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Show ilMO villa TO WORK TOGETHER ;ear of Trouble Between the Two Leaders Apparent- ly Dispelled. j.ASIS OF AGREEMENT Belief Is Expressed That "First Chief" Will Soon Resign Office. WASHINGTON, Sept. 8. The basis for Hi recent assertion of President Wilson j that he believed Carranza and Vllls would ro-operate In restoring constitutional constitu-tional government in Mexico was revealed today when It became known that General Gen-eral Obregon, personal friend of General Carranza, had signed the proposals of General Villa for an electoral programme. General Villa's proposals were laid before be-fore Paul Fuller, personal repreetntatif of President Wilson, at a recent conference confer-ence In Chihuahua. The president later told callers the proposals pro-posals did not appear unreasonable. Mr. Fuller had an interview with General Carranaa In Mexico City today, and It was reported that the first chief also indicated his assent to the programme mapped out by Villa, which is aa follows: fol-lows: That a convention of the delegates of the constitutionalist army be called to arrange the data of the elections for congressmen, president and vice president. That no military man be a candidate candi-date for president or vice president or for governor of any state. On Holding Election. That a civilian take charge of the provisional government to hold elections. elec-tions. That a general amnesty be declared, except aa to those who committed the crime or participated in the assassination as-sassination of Madero and Suarez. That the officers of the old federal army who can show clean records shall be taken into the new national armv. ' That all reforms shall be put through in an energetic manner, but on a legal and constitutional basis. General Carranza already has complied with the first proposal by calling a gen-eial gen-eial convention for October 1 to eelect a provisional president. Under the Mexican Mex-ican constitution, the provisional president presi-dent cannot be a candidate in election held unrl-r his administration. General Carranza, therefore, if derious of becoming becom-ing provisional president, will not be in office longer than the period necessary to conduct an election. May Run for Office. If he resigns as first chief in favor of the new provisional president, he may enter the presidential race, as his friends claim he is not a "military man" in the accepted sense in Mexico, even though he has the title of "general" in the constitutionalist con-stitutionalist army. The belief prevails here that Carranza will resign in favor of a civilian, as proposed pro-posed by Villa, and that he will then wage an active political campaign for the presidency. It Is fully expected that Villa will not support Carranza at the polls, but he has not revealed the identity of his candidate. It is generally understood here that, while formal recognition may be extended to the new provisional president, American Ameri-can forces will not be withdrawn from Vera Cruz until the election for permanent perma-nent president is actually held. |