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Show PRESIDENT SAID TO BE SATISFIED WITH THE RESULTS WASHINGTON, July 14. The informal in-formal negotiations for the settlement of issues between the United States and Geuerul Carranza are understood to have advanced a long step today when Acting Secretary Polk and Eliseo Arredondo, "Mexican embassador-desig-nate, held their third conference since General Carranza 's proposal for a diplomatic dip-lomatic adjustment was received and accepted. ac-cepted. . ., ,, Although both Mr. Polk and the embassador em-bassador declined to say what matters were under discussion, there were indications in-dications that the conversations had !...! int.. !..; definite ttage where spe-eitic spe-eitic ,j'ie-Mur:-- were being formulated ior .rwi.Mi- bmiion to a joint in- , tenia t ioi::i ! commission. - I The commission plan of settling dit- fereiics !,,-;wi.'en the two countries is provided for in the treatv of 1 S-i S. Uu-onieial Uu-onieial advices from Mexico Citv have iioiiraled thai Ceneral Carranza favored re,ort to it in the present case and Mr. Polk is believed to have acceded to the si.g-estion despite the belief of the stale department oflicials that more could be accomplished through continuance continu-ance of the informal conferences with Mr. Arredondo. President Satisfied. President Wilson discussed the question ques-tion with some of his advisers today and the fact that no interruption of the Polk-Arredoudo conference resulted was taken as an indication that the president was satisfied with the trend of the negotiations. General Carranza 's note proposing a diplomatic settlement narrowed the issues is-sues to two specific points, the anxiety .1,1 I-,, st-itey t',,r nrotection of its frontier, and the feeling of the de facto government that presence of the United States troops in Mexico menaced men-aced friendlv relations. Secretary Lansing's Lan-sing's reply" did not go into tho particulars par-ticulars of' the questions to be negotiated, nego-tiated, hut it is assumed that General ( arranza 's definition of the issues is in the main satisfactory to the United States if it does not predicate Mexican action against bandits upon immediate withdrawal of American troops. Both Mr. Polk and the embassador arc confident that an agreement will be reached in the near future. It is not known whether the powers of tho negotiators ne-gotiators finally decided upon will include in-clude authority to fix the time and- condition con-dition under which American troops will be withdrawn. Statement Issued. Mr. Arredondo issued a statement tonight to-night warning against sensational stories published throughout this country coun-try bv those who desire intervention. '"I "beg to warn the American people," peo-ple," he said, "against the falsity of reports published within -the last few davs, constituting an actual propaganda svstem bv persons interested in causing caus-ing a conflict between the two countries, coun-tries, especially at this time that they see the favorable course of diplomatic negotiations between the two governments govern-ments proceeding toward a satisfactory satisfac-tory settlement. Out of spite they invent in-vent reports of all kinds for the purpose pur-pose of misleading and alarming the population and bringing new complications. complica-tions. "For example, the absurd report of the defection of General Jacinto Trevino, Tre-vino, chief commander of the forces in Chihuahua, whose lovalty never has been doubted, as he is a personal and intimate friend of Mr. Carranza, who has followed him and supported him from tho first. I received yesterday a telegram from our consul in El Paso, Tex?, reading as follows: "'General Gonzales has just received re-ceived a telegTam from General Trevino Tre-vino denying the ridiculous' invention of his defection and execution of General Gen-eral Ignacio Enriquez, and that he has been sending arms and ammunition to the Villistas.' " |