peas in the export trade. 49,
Therefore Mexico is ruled today by two
men OF business minds. They understand
the language of commerce and shoult
make it possible to do what Carranza ha
kso stubbornly refused to do, namely, max
"A a business agreement with the Unite
States, looking toward the commercial nd
vantage of both countries and the ect
4 nonic regeneration Of Mexico particularly
a tcsfsver since CarranZa came into powe
he has been at the mercy of Genera
Obregon and Gonzales. So long as the
were loyal, the Carranza regime Taste,
Both were fond of Carranza. Both eXpecte
his support in the race for the pre-
idency But Cauanza went back on hot
his friends His attitude in the prelr
mary elections was so raw that it con
pletely alienated both 0bregon and Co
zales They saw that Carranza was usir
the governmental machinery for his ow
purposes, and would not permit a IA
and free election SO they determined
get rid OF him. And the hoodess rev
luton is the result of working agre
ment between Obregon and Gonzales I'll
entire Mexican army was devoted eth
70 Gonzales or Obregon under whom tho
fought so many battles 1t was easy f
these two generals to take possession
Mexico by military force and with mi
imurn OF fighting. Caranza. a eivilia
never was held in much esteem by Il
military
- Both 0hregon and Gonzales met in Ne
leo city before the revolt dined togeth
at the Chapultepec Inn and came to
agreement, the details of which are e
j pected to be made known at any tin
now Presumably they have agreed M,
II du iltcIl1 HieStdtllb, VINO VIII call
constitutional election IN which Obreg,
and Gonzales viii have an equal oppC
tunity
Meanwhile. the Washington govcrnmer
which has had such a perplexing exp,
fence with Carranza, is rather reliev
Mt his enforced abdication and is getti
ready to present to the new central a
thority programme upon which de fac
recognition would be extended Here
is: First the appointment of a mix
claims commission to settle all claims per
ing against the United States and AGAR
Mexico, on the part of nationals Of BIO
countries. Carranza appointed comm
Sion Of Mexicans and the department
state advised Americans not to subn
tleir claims to such- a tribunal s- -
EssSecond: A pledge. guaranteeing IN
tnetion5to the lives and nronerty of Am'
iesn citizens. and particularly removing
Doubt abont f-vestca frigh u t.priaIg tor i
,aeptioh aof the FMeSiean Constitution II
1915 Ff 4&s
sThrd, an Understanding 'eoIicetziaae 4
redistribution of the waters of the Sou
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