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Show U. S. PLANS TO USE 'PRESSURE' ON FIRST GRIEF General Hugh L. Scott Ia Asked to Remain on Border Bor-der in Effort to Convert Con-vert Leaders. APPEAL FOR PEACE IS PUT ON WIRES Pan-American Request for Cessation of Hostilities in Mexico Dispatched From Capital. WASIirVOTON. Auff. 13. The Pan-American Pan-American ppal to all elements in Mexico Mex-ico to cease fighting and join in a movement to restore constitutional government gov-ernment bejjan to forwuM from the state drpnrtment tonight. Kirt the document was dispatched in KnK'Uh to Mexico City, directed to the various Latin-American legations, whone t tRfhe will translate it into Spanish an. I deliver it to the military leaders in thiit vicinity. Tomorrow the appeal in ori inal Spanish wi! be forwarded dinvtly to iienerain Villa and iarmora, cover cor of states and many other chiefs in different parts of the country. The text will be made public here within a few days. j Defiance Expected. j With the appeal dispatched, the t'cited .tntcs govrn:r.ent will institute a friendly and persistent effort to in Ju-'e Mexican leaders who thus Jar hae 1 shown a disposition to oppose the move I ment, to sner::'ice th-ir personal vil-wj : ia the cin;m-a Merirau tn:erfs. If is expected that arran.ji vill rr.uiiitaio the defiance he had indicated in re-ent communii-atiucs to his agency hero, but it is rcardd as probable that many of his Ki-Tai and other adherents can he induced to join in a peae eonvrn tion. It is believed hre tV.at if a fw ( ar-ranta ar-ranta ceneral" rartiipa'e in a convention conven-tion o( tr.e taction!', it will not be lontj before o'canixtl opposition to a new government ean be ef lectively checked. In this connection, it has been reported re-ported that General Hugh L. Scott, rhief of staff of the army, v'uc is remaining at the border at the request of the state department, is expeMeu to perform ini-portant ini-portant missionary work. General S-ott Knows many of the Mexican miiltary leaders personally and it in believed he may exrt a powerful influonce. Villa Favors Plan. A bsolntely no resistance to the r lan is expected from any source other than from ( arranza and in some quarters here the f eeliug is growing that even Car-ranza Car-ranza himwelf may respond favorably to the appeal after" he has studied " its friendlv tone. Villa and his ndherents made it clear today in a statement issued is-sued by Diaz Lombardo. foreign minister min-ister at Chihuahua, that they are ready to eliminate themselves for the common welfare, provided there is no recognition of the old Cientlfico gTOup and that a constitutional government be restored. Romulo S. Naon, the Argentine cm-bappador, cm-bappador, hurried to Washington today to confer with Secretary of fitate Lansing Lan-sing concerning reports circulated that there has been difference of opinion between be-tween the state department and the Argentine Ar-gentine government regarding the Mex- ( Continued on Page Three.) lyjEXICAN SITUATION GROWING MORE ACUTE. The labor unions recently held a parade in Vera Gruz, Mexico, protesting against the free distribution of food to the poor of the city by American Consul Canada and the American Red Cross society. The picture shows the parade in front of the Faros (federal building), where General Carranza has his headquarters. Carranza is addressing the crowd from the balcony, telling them "to keep up the good work." WILLlSE PRESSURE JiJ MEXICAN LEADER (Continued from Pane One.) i.aii m.nee proposals. Theso reports said denial Imd been niado hern of n statement issued by tho Argentine minister min-ister of forcinn affairs that, tho Pan-American Pan-American conference was based on the assurance that any thought of armed intervention would' be eliminated, from the plans. After his conference with the embassador today, tho secretary declared de-clared that there had boon no m'isnn-derstandini; m'isnn-derstandini; anil tlint. ho had assured the embassador there was no warrant for published statements which had aroused him. Secretary l.anshie; made plans today tor receiving with formal ceremony .lose Cavdosa, Hrn.tiliiin minister to Mexico and for many months the representative rep-resentative of American interests in the republic, who is diu, to reach New Orleans Or-leans Siinduy on tho U. S. S. Sacramento, Sacra-mento, l.eon .1. ( nnova. chief of the state department division of. Mexican alfairs, left, tonight for New Orleans to meet Mr. Tnrdosa and to escort him to Washington. Mr. Lansing also telegraphed tele-graphed to Governor II nil of lxiuisiana and Now Orleans officials requesting that courtesies bo extended tho visiting diplomat. Jt wns understood tonight that all of tho European pvernnieuts directly interested in-terested in Mexico had been approached informally concerning the peace plan and had jfivon their approval, reserving only the right to press any legitimate claims thev might have against Mexico Mex-ico when a permanent government is established. |