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Show TRANSFER OF-AUTHORITY OF-AUTHORITY li MEXICDBEGINS Federal Troops Evacuate the Capital and Will j Await Amnesty Procla i mation by Carranza ATTITUDE OF VILLA I CAUSE OF COMMENT May Remain in North and Demand Convention of Army Representatives, as Agreed Upon WASHMsGTOV Au(, 11 The peace ful transfer of the reins of govern raeut at Mexico C ty fro n the Garbaial adm n stration to the const tut onal sts actually began today accorl ng to of tic al adv ces to the state department The federal troops evacuated the cap ital leav ng the c ty an charge of mu n c pal pol ce who by agreement were to be rcgar led as neutral Tho federals w thdrew fro n the c ty to a near by po nt there to awa t an announcement of a nDesty fro n General Carranza I Should guarantees be efused offic als here do not doubt that a counter revo I lut on v 11 be n n ed ately set n mo t on Work of Commission The Bra 1 an n n ster to Mexico ho s ca ng for the nterests there of tho Un ted fatates and Governor Itur b de o the Mex can federal d str ct and a comm ss on of two others left dur ng tl e dav for Tula, no th of Mex co C ty where Gene ai Obregon com n ander of one ot the three b g d v s ons of the const tut onal st army has head quarters General Carranza s expected to go there at once The comm ss on s try n to arrange the deta Is of the entry of the const tut onal st forces No defin te word has been rece ed he e up to late today as to provis onal Pres dent Carbaial but it was understood he would leave the tap tal for Vera C uz w th n the next twenty four hours Big Question Arises V th the entry of const tut onal st forces n Mexico C ty the quest on of recogn t on for tl e new government w 11 confront Washington There s e ery reason to beT e e that recogn t on w 11 be w thheld unt 1 there s an elect on or pol t cal convent on at wh ch some express on of the att tude of the people toward the new govern ment can be obta ned D sqn et ng adv ces are aa n com ng from rel able sources that General "V Ua w 11 not march south w th h s men as ordered by Carranza but w 11 rema n in the north and demand a convent on of representatives of the am y as agreed to n the Torreon confe ence Should th s be refusod by Carranza a lew levolut on n the north woull not be surpr s ng to many h gh offic als here Japanese Alarmed The attention of Secretary Bryan was today d awn by the Japanese embassa dor to a report wh ch had reached h m to the effect that the honorary Jap anese v ce consul at Manzan Ho a Mex ican had been arrested by the const tutional sts Secretary Brj an pron I ised to look nto the case and mn e d ately sent a message of nqu ry to mer can Consul bill ma In the ame message as an nstrue t on to secu e the safet of the 20 Japanese n the ty of Alex co wSen the const tut onal sts oc upv the cap tal |