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Show CARRANZA SETS FORTH PURPOSE OF HIS DECREE .MEXTCO CITY, Sept. 15. General arranza's purposes in issuing last "'Kill a call for t'm election of .He-rates .He-rates to ;M nssemlilv to consi'ler changes in the const it ut inn are set fort:: i the preamble of the ilivr-e rum mane public here. The preanil.io refers to the platform nf the constitutionalists as cl funh in the plan of Ciooleloupc, adopted ie HI.'! before the downfall of Genera llnerla and elaborated at Vera Cruz in IS'M, and says that it shows elearU that the programme of the constitutionalists constitu-tionalists provided that when thr-i' cause was triumphant and municipal elections had taken place the first, chiet should call for the election of a con Kress, give an account of his adminis tration and have his action ratified or modified by the congress. Ife va; then to call a presidential election am! turn over the executive power to the legally elected president. Accuses Enemies. The enemies of the constitutionalists General Carranza continues. have omitted nothing to prevent completion of the programme, even going so fat as to imperil the dignity of the renub lie and endanger its 'sovereignty bv provoking conflict with a neiyhliori n'j. republic, seeking to bring about inter vention on the pretext that there was no protection for the lives and proper ties of foreigners. They even pre tended to seek intervention for humani tarian considerations. The enemies of the constitutionalists General Carranza says further, have imputed to him motives which he novel entertained. Accordingly he determine! to forestall attacks by a frank and sincere declaration that the reforms projected are not intended to lead tc the establishment of a dictatorship. Rights to Be Respected. On the other hand, the government to be established will be of such form as to demonstrate categorically that sovereignty resides within the people by whom it should be exercised for the public benefit. Both federal and state rights will be respected and the spirit ol the constitution will be carried out. The only purpose is to purge the coustitu tion of defects in the way of obscurity and contradiction, or of clausos inserted in-serted for the purpose of nullifying rights. Then follow the provisions deter mined upon by General Carranza te carry out bis purpose. The election oi delegates to the constitutionalist as sembly will be held October 15. Business Busi-ness sessions will begin December 1 and will be limited to two months. As soon as a constitution is adopted a presidential election will be arranged and the assembly will be dissolved. |