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Show I EXPLANATION SOUGHT CRHJWI Light Is Asked on Interview Attributed to Sir Lionel Garden Criticising President Wilson. FORMAL NOTE SENT BY THE GOVERNMENT Indication of the Displeasure Displeas-ure of This Country Is Plainly Set Out in Communication. WASHINGTON. Sept. IS. The United States government has sent a formal note to Great Britain, inquiring if the recent interview, attributed to Sir Lionel Car-den. Car-den. British minister to Mexico, criticising President Wilson for withdrawing American Amer-ican forres from Vera Cruz, was authentic au-thentic in any part. Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, the British embassador em-bassador here, already has expressed his nwn regret for the incident, apologizing personally to the state department. An indication of the displeasure of the American government over the incident is understood to have been conveyed in the note. Just what is expected to be the outcome of the representations was not explained by nigh officials tonight, but It would occasion no surprise if a complete repudiation of whatever views Sir Lionel may have expressed would be issued by the British foreign office. It .-('so is considered possible that Sir Lionel may not be accredited to Brazil, his new post, because of the incident. Intimations Are Given. The American government - has had occasion more than once to intimate to the British foreign office that Sir Lionel Carden was thwarting the Mexican policy-of policy-of the American government. He was practically forced to leave Mexico by General Carranza. the diplomatic intervention inter-vention of the United States alone pre-cnting pre-cnting the constitutionalist chief from abruptly handing passports to the .-British envoy. Sir Cecil Spring-Rice expressed regret for the incident without instructions from his foreign office, and while the American government does not believe Sir Lionel was expressing the views of his government, govern-ment, the formal inquiry was made to elicit some expression from Great Britain i n the subject. . t Reports Are Favorable. President Wilson is constantly receiving leports of the rapid reconstruction of affairs af-fairs in Mexico, contradicting the statements state-ments of disorder alleged to have been made by Sir Lionel Carden. 'Jeneral Villa telegraphed the president loday his thanks for the withdrawal of the troops and spoke of his co-operation with the other 'liiefs for peace. The constitutionalist agency received advices from ' Mexico 'tty that General Zapata had replied to General Curranza's invitation to attend the national cor. vent ion of military and , political leaders to be held on October 1 Tor the purpose of choosing a provisional president. Zapata has requested that u truce be declared and a cessation of hostilities be arranged pending the de- . Titration? of the convention. I ' It is generally understood here tha t i General Carranza will resign as first : fhief and that Fernando Iglesias Calderon 1 will be named provisional president. The 'alter will conduct a general election in which Carranza expects to be a candidate candi-date Fears Are Relieved. Fears of American bondholders of National Na-tional Railways o; Mexico were considerably consid-erably relieve J today when Consul, riilli-:r.an riilli-:r.an advised the state department that the constitutionalist government proposed pro-posed to turn the operation of the railways rail-ways over to the company after a shareholders share-holders meeting to be held October 17. The bondholders now have notified the state -department they will await the out- ;;ie of t':is meeting before making any renrecn tat ions concerning t lie recent taking over of the lines by the constitu-: constitu-: loyalists. s Mr. Sil'vnan reported tha t he Carranza officials explained the ac-tiun ac-tiun as an "exigency of war." The Mex-h Mex-h an government owns ol per cent of the tock of thf railways and the constitutionalists constitu-tionalists will ek'ct new directors at the nroposcd meeting. |